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Eric Epplett's Enlightened Aviation Adventure

College of Aviation

… Aviation Adventure Submitted by Tom Thinnes on If you want an out-of-the-box thinker, then Eric Epplett is your … Eastwood's character in "Heartbreak Ridge" when "Gunny Highway" muttered that Marines are never stumped because they … role at Kalitta is to ensure that necessary overflight and landing permissions are in place for a flight to operate," …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/03/epplett

More than 300 students to clean headstones for Veterans Day

News

… the Haworth College of Business. "Service-learning has always been a part of our First Year Experience sections, but … right service project for more than 300 people to work on was a challenge," says First Year Experience instructor and … original Camp Custer was built in 1917 on 130 parcels of land, mainly small farms leased to the government by the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10798

Concerto concert is capstone event of music calendar

News

… one of four recipients of the KSO/WMU Artist Scholarship, awarding him a seat as a section violinist with the Kalamazoo … University in Florida at the age of 20. At Stetson, he was the William E. Buckwitz Orchestral Scholar, and served … has toured and performed in Germany, Austria, Italy, England and Wales, and has performed with the New World …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/311

Through community partnerships, Western professor highlights history of African American Muslims in Detroit

News

… because they have been here since before the nation was founded," she says. "They came in as enslaved … a west-side neighborhood through community organizing and land and housing development, to document the history of … important historic center for the Nation of Islam." "It's a way to raise public understanding and awareness of the ways …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64682

Aidan Paciorek: Finding a career and community

Haworth College of Business

… College of Business has to offer. “I had no idea what I wanted to do. Luckily, I had an older sister who had been at Western as a food marketing major. Initially, I didn’t want to feel like I was copying what she had done by … my life.” As a junior, Paciorek doesn’t know where he will land after graduation, but says he feels 100% ready and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75082

Pride and Passion: Mitchell Patterson Aviation Technician Extraordinaire

College of Aviation

… about her later. What Patterson saw at the museum -- World War I biplanes, World War II Pacific Theater warbirds, relics from the pivotal … and events, restored planes used to train for carrier landings that had been brought up from the depths of Lake …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/mitchellpatterson

From Intern to Operator: Hudson's Aviation Management Journey

College of Aviation

… years, spent much of the time up in the sky and not on the water.  "Being able to watch him fly and be a role model," Hudson says, "ma de me … 2020 to 2025.  "The airport installed a new ILS (instrument landing system -- precision radio navigation that offers …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/04/hudson

Western honors Native American heritage, creates path to deepen connections with tribal communities

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… by Erin Flynn on Laura Moss, left, a groundskeeper in Landscape Services, has cultivated the Native American Bed … American ceremonies. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Sage and sweet grass sway in the breeze under the shadow of the obelisk in front … and it's kind of cleansing … to keep good energy." "It's a way to start activities, events or conversations in a good …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69671

Celebrating research and creative works

University Libraries

… recognized 60 authors at this first celebration and look forward to celebrating our WMU authors annually.   Author Talks … Dr. Cristina Fava discussed her work at an author talk in Waldo Library. We were delighted to host four local authors … Aesthetics and Politics in 1930s New York City." Dr. Mary Land, associate professor, Irving S. Gilmore School of …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2025/02/impact-report-celebrating-research

Raiyan Wasi turns classroom knowledge into real-world impact

Haworth College of Business

… Raiyan Wasi turns classroom knowledge into real-world impact … Submitted by Janine Adamski on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Raiyan Wasi , an international student from Dhaka, Bangladesh, is … lie ahead of him. “My immediate goal after graduation is landing a position with a Fortune 500 tech company where I …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/09/computer-information-systems-raiyan-wasi-international-student