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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
News
… 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