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From classroom to community: Service learning in Spanish at WMU

College of Arts and Sciences

… Bodinaku on Dr. Lindsay Jeffers KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University Spanish students are using their … she assisted with teaching English.  “When I moved to Michigan about eight years ago, the immigrant community …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/03/service-learning-spanish

Western’s ‘Golden Girls’ soar through cross-country air race

News

… and Olivia Arnold, co-pilot. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University’s all-female pilot team , the “Golden … ground coordinator Marie Evon , a senior from Grand Rapids, Michigan; and navigator Hunter Romuald , a junior from …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/07/golden-girls-soar-through-cross-country-air-race

Child life students represent WMU with conference scholarships

College of Education and Human Development

… Nicole Variot and Stephanie Lamos  KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University graduate students Stephanie Lamos and … played a big part in why I got my practicum at the Michigan Children's Hospital. And I know in the future it …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/10/child-life-students-scholarship-conference-glaclp

Carol Cochrane finds global perspective through WMU Haworth

Haworth College of Business

… Carol Cochrane , originally from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is taking off into professional worlds through Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business. With a …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/10/international-business-carol-cochrane-study-abroad

Captain Albert Glenn - WMU Advisory Board Member, retires from FedEX

College of Aviation

… also on the College of Aviation Advisory Board at Western Michigan University. Additionally, he was the 2007-2011 USA …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/03/glenn

Light Center for Chinese Studies launches Spring Guest Lecture Series

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… by Elizabeth Braaksma on KALAMAZOO, Mich.-- Western Michigan University’s Timothy Light Center will begin its … activities to encourage a more globally engaged southwest Michigan. These initiatives include designing and promoting …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/02/china-lecture-2025-spring

Twenty-four incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

News

… Medallion Scholarships to begin their studies at Western Michigan University this fall. Medallion Scholarships are … to WMU by Dec. 6, 2013. A total of 738 seniors from across Michigan and the United States participated in this year's … in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Art of Science and Medicine camp at Kalamazoo College and this year, he has …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16679

WMU Aviation Excellence in Diversity Award Winner - Albert Glenn

College of Aviation

… of Certification and the Aviation Advisory Board at Western Michigan University. He was also the 2011 USA F3A Aerobatic …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2014/11/glenn

Yukiko Murakami, 50 years later - Tragic loss of Japanese alumna continues to give life to WMU’s strongest exchange program

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… a Keio University student who studied abroad at Western Michigan University in 1962, lost her life in a tragic bus … he lived with and met in Kalamazoo and other parts of Michigan set the foundation for a relationship that “spans … World Languages and Literatures. The campus and southwest Michigan communities benefit from several events hosted …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2013/11/yukiko-murakami-memorial-50

Rockin’ His Wings – Ryan Sewell is No Foo, But Loves His Aviation Gig at Sky West

College of Aviation

… Tom Thinnes on It's one thing to choose to attend Western Michigan University if you hail from Saginaw, Ypsilanti, … a Big Mac or a Whopper?  Or a flight across aquamarine Lake Michigan to Chicago for some of that city's famous deep-dish … says, "from the Grand Canyon to the Rocky Mountains to Lake Michigan.  What we see is incredible."    Another job bonus …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/04/sewell