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Curtis "Doc" Swanson - WMU Aviation Hall of Honor Inductee

College of Aviation

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2014/02/swanson

WMU secures $5.3M to boost Michigan innovation and biotech growth

News

… WMU secures $5.3M to boost Michigan innovation and biotech growth Submitted by Erin Flynn on Western's Biosciences Research and Commercialization Center has played a vital role for more … those leading the charge. WMU’s Biosciences Research and Commercialization Center (BRCC) earned a $5.3 million award …   For more WMU news, arts and events , visit WMU News online.   …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/07/biosciences-research-commercialization-center-inaugural-michigan-innovation-fund

Managing Matthew Wietstock: Pursuing a Career in Operations through Flight

College of Aviation

… Managing Matthew Wietstock: Pursuing a Career in Operations through Flight … to higher education, which initially featured a music-composition major at Western Michigan University , is a bit … time at airports.  They felt like such important places where everyone in the world came together for a common …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/12/wietstock

WMU president announces plan to retire next summer

News

… WMU president announces plan to retire next summer Submitted by Paula M. Davis on The … opened in fall 2023. In 2024, WMU's College of Aviation welcomed a new fleet of aircraft. President Montgomery welcomes … lives. This is a place that honors who our students are, where they have been and empowers them to get to anywhere

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/president-montgomery-announces-plans-retire

2015 Medieval Congress free for local residents who register early

News

… residents and members of the Western Michigan University community may attend the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies for free if they register online or in person by the Wednesday, April 29 , deadline … Medieval Institute. Organizers expect some 3,000 people to register for the 2015 congress, which will feature …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23237

Need meets invention: WMU-built tool tackles PDF accessibility

University Libraries

… Need meets invention: WMU-built tool tackles PDF accessibility Submitted by Sara Volmering … University students access critical educational content and comply with a looming  digital accessibility deadline in the … For more WMU news, arts and events , visit  WMU News  online. …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2026/05/wmu-built-tool-tackles-pdf-accessibility

Bronco in business: WMU alumna leads the way in Chicago’s contemporary fashion scene

College of Education and Human Development

… contemporary showroom in Chicago that brings specialty stores, boutiques and larger retailers of the Midwest the latest fashions. When it comes to her business, Hoffman, who said starting her … down south, her Midwest roots called her back to Chicago where her new adventure began learning about the fashion …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2023/01/wmu-textile-apparel-alumna-shannon-hoffman-chicago

WMU Sunseeker set for start of cross-country solar road race

News

… Sunseeker solar racing team is one of 13 college teams to qualify for the 2012 American Solar Challenge … Ann Arbor, then traveling to Lansing and on to Kalamazoo, where each team will spend at least an hour at a checkpoint … for the event, race teams from around the nation had to complete scrutineering, which includes technical, safety and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1022

Professor, alumna representing WMU abroad through Fulbright awards

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… The two received Core Fulbright Scholar Program awards to conduct research or work abroad during the 2018-19 … a resource and advocacy center for the marginalized Gitano community. Dovico teaches students ranging in age from 3 … assistance and togetherness, and thus is a location where systemic inequity and negative responses to that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/47977

WMU trustees to hold special virtual meeting Wednesday

News

… WMU trustees to hold special virtual meeting Wednesday Submitted by Paula … University Board of Trustees will consider economic compensation, health care benefit and insurance adjustments … For additional details, find the board's full agenda online.   Contact Dr. Kahler Schuemann by 5 p.m. today, …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/10/wmu-trustees-consider-faculty-contract-adjustments-special-meeting-wednesday-oct