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WMU named 'Best for Vets' school for fourth year in a row

News

… (not verified) on WMU's Office of Military and Veterans Affairs is one campus resource. KALAMAZOO—For the fourth … and Marine Corps Times noted that this year's assessment was driven by a focus on academic rigor in its analysis of … program for southwest Michigan. The designation, which was the first such Veterans Administration program named in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11142

WMU once again among nation's 'Best for Vets' colleges

News

… Military Times publications—Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times. Each year, the … thanks to a decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to locate a VetSuccess on Campus program in southwest …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/3986

Michigan mom finds fix for cold, wet winters

News

… her family's winter gear. Finding that a traditional dryer wasted energy and laying winter gear on the vents took too … when her search led her right back to the same old slow or wasteful options, she decided to engineer a solution … work designing a simple device that utilizes the heat from air vents to dry wet gear from the inside out. It provides a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47805

Some campus services on reduced hours during spring recess

News

… Building Energy Management System will be in recess mode. Air handlers will not run during this time, unless a space …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63662

Don’t miss the boat: Nursing student encourages peers to try something new at Western

News

… shows off his skills. Plambeck spins around on his wakeboard. Club president Casey Plambeck drives the boat. Rachel Evangelista watches a teammate skiing behind the boat. Evangelista … to go for a skiing session. Casey Plambeck gets some air on a wakeboard. Plambeck rides the wake. Plambeck in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64739

Governor recognizes WMU renovation for reducing energy waste

News

… Governor recognizes WMU renovation for reducing energy waste Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU's … renovation has won a 2016 Governor's Energy Excellence Award for the success it triggered in reducing energy waste, … throughout the building functioned only to permit fresh air to circulate in the building. A significant part of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34177

Kenya believe it? Gideon Kipkemoi’s amazing international aviation journey

College of Aviation

… began in kindergarten,” Kipkemoi says. “My school was on a flight path, and every time a plane flew overhead, … class, and we’d run outside shouting, 'ndege! ndege!' (airplane in Swahili).” With each passing plane Kipkemoi, would even say, …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/10/kipkemoi

WMU offices closed Monday for Memorial Day

News

… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Iwo Jima Memorial, Washington, D.C. KALAMAZOO--Except for essential and … Sunday, May 26-27, and are closed Memorial Day, May 28. Subway, located in the Bronco Mall on the lower level of the … Building Energy Management System will be in holiday mode. Air handlers will not run during this time, unless a space …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/608

Bronco in the Sky: How WMU Took This Pilot from Jackson to Jet Set

College of Aviation

… Science Alumni Cole Dillon, current Captain at SkyWest Airlines Nothing like flying the friendly skies of the WMU … College's director of recruitment, outreach and marketing, was booked on a short flight from Detroit to Kalamazoo when … the intercom.   It can't be him, Thinnes wondered.  But it was -- Cole Dillon, a 2018 recipient of a degree in aviation …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/08/dillon

WMU Jazz partners with the John Stites Jazz Artist Organization

Jazz Studies

… Jazz and the Irving S. Gilmore School of Music have been awarded a significant multi-year grant from the John Stites … important artists in jazz as guest performers.  “WMU Jazz was something near to John’s heart, and I am so pleased that … corporate projects for PBS, award-winning programs that aired on Michigan Public Radio and NPR, and taught recording …

https://wmich.edu/jazz/news/2024/11/stites-jazz-festival