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Friday Feature: Jessica Birnbaum

College of Aviation

… of the best flight schools in the country and I just knew I was meant to go here” she said, “I did not want to be anywhere else, so it was the only school I applied to. Good thing I got in!!!” …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/02/birnbaum

Behind-the-scenes New York Fashion Week experience solidifies future for Western fashion design student

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… The Shows through the UofNYFW program. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Walking down Fifth Avenue and checking out high fashion … Michigan University fashion design and development student was recently whisked away for a once-in-a-lifetime experience behind the scenes of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71033

University to honor its top four staffers for 2017-18

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… have been selected to receive the Annual Make a Difference Award. The award is the highest accolade WMU bestows … orientation, accounts payable and Human Resources. There is heavy foot traffic from students, faculty, staff and … building and regularly goes above and beyond the call of duty. "She comes in every day with a positive attitude and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48805

Trustees set 2014-15 tuition rates, address other items at June meeting

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… is clear that WMU will remain the best value in the state, retaining its position as having the lowest cost of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16517

WMU Athletics kicks off official NIL partnership with Broncos Will Reign Collective

W Magazine

… “It’s a new world, and we all have to embrace it if we want to be competitive and stay competitive at the Football … large impact from that perspective because it’s bringing awareness to important causes.” The collective is already … of his football career. “After the 2022 season, I was presented with transfer options and significant NIL …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/wmu-athletics-nil-partnership-broncos-will-reign-collective

New program pairs Western students with MSP to bring justice in unsolved murders

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… program (at Western), it's going to alleviate some of the heavy lifting from the front end of this," says Detective … get your hands dirty and review it from inception all the way to what detectives were doing 20 years later that the … had that wound closed for all those years is a really rewarding aspect," Huber says. For more WMU news, arts and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63526

Student hits high note with national young jazz composer award

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… Student hits high note with national young jazz composer award Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Eddie … WMU, has received the 2019 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award . The award recognizes the most promising jazz artists … part of why he came to the University. "There are a lot of heavy hitters at Western," says Codrington. "All of them are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52685

June deadline set for alums, community members to 'make their mark'

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… open Oct. 23. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—As construction crews race toward a fall completion of Western Michigan University's new … focal point for the city for more than a century."  Ways to add a name Thomas says there are three basic … 21 characters per line. A formal spot on the interior donor wall of the building for $1,000 will offer donors inclusion …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23566

Where Aviation Meets Ambition: A Career That Has Taken Reina Cooke Global

College of Aviation

… opportunities exist in aviation."   Frosting on the cake was the fact that her recruitment duties took her three … and her WMU Aviation Summer Camp colleagues in 2014 Cooke was raised in Monroe, a community of about 21,000 on the … I thought airports were exciting and fascinating.  I was interested in the-behind -the-scenes logistics."   That …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/02/cooke

Plan ahead: Here are campus office hours for Thanksgiving 2025 recess

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… ) through Nov. 30 . The pool and sauna and the climbing wall will be closed Nov. 26-30 .   Unified Clinics will … reopen for regular hours beginning at 8 a.m. on Dec. 1.   Waldo Library will close at 5 p.m. on Nov. 26 and will …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/thanksgiving-2025-recess-0