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WMU’s 2025 fall awards to spotlight distinguished contributions across campus

News

… WMU’s 2025 fall awards to spotlight distinguished contributions across campus … and staff, including awards for outstanding teaching, service and longtime and emerging scholarly work. The … Wallace , undergraduate advisor for the Gilmore School of Music   Distinguished Service Awards   Dr. Whitney DeCamp , …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/2025-fall-awards-celebration-recognizes-wmu-best

Learning and Leading: Global Leaders use their skills to help refugees

W Magazine

… Dykstra, left, and Haley Ritsema explored the desert in Wadi Rum, Jordan, during their study abroad experience with … student organization focused on leadership through service. The group spent the summer volunteering in and … share his passion for helping refugees with other students. After Fernandez, King and Weller established partnerships …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57378

WMU’s online master’s in education programs ranked No. 2 in state by U.S. News & World Report

College of Education and Human Development

… academic quality, student engagement, faculty credentials, services and technologies, and peer reputation among …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2026/02/us-news-ranks-wmu-online-graduate-education-nation-state

Budding with Broncos – FreeFlight Systems Flourishes with WMU Aviation and Business Grads

College of Aviation

… home of the WMU Alumni Club of Texas.  It just seems that way.  The innovative aviation enterprise, which is still not … as an "inside sales administrator."  Formed the year after the new millennium arrived, FreeFlight serves the … countries and servicing 3,500 types of aircraft, FreeFlight services and products are designed for safety, flight …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/03/freeflight

The Art of Aviation: Julie Thiele's Journey to Alaska Airlines

College of Aviation

… in the correct direction. While we often begin heading one way, we soon find ourselves detoured towards another destination. Slowly, but surely the navigation … the pathway into the field became crystal clear soon after their first aviation experience. For Julie Thiele, the …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2016/03/thiele

Aspiring Professional Pilot, Patrick Lambour, Lands at His Perfect Destination

College of Aviation

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/09/lambour

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

College of Education and Human Development

… Bronco in business: WMU alumna leads the way in Chicago’s contemporary fashion scene Submitted by … build great relationships and provide excellent customer service. Hoffman said that by using this simple tactic, … start in the fashion industry at a showroom in Atlanta, but after a few years down south, her Midwest roots called her …

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

Swain Education Library update

University Libraries

… Swain Education Library update Submitted by Sara Volmering on … has helped us serve you more effectively by bringing our services and general collections under one roof—just a short … We have concluded our library operations in Swain after 61 years of service. Work is now underway to transform …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2025/12/swain-library-update

Souder Soars: How Aviation Tech Ops has Transformed Tom

College of Aviation

… productive; you must lend a helping hand to those who come after you. Souder admits that it wasn't easy for the Stillwater, Minn., native to add his name to the roster of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/11/souder

WMU Alumnus Breaks Ground on 48‑Unit Recovery Housing Development

College of Arts and Sciences

… community on Kalamazoo’s east side, marking a major step forward in expanding stable, affordable housing for people … site near the Kalamazoo County Health Department, Community Services and the Family Health Center. The development, now … Michigan’s first drug treatment court in 1992. “Judge Schma was a pioneer in bringing the brain science of addiction …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/04/cas-groundbreaking-housing