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Celebrating the 2026 College of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ Presidential Scholars

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Al Rasbi. For Aus Al Rasbi , cybersecurity is a field of always evolving challenges that bring new excitement every … day. With new threats arising daily, Al Rasbi finds new ways to enhance his skills with every project he takes on.   … here are a great way to build community,” says Borowski.   After an internship with Ford Motor Company, Borowski …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2026/04/2026-presidential-scholars

Taking Off with Tom Deckard - An Aviation Life Fulfilled

College of Aviation

… a young high school student, his infatuation with aviation was sparked after meeting a group of pilots at the local airport in … Elkhart, Indiana.  This triggered something in him, and it wasn’t long before Deckard clicked with a former U.S. Air …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2013/09/deckard

Gaining his Western Wings and Finding His Way to FedEx, Jason Woo’s in Full Control of His Aviation Career

College of Aviation

… Gaining his Western Wings and Finding His Way to FedEx, Jason Woo’s in Full Control of His Aviation … Lumpur where he earned his high school diploma in 2006.  After completing a degree-partnership program at Sunway College in his home country for students bound for the …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/12/woo

From Lake Michigan to the Skies: The Journey of Two WMU Aviation Alumni Soaring with Delta

College of Aviation

… They came from opposite sides of Lake Michigan.  Their bond was forged in the welcoming and caring environment of the … while Quandt is waiting to hear her Propel wings.    Abuzir after completing a checkride while a student at the WMU … was impressed as well, hiring her for its Chicago-based service in 2021.  On her resume was a co-major in aviation …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/02/abuzir-quandt

Pamela J. McElroy obituary

News

… University, died May 29 surrounded by her family. She was 59. McElroy joined the WMU staff in 1988 and left the University in 1995 after nearly seven years of service to the University. While a staff member, she also …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7611

Katrovas to combine storytelling and song in recital of Czech composers

News

… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University School of Music alumna and soprano Ema Katrovas will perform a recital … on the composers' four-year friendship and the pre-World War II era they lived in. The project is under the auspices … where she just finished her studies at Prague's Academy of Music. While still a student at the academy, she began …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43299

WMU Ethics Center announces lecture series for spring 2023

Study of Ethics in Society

… in Room 208 at the Bernhard Center. This lecture by Dr. Wa’ed Alshoubaki will discuss the ethical issues that might … Grasslands, Garbage Islands and Plastic Trees: Working Toward a Future Ecology Next up is “ Grasslands, Garbage … a Health Care System Response to Dobbs,” will focus on the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70568

Bronco Buds program to welcome hundreds of Kalamazoo high schoolers to WMU campus

News

… Cheatham; Dr. Darrin Slade , KPS superintendent; and Von Washington Jr. , CEO of The Kalamazoo Promise, as well as … academic colleges and learn about the programs available. After the pep rally, students will enjoy lunch at Valley … careers will get to see the College of Health and Human Services and interact with faculty there, for example, while …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/bronco-buds-fall-2025-kalamazoo-public-schools-college-prep

Makenna Staudacher – Freshmen, Family and Finding Aviation Gold at WMU

College of Aviation

… at WMU Submitted by Tom Thinnes on   "All in the Family" was a pioneering situation comedy that made TV history.  It … of pilots," says the aviation flight science major.  "I was always at the airport as a kid.  I have been around … when she was only 14.  "I was learning how to actually fly after hopping rides with my family members for years." And …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/staudacher

Aviation Management leads to Philip Kroll’s One Constant – Change is Part of the Journey

College of Aviation

… by outrage and hatred when he returns.  That drives him away because he realizes that childhood, dreams, and old … human relations, inventorying parts, and customer service that might not have been covered in his coursework … Initially, I wanted to be a commercial pilot, but after my first year at Western, I liked the possibilities of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/03/kroll