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Digital marketing student combines creativity with strategy at Bronco Bash

Haworth College of Business

… to plan and produce the 2026 Bronco Bash campaign materials and event with the Office of Student Engagement as … field and be involved with WMU’s beloved fall kickoff event was special to me,” says Larkin. “I loved interacting with my peers and knowing the work I was doing played a part in welcoming students to Western …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/10/digital-marketing-student-bronco-bash

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 … she went on to work at large hub airports such as Detroit Metro (DTW) and Denver International (DEN). This included …

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

Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo

College of Aviation

… Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo … Paffhausen.  Request College of Aviation Information Harper was born and raised in the Lake Michigan shoreline community … management, and pilot services for customers throughout metro Detroit.  It’s the flight-training function that …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/01/apogee-0

Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo

College of Aviation

… Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo … Paffhausen.  Request College of Aviation Information Harper was born and raised in the Lake Michigan shoreline community … management, and pilot services for customers throughout metro Detroit.  It’s the flight-training function that …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/01/apogee

Earning His Western Wings – Shane Rembold Embraces All Aspects of Aviation

College of Aviation

… All Aspects of Aviation Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Was Shane Rembold, a fourth-year student in the WMU College … a gene or a DNA strand testifying to that.  His father was a pilot for U.S. Customs and Border Protection , the … the family relocated to Rochester Hills, a part of the Metro Detroit region.  That's where he graduated from Stoney …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/04/rembold

Music student amps up audio production experience with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame internship

News

… production intern at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.   “It was an amazing experience,” he says. “I learned so much more and was able to do so much more than I was expecting.”   … sessions and panels with Rock Hall staff as well as a heavy dose of hands-on, project-based learning. An aspiring …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/09/aiden-lambert-multimedia-arts-technology-internship-rock-roll-hall-fame

Ask, don’t answer: WMU professor uses AI tools to boost student engagement

College of Arts and Sciences

… on anything from Dostoyevsky to data science in an instant was shocking, exciting and, for many, frightening. Now, in … an innovative economics chatbot trained solely on course material that serves as a personalized, 24/7 tutor.  "I … using dialogue and open-ended questions to guide students toward their own conclusions. When a student asks a question, …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/09/cas-magazine-economics-ai-tools

From Army Skies to Life-Saving Flights: The Journey of Brian Vanderberg

College of Aviation

… of Brian Vanderberg Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Ever watch one of those emergency helicopters sit down at a … that Vanderberg had what it takes to join the Army's Warrant Officer Flight Training initiative.  He applied and … sojourn, the service evolved into being contracted to Metro Aviation Inc., which required a qualification in a new …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/11/vanderberg

The Aviation Advantage: Ed Florek Flourishes in Aviation Technical Operations

College of Aviation

… Lake Michigan in what is referred to as "Chicagoland," he was the youngster who took apart the mechanical alarm clock … of just under 40,000 in neighboring Hammond, Ind., was the century-old Bishop Noll Institute , the private … countries.    "At AAR," Florek says, "I have learned about heavy-maintenance checks and the detail that goes into heavy …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/09/florek

Wings of Resolve: The Air Force Journey of WMU Aviation Bronco Tracy Smiedendorf

College of Aviation

… University College of Aviation with a degree in what was then known as flight technology:   On "9-11" he was in the Pentagon when the hijacked airliner slammed into … overseas deployments to Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.  More often than not, he was in command of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/09/smiedendorf