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Finding Home with Hunter: Hayes Finds His Crew at WMU Aviation

College of Aviation

… Finding Home with Hunter: Hayes Finds His Crew at WMU Aviation Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Hunter Hayes is … higher education just about in their back yard.    The WMU College of Aviation senior hails from Bellevue, Mich., a … of Battle Creek, the college's base of operations.  Request WMU Aviation Information Aviation came into Hayes' direct …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/03/hayes

WMU Aviation Excellence in Diversity Award Winner - Albert Glenn

College of Aviation

WMU Aviation Excellence in Diversity Award Winner - Albert … is a captain with FedEx Express. Captain Glenn’s tie to the WMU College of Aviation is his service as an active member of the WMU College of Aviation Advisory Board and our partnership …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2014/11/glenn

Curtis "Doc" Swanson - WMU Aviation Hall of Honor Inductee

College of Aviation

… Curtis "Doc" Swanson - WMU Aviation Hall of Honor Inductee Submitted by Tom Thinnes … of Aviation with an A&P Mechanics license, then entered WMU to complete his aviation education. At WMU "Doc" started his MS, and also began teaching as a …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2014/02/swanson

Clear for takeoff: How WMU’s aviation program launched A’maree Waddell’s career

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… Clear for takeoff: How WMU’s aviation program launched A’maree Waddell’s career … Management. Waddell racked up leadership experience in WMU’s chapter of the Organization of Black Aerospace … more than ready thanks to the preparation she received in WMU’s College of Aviation. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A vacation to …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/graduate-success-aviation-management-operations-amaree-waddell

Clarence "Pappy" Vandeventer - WMU Aviation Hall of Honor Inductee

College of Aviation

… Clarence "Pappy" Vandeventer - WMU Aviation Hall of Honor Inductee Submitted by Tom Thinnes … that live today.  Not only did he serve as an advisor to WMU’s competitive flight team, the Sky Broncos, VanDeventer …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2014/02/pappy

Shifting focus: WMU film grad Aidan Ralko captures success through Experience-Driven Learning

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… Shifting focus: WMU film grad Aidan Ralko captures success through … the same exposure and connections if I hadn’t come to WMU,” he says. “When I came here, I knew I wanted to work … to produce a project that is the culmination of my time at WMU.”   Now, as the credits roll on this chapter of his …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/graduate-success-film-video-media-studies-aidan-ralko

From the Windy City to WMU – Brett Been Takes to the Sky

College of Aviation

… From the Windy City to WMU – Brett Been Takes to the Sky Submitted by Tom Thinnes … Office Been and many of his fellow Illinoisans chose WMU because of its decades-old reputation in the aviation …  It was my favorite class." Been in front of his "favorite" WMU airplane - the SkyBroncos Cessna 150 In the team photo …

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

The Perfect Landing for Eli Lantz – WMU’s College of Aviation

College of Aviation

… The Perfect Landing for Eli Lantz – WMU’s College of Aviation Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Each … in aviation is for them. Not so for Eli Lantz.  It was the WMU College of Aviation itself that did the convincing. … Western's aviation school." Request Information About the WMU College of Aviation Now in his senior year, he's …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/09/eli-lantz

Northern Jet Management's First All-Female Flight Crew - WMU Alumni

College of Aviation

… Northern Jet Management's First All-Female Flight Crew - WMU Alumni Submitted by Tom Thinnes on                       … karsten and maya thornley Sara Karsten double-majored at WMU, graduating from both the Aviation Flight Science and … her flight training as a Certified Flight Instructor for WMU. Maya Thornley graduated from the Aviation Flight …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/04/njm

Patience, Persistence and Pittsburgh – Vlad Robinson Routes His Way to WMU Aviation

College of Aviation

… and Pittsburgh – Vlad Robinson Routes His Way to WMU Aviation Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Vladislav Robinson … that this is what I really wanted to do."    Now a WMU senior, Vlad was being wooed by others -- he toured the …  But no dice.  "The location of Western is great.  WMU is far enough away where I can feel on my own, but not …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/01/vladislav