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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

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

Ethics Center announces fall 2022 book clubs

Study of Ethics in Society

… providers using informal evidence, as opposed to scientific evidence, to guide their decisions about medical … Indigenous peoples, Zionism, the events of 1948, the 1967 war, Camp David and the Oslo accords, and a two-state … the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society was created after WMU faculty across the curriculum met to discuss their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69336

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

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

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