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Skyrocketing drone usage leads WMU to offer consulting service
News
… collect the necessary data and interpret it for clients. Want to find out where a building is losing most of its … Mathews says. Much of the work being done today with drones was traditionally done with piloted aircraft and satellites, … to accurately measure the elevation of features in specific land areas and assess the health and abundance of vegetation …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54032
Emerging Scholar Awards recognize rising stars among Western faculty
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… Emerging Scholar Awards recognize rising stars among Western faculty Submitted … in higher education annually with the Emerging Scholar Awards. Drs. Megan Grunert Kowalske , chair of the Department … field," says Andrew Hall , director of the Institute for Land, Water and Society at Charles Sturt University in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65743
Researcher who models off-world storms earns NASA fellowship
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… atmospheric processes hundreds of millions of miles away on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—the solar … Fellowship. Brueshaber is one of only 28 applicants to be awarded a $30,000 award for 2016-17 from the fellowship's … complicating factors. There are no mountains, no oceans, no land or ice caps. In some ways, they're simpler than our …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36117
Western sends second student to exclusive backstage experience at New York Fashion Week
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… one-of-a-kind educational experience behind the scenes. "It was really crazy to be there!" says Grace Stibich , a … to graduate in spring 2023, Stibich can't imagine a better way to kick off her final year at Western. "It was very … she says. She also made some contacts that could help her land a job, including an industrial designer who creates …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69422
WMU grads ready for diplomas and promise of 89 percent success rate
News
… of Western Michigan University seniors are hurtling toward May 2 graduation with the knowledge that last year's … WMU graduates, and a similar survey process is already underway for 2014-15 grads. Most alumni actively engaged The core … excess of $80,000. Urban also gets input on where graduates land from faculty, chairs and deans, and she even uses …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22630
Sales students gain real-world experience through innovative business partnership
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… with selling to a customer. In fall 2024, this product was a type of window for Amtrak trains. Students spent the … professors and classmates who have made the experience so rewarding." "What sets this class apart from others that I … the program, and he's an absolute rockstar," he says. "We landed a million-dollar marine account in Louisiana, and …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/01/sales-students-gain-experience-pitching-total-plastics-international
From Saabs to Delta – Steve Denomme Surfs the Turbulence to Success
College of Aviation
… because of the Covid pandemic, and like the rest of us -- was staggered under the ramifications of the "Ugly" -- the … City Bowl Request College of Aviation Information Denomme was raised, the son of a police officer, in Oakland County's Waterford Township, a community of 70,000 …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/11/denomme
It’s the Mainline for Hainline – Rebekah Pursues the Path with Allegiant Air
College of Aviation
… on Rebekah Hainline believes in not only paying it forward but also paying it backward. The Battle Creek native has parlayed a two-year stint … -- traveling. As a pilot herself and as a CFI, she's landed in Iowa, Kentucky, West Virginia, the Upper …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/10/hainline
Patrick Allen's Airlines Education - An "Intern-Tastic Experience at United Airlines"
College of Aviation
… and push your graduation date by seven months." This was, essentially, what my uncle said to me when he tried to … idea considering this is a major airline ... but then again landings do get scary and pilots need to calm their nerves … my desk is directly outside the chief pilot's office. This was made worse by the fact my desk’s placement was in such a …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2017/04/allen
Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in September
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… to be locally oriented and globally competent, culturally aware, and ready to contribute to world knowledge and … (55 and above); open to the public. "Our People, Our Land, Our Images" exhibit —daily through Oct. 22 at the … Institute of Arts, 314 S. Park St., Kalamazoo, sponsored by Warner, Norcross and Judd Attorneys at Law. The exhibit …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42183