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From “Oorah” to “Oh Yeah” – Troy Kinnunen Springboards from the Marines to the College of Aviation

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… -- the U. S. Marine Corps -- because once a Marine, always a Marine.  Almost right after his 2013 graduation from … adventure military service would be.    First stop was basic and combat training in California, which in itself … a letter I wrote in seventh grade about my future goals and endeavors.  I mentioned how I wanted to be a pilot and it …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/10/kinnunen

Tickets on sale for John Mellencamp at Miller Auditorium April 9

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… will feature the rock icon's classics plus some new material. Hailed as one of music's most authentic and crowd … Fame, a Grammy winner, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award and Americana Music …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50258

Plan ahead: Here are campus office hours for Thanksgiving 2025 recess

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… ) through Nov. 30 . The pool and sauna and the climbing wall will be closed Nov. 26-30 .   Unified Clinics will … reopen for regular hours beginning at 8 a.m. on Dec. 1.   Waldo Library will close at 5 p.m. on Nov. 26 and will …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/thanksgiving-2025-recess-0

Trustees approve recent retirements, resignations

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… Jan. 1, 2016. Staff retirements Chad H. Avery, arborist in landscape services, 22 years, effective Sept. 30, 2014. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21134

Super Bowl-winning coach John Harbaugh reflects on his start at Western: ‘The greatest three coaching years of my life’

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https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/12/john-harbaugh-baltimore-ravens-super-bowl-winning-coach-wmu-alumni

From Taipei to the Skies: The Inspiring Journey of SkyWest Captain Po Hsien 'Johnny' Chen

College of Aviation

… Chen, whose roots are in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan, and who ended up in Southwest Michigan by way of the northern Indiana community of Elkhart.   Now with …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/01/chen

Summer camp inspires youth to dream big, envision college life

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… Summer Camp hosted by Western Michigan University’s Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations … exciting worlds of mathematics, technology and science in ways that feel relevant to their lives," says Dr. Bianca Nightengale-Lee , director of the Lewis Walker Institute. "By blending real-world applications with …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/08/wire-math-science-summer-camp-lewis-walker-institute-2025

COVID-19 response grants awarded for innovative research related to pandemic

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… COVID-19 response grants awarded for innovative research related to pandemic Submitted … responses in the future. The research will also generate material for a new course at WMU and teach others in the … Selena Protacio The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly ended in-person instruction for K-12 students, leading to a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59443

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Valley Community College and The Kalamazoo Promise receive $620,000 grant to help working-age students earn postsecondary credentials

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… Mich.—The Michigan Center for Adult College Success has awarded a grant of $620,000 to support Western Michigan … to opportunity in a knowledge-based economy. The grant was one of nine awarded through The Center’s competitive … for Michigan families.” As detailed in The Center’s 2023 landscape analysis, Adult Postsecondary Education in …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/11/wmu-kalamazoo-valley-kalamazoo-promise-recieve-innovation-investment-award-grant

Seeing beauty amid the chaos, WMU photography students tell their stories

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… artists with little access to cameras and editing software. But as their Frostic School of Art friends would say, … in the face of adversity. They became inventive and independent—using whatever they had to make artwork,” Davis says. … - Leray Posey "Eyelashes of the Forest" - Olivia Novak "Material Nature" - Sarah Wheaton Contact: Megan Looker May …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59462