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What is...WMU professor on Jeopardy?

College of Arts and Sciences

… two and a half years ago, when Strong and her son started watching the show together. Although it was her son who first wanted the spot behind the podium, … process began. First, an online written test that over 100,000 people take yearly. Then there were various rounds …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-jeopardy

Magnificently Managing an Airport: Sarah Pagano’s Aviation Management and Operations Success

College of Aviation

… system.  Request College of Aviation Information  Pagano was raised in Midland, located in what is called the … man who learned about aviation from Orville Wright and was something of a mentor to Charles Lindbergh .  Another … Nights' for third-grade classes at the airport.  More than 100 kids visited aviation learning stations that correlated …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/08/pagano

WMU Army ROTC cadet group goes for gold, wins

News

… a 11-by-10-meter shuttle sprint, a timed flexed arm hang, a 100-meter uniform swim, a combat life saver exam, a nuclear …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44354

Undergrad experiences fuel alumna's passion for climate policy

News

… for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. "COP was absolutely a moment when I couldn't believe this is where my life has taken me," says Wilder, who was accepted into the public policy and natural resources … science," she says. Wilder and volunteers planted more than 100 trees and shrubs on the WMU campus. Wilder's budding …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57475

Trustees approve recent retirements, resignations

News

… effective Dec. 31, 2014. George Wilson, senior engineer in maintenance services, 26 years, effective Oct. 20, 2014. …

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

WMU launches climate crisis-inspired writing competition

Sustainability

… gift of literary art—making it and being around it—is the way it engenders community and fosters connectivity with the … world, however beleaguered. Isn’t that the only endurable way forward: together and awake?” says Alison Swan , faculty … First place: $500 Second place: $300 Honorable mention: $100 Entries are due by April 1, 2022 , and will be blind …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66950

University to honor its top four staffers for 2013-14

News

… have been selected to receive the Annual Make a Difference Award during WMU's Academic Convocation at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10. The Make a Difference Award is a peer-to-peer program that recognizes WMU staff … Oswalt, who joined the staff in 2009, is a millwright/maintenance mechanic in the maintenance services area of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19194

Nobel Peace laureate visit to include talk with students, faculty

News

… Movement. He is encouraging college students to join his 100 Million Campaign, a movement to expose the system of … and instead these children had to work for a living. It was at this age that he began his social activism to help … Convention No. 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour was formally approved in 1999.  PeaceJam Great Lakes …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51915

Public radio news directors award WMUK for broadcasting excellence

News

… Public radio news directors award WMUK for broadcasting excellence Submitted by Anonymous … radio news directors. The station has won three PRNDI awards from Public Radio News Directors Inc., the news … in 2014. The competition was fierce this year, with over 1,100 entries from public radio newsrooms across the country. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/28036

WIDR celebrates success at intercollegiate broadcasting conference

News

… student-run noncommercial radio station, WIDR 89.1 FM , was honored at a national conference in New York City earlier this month. WIDR won an award for best underwriting spot at the 78th annual … and best-selling authors. The event's more than 100 sessions and tours attracted 1,600 attendees from all …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45750