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DePuy is the Guy! Finding his path and overcoming challenges, Brian lands at Envoy Air

College of Aviation

… that? Just ask the successful novelists whose work room walls are plastered with rejection slips. 2017 WMU Aviation … Depuy preparing to fly a WMU Cirrus SR20 DePuy was raised in Naperville, Ill., which is 28 miles west of … Valley High School in 2013.  Father-and-son time often was breakfasting at a nearby airport watching planes come …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/07/depuy

Eric Johnson – Flying High from Mesaba to FlightSafety International

College of Aviation

… Johnson figured either he knew it all, or at least he was close. Request College of Aviation Info But after … products for FlightSafety International , there is always more to learn, and that's the way he wants it. Eric Johnson with Avro in the hangar at …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/04/johnson

Community collaboration: Nursing students help Kalamazoo County expand flu clinic offerings

College of Health and Human Services

… and the Kalamazoo County Flu Clinic. This partnership was designed to give senior-level students experiences in … staff who are needed meet the community's daily needs for walk-in immunizations. However, this season brought a … by Master Faculty Specialist, Dawn Smith , a collaboration was established with the students in the WMU Bronson School …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/02/clinic

WMU engineer receives ADVANCE proof of concept grant

News

… Mich.—A Western Michigan University faculty member was one of three people selected in March to receive a spring 2018 award from the ADVANCE Grant Proof of Concept Fund. Dr. … his that improves prediction of the fatigue properties of materials. His prediction methodology will lower the expense …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47498

Waving the Western Flag: Claire Holloway immerses herself into Aviation and WMU culture

College of Aviation

… Waving the Western Flag: Claire Holloway immerses herself into Aviation and WMU culture Submitted … Thinnes on WMU Aviation Flight Science Student Claire Holloway Getting Ready for a Flight If the adage that it takes a …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/04/holloway

University to honor its top four staffers for 2014-15

News

… have been selected to receive the Annual Make a Difference Award. The recipients for 2014-15 are Kevin Knutson , … Service, Distinguished Teaching and Emerging Scholar awards. The Annual Make a Difference Award is the highest … example of how Riemland goes above and beyond the call of duty. "Terri is a staff member who is absolutely …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27159

Think Big leads to Rethink Smart

W Magazine

… WMU is helping students find a deeper meaning and a better way of thinking. It’s what we call Rethink Smart. Rethink … more than that. It’s using one's smarts to pursue a bolder way of thinking, leading to a bigger way of being. It’s … the arts more accessible to minorities and young artists in metro Detroit who have developmental disabilities or mental …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61956

Behind the exhibits: Creating space for student work

University Libraries

… work Submitted by Angela Brcka on Artwork by Kamau DaaJa-Ra was featured in the spring 2026 Art and Research exhibit. We … of Western students by featuring their art and research in Waldo Library. Librarians Micky Carignano , Dylan McGlothlin … something new. We’ve had to find ways to hang all kinds of materials—paper, wood, canvas and textiles—in different …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2026/02/impact-report-behind-exhibits

WMU Libraries publishes two new open textbooks

University Libraries

… the content 10 years ago. So, when I started developing the material thinking about its publication in OER almost two years ago, the most important aspect was already done,” says Pérez de la Cruz. Turning that … finished from the OER creation grants. The Libraries has awarded nine OER creation grants since 2022 and anticipates …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75382

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

News

… artists with little access to cameras and editing software. But as their Frostic School of Art friends would say, … have the essential equipment. “I quickly realized this was going to become a ‘one-size-fits-one’ situation, because … - Leray Posey "Eyelashes of the Forest" - Olivia Novak "Material Nature" - Sarah Wheaton Contact: Megan Looker May …

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