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Alexis Brown: Achieving Excellence in Aviation

College of Aviation

… Alexis Brown: Achieving Excellence in Aviation Submitted by Tom … hurdles in her lane?  You bet! But to borrow a metaphor from another mode of global navigation, like a foundering … to make certain we were all on the same page, no matter how long that took." Associate professor Lori Brown is in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58976

The Vitt Factor: empowering students to make their mark

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—Western Michigan University sophomore Caden Vittorini from Chicago, Illinois, certainly has the "it" factor. With the mission to … he states. “Most of the time, young people don’t know how to successfully start, expand on or end a conversation. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70677

The philosophy of grief

College of Arts and Sciences

… does not even remember it herself. What she does recall, however, is always having an internal preoccupation with … seemed to be intellectualized substitutes, quite removed from what people are grappling with when they lose someone …

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

Fast-tracking dreams into reality: Urban Teacher Residency Program a ‘blessing’ for one of cohort’s first graduates

W Magazine

… seeing the smiling faces in her kindergarten class at the Discovery Enrichment Center in Benton Harbor Area Schools. … material, she adds. “There is an adjustment for students as far as time management, but we’ve found a model that works … “One of the administrators came right up to me and said how happy she was to see my smiling face in the building …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69855

Flexing your skills in the MBA program

Haworth College of Business

… Flexing your skills in the MBA program Submitted by Amy Coughenour on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Communicating with C-suite executives is a regular part of Douglas Johnson’s day-to-day work. The … Strategy course the most. “I love the comprehensive view of how businesses must operate across many sites and sometimes …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/11/flexing-skills-mba-douglas-johnson

Alyssa Krazel finds her fit in the accounting field

Haworth College of Business

… the most out of her time at Western Michigan University is to make lifelong connections. Originally from Farmington Hills, Michigan, the accountancy student at the … thing that excites me most about the accounting field is how it is always changing. Getting the opportunity to …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/12/accountancyalyssa-krazelinternship

Learning about herself while honing civil engineering skills

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… engineering economics was her best academic experience so far. “It was the heaviest course workload I have ever taken … as a WMU student, yet it was where I learned the most about my learning and studying habits and it really made me … engineering and engineering management. Rode is putting those priorities to use as a civil engineering …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68980

Allison Downey featured at Ann Arbor storytelling festival

News

… Allison Downey featured at Ann Arbor storytelling festival … February Storytelling Festival featuring talespinners from far and wide. This year, WMU's Allison Downey will join New … Virág and Ann Arbor "townie" Lyn Powrie Davidge. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Downey, associate professor of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/154

WMU to announce region’s only graduate certificate in tribal governance as it hosts Native American U.S. assistant secretary for Indian Affairs at talk

News

… in tribal governance as it hosts Native American U.S. assistant secretary for Indian Affairs at talk Submitted by … is We Talk’s Spring Keynote Speaker. He will discuss how the traditional Seven Grandfathers teaching has guided … to engage across diverse communities on Thursday, April 13, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Room 4010 of the College of Health and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71354

WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards Submitted by … a Fulbright Specialist Award.  Jasperse returned this month from a three week trip to Johannesburg where he partnered … vocal pedagogy and vocal jazz arranging. “I got to see how another jazz and music department operates and how Wits …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/06/fulbright-specialist-summer-2025