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Leveling up experience-driven learning opportunities

W Magazine

… how artificial intelligence and robotics can transform social interactions and digital interfaces in the XDesign … add new avenues for research while creating a framework for the cross-disciplinary pollination of ideas between … says challenge judge Laura Evans , director of environment, social and governance for Cirba Solutions. Impactful …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75848

United in Love and Aviation: Ben and Shelby Egan Find Their Fit with Each Other and the Airlines

College of Aviation

… those steps.   The Egans during a WMU Aviation event while working with Endeavor Air Not too long into their Western … two levels of flight instructor for the college.  Ben also worked as a CFI I and II as well as an MEI (multi-engine … during their Western days, but none more than with the networking and making-industry-connection activities they …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/10/egan

Alexis Brown: Achieving Excellence in Aviation

College of Aviation

… of having a child," she says, "I was convinced by Chris to work with him on my CFI (certified flight instructor … near Pontiac.  Coming out of that experience was a knack of working with people at different levels of training.  She … her chosen profession, especially the people with whom she works.  "Everyone comes from different backgrounds," she …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/04/brown

Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo

College of Aviation

… in the Detroit Metro area.  “I knew that I never wanted to work a desk job,” he says.  “I was torn between becoming a … experiences my confidence as a pilot grew.”  Paffhausen worked the college’s aviation line services department … conduct interviews for new hires.”  All of this he finds valuable as Apogee’s lead certified instructor — one of his …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/01/apogee

Campus office hours released for holidays

News

… represented employees have contractually scheduled regular work days between Thursday, Dec. 22, and Tuesday, Jan. 3 . …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36916

Education and human development honors alumni at 25th annual award ceremony

College of Education and Human Development

… field of education, Korinek has served as a middle school social studies teacher and was named the Middle School Educator of the Year by the Michigan Council for the Social Studies in 2017. Korinek has also served as a middle … place-based and problem based program where students work on-site to solve authentic, contemporary problems …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73000

‘Rising star’ tapped to lead Western’s College of Education and Human Development

News

… strengthening community partnerships, and committing to social justice, equity and inclusion,” Dinehart says.  “I look forward to working collaboratively with faculty and staff to envision … context of the early care and education environment. Her work on the relationship between fine motor skills and later …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71159

WMU participating in LBGT national day of giving

News

… that the LBGT and ally community will support the great work being done here at WMU and continue to support our … frequently. Those interested also may connect with MyWMU on social media and share this site's giving day content as it …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32130

Julie K. TerMeer obituary

News

… Services unit of WMU's Sindecuse Health Center. She was working full time at Sindecuse while also working on a master's degree in social work at WMU. Previously, she had earned a business …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32212

How Mongolia's herding culture shaped a doctoral candidate's journey

College of Arts and Sciences

… formative years when he served as a Peace Corps volunteer working as a school social worker in a local village, living with a herding … assist in crafting public policy [to address] the various social problems facing former herders.”  While Miller worked …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73677