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Geralyn Heystek: 40 years of helping students grow and thrive

Haworth College of Business

… Center staff in the courtyard at Schneider Hall.  When you walk into the Zhang Career Center, you are greeted by a … a student at Western in 1974 and studied languages, which was an interest area for her. She soon found herself … consider business, and she decided to try a class. She was hooked, earning her B.B.A. in 1979. During her …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/05/geralyn-heystek-retirement

Dominic Nicolai – Aviation Dynamo and WMU Faculty Member

College of Aviation

… the WMU aviation program in 1974 and logged 30 years in its service.  Ron Sackett , a 1959 WMU graduate who served as the program's chief when it was part of the College of Engineering and coordinator of … of the program from Kalamazoo to its current base at what was then the W. K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek .  WMU …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/09/nicolai

William Appel obituary

News

… University professor emeritus of music, died July 7 . He was 85. Appel, of Portage, Michigan, joined the WMU faculty … in 1965 and retired in 2001 after nearly 36 years of service to the University. He began his career as director of opera and a voice teacher, was an assistant professor, associate professor and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/48029

Success with interest: Support adds up for accountancy grad

News

… applied a certain principle or calculated them a different way?" he says. That dedication is what earned the soon-to-be … a job offer months before graduation. Not long after he walks across the stage at Miller Auditorium during  spring … enhancing my skills in financial analysis, client service and strategic planning," he says. "This internship …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/04/accountancy-graduate-success-jesus-osvaldo-martinez-jimenez

Scholarship support helps WMU student bring technology access to rural Ghana

College of Health and Human Services

… Mich.—Marian Clara Fueri, a senior in the Healthcare Services and Sciences program, is the recipient of the … Burgett Scholarship through the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS). She learned about the opportunity through …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/12/burgett-fueri

Flying, French, and Fit – WMU has it all for Rebecca Lowe

College of Aviation

… for Rebecca Lowe Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Airlines that want their chief pilots to be able to "parlez-vous francais" … located about 40 miles southwest of No. 1 Chicago.  She was a member of the 2020 senior class at Waubonsie Valley High School, which offered no …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/02/lowe

From Sun ‘n Fun to Air in Alaska – Chris Desmond’s Aviation Aspirations Continue to Soar

College of Aviation

… rugged, magnificent beauty and unmatched environment have warmed his psyche and tempered his body's response to chilly … effect, what cold?  Chris Desmond at the Grosvenor Lodge, waiting on a customer But there's more to Desmond's affinity … hoping to do as well as Blain had done for him.  His service earned Desmond a couple of flights to the Sun 'n Fun …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/05/desmond

WMU alumna Anika Johnson threads sustainability into Kalamazoo with secondhand boutiques

College of Education and Human Development

… much success, Johnson began to see the potential.  "I t wasn’t until the pop-up on the Kalamazoo Mall that we … on the mall and began her business. Great Lakes Thrift Co. was a tremendous success and not shortly after, Johnson … opened Kalamazoo Fashion House.  WMU students host Style Wars at Kalamazoo Fashion House. At Kalamazoo Fashion House, …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2023/02/anika-johnson

Grants to WMU top $15 million for fiscal year

News

… the period reported to the board, December grants led the way, totaling nearly $2 million and accounting for 54 … November grants came in just below $600,000, while January awards totaled slightly more than $1 million. Research grants … $1.8 million, followed closely by grants for public service at nearly $1.2 million. Notable research grants …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/230

Do Young Chang obituary

News

… professor of political and social science, died Aug. 3. He was 89. Chang, of Windermere, Fla., joined the WMU faculty … social science and retired in 1993 after nearly 22 years of service to the University. He transferred from social … science to political science in 1989. A Korean exile, Chang was born in 1923 in Yong Chun, Korea, and emigrated to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1312