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WMU earns top accreditation for landscape management
News
… accreditation rating requires a very proactive and aggressive approach to understanding and implementing sound … so far. Besides WMU and Georgia Tech, PGMS in 2014 bestowed grounds management four-star accreditation on the … now accomplished our goals for PGMS' Key Principles and Best Management Practices, but rather than the end all, we …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26328
Gaining his Western Wings and Finding His Way to FedEx, Jason Woo’s in Full Control of His Aviation Career
College of Aviation
… aviation industry," he says. "I received not one, but two furlough notices from Delta in the span of a few months." … to where I am today. I would be remiss if I did not do my best to pay it forward." After graduation and into his … a flight with my parents riding in the back." His best class? "Any flight lesson, because it beats sitting in …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/12/woo
An ‘open heart’ opens the mind: Students find value in giving and receiving through service learning
W Magazine
… neighborhoods alongside Building Blocks of Kalamazoo and digging through history at the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological … it into real-world action and solving real problems. The best ones are those that are working with community.” “(Service learning) is the best opportunity I took advantage of while at WMU. Never …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69884
Leadership advice from an expert: Major General Rod Faulk
Haworth College of Business
… understanding of well-defined outcomes and identify the best methods to achieve those outcomes. Failure to … are important skills to develop. The adage that ‘it’s best to seek to understand before trying to be understood’ …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69760
WMU partners with local tribes to create tribal governance graduate certificate
College of Arts and Sciences
… the tribes, we were genuinely curious about how WMU could best support them,” says School of Public Affairs and … promote a collaborative approach and environment to explore best practices in policies through the creation of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73676
WMU’s MBA program celebrates 50 years in Grand Rapids
News
… in research and practical application of business best practices to the area to make the Grand Rapids program … the Princeton Review named the college to its list of the best business schools for graduate education in 2014. Wide …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18266
WMU student recognized by Google, takes first place in competition
Haworth College of Business
… focuses on global student collaboration and communication best practices in a virtual environment, with companies such … place where they could have the most impact with their suggestions. Evaluating Google’s most active social … students to network with others outside of WMU and learn best practices for sharing and generating ideas, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66824
United Airlines' Aviate Pilot Development Program puts WMU aviators on fast track to careers
News
… the next decade, United is positioning itself to hire the best and brightest through the progression of Aviate. “We … have consistently striven at WMU to produce the industry's best trained and most sought-after graduates. This … since 1997 at the Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field and has been the site of nationally recognized …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57857
Indigenous hip-hop artist brings new perspective to Western
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
… The Irving S. Gilmore School of music is fortunate to welcome Waln this year, says Dr. Lauron Kehrer, associate … arts and acoustics in 2014. Since then, Waln has been gigging, touring and presenting full time. Indigenous …
https://wmich.edu/provost/news/2024/09/frank-waln-artist-residence
Public radio news directors award WMUK for broadcasting excellence
News
… program titles and staff members who won awards are: Best Use of Sound—"Go On a Sound Walk with WMU Soundscape …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/28036