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Strengthening Global Engagement Amid Global Challenges

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Strengthening Global Engagement Amid Global Challenges Submitted by Elizabeth Braaksma … abroad more complicated. It is also challenging (but rewarding) for Haenicke Institute for Global Education staff … send WMU students out into the world every year. This year, nearly 500 students studied abroad on 78 programs in 27 …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2026/04/global-education-2026

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

College of Aviation

… Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo … path to Apogee Air based at Oakland International Airport near Detroit.  Two of the latest to trade in their Brown and … raised near a Holland — The Netherlands one — because his home country is Germany.  Apogee, an aircraft-management …

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

Breaking it Down and Building it Up – Broderick Bebout Aims for A Career in Aviation Maintenance

College of Aviation

… to his WMU career, but also along for the ride is being something of a poster child for the concept that a condition … since 2015 when his family moved there from Chagrin Falls near Cleveland, Ohio.  His mechanical bent took him to the … 2021 graduate.  "The aviation industry is so exciting and always changing.  AT WMAA, everyone is always pushing for …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/12/broderick

Medallion Scholar to cross ocean and cultures to continue military legacy

First-Year Faces

Medallion Scholar to cross ocean and cultures to continue … shock for Molly Cochran. “I’m an American citizen, but I was born in Sasebo, Japan,” she says. “There was a military … Michigan State and a school in Tennessee, where I would be near my aunt, but I liked this campus best. Michigan State …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68548

Three WMU food marketing students earn industry scholarships

Haworth College of Business

… University students majoring in food marketing have been awarded scholarships from Grocery Manufacturers' … were recognized for their academic excellence and commitment to building careers in the food marketing industry. The annual …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/05/foodmarketing-gmr-scholarships-2026

Montalvo receives a prestigious scholarship to study in Argentina

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2017/03/montlavo-interview

From the Windy City to WMU – Brett Been Takes to the Sky

College of Aviation

… Brett Been Takes to the Sky Submitted by Tom Thinnes on   Remember those grade-school field trips where kids have a chance to explore career options.  Waste of time, right? Not for Brett Been, destined to be a … to helping Been hit a fade on a drive and stick a pitch near the cup, Ostrom played a big role in steering Been …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/been

Governor appoints new members to WMU Board of Trustees

News

… to welcome Trustees Trevan and Turfe," says President Edward Montgomery . "I look forward to the expertise and … Turfe served as Group President of Anatomical Pathology at Thermo Fisher Scientific and its global headquarters was located within …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62619

Bronco in the Sky: How WMU Took This Pilot from Jackson to Jet Set

College of Aviation

…   Recently, Tom Thinnes, the College's director of recruitment, outreach and marketing, was booked on a short flight from Detroit to Kalamazoo when … and charter airlines based at Michigan's Willow Run Airport near Detroit.   "I was able to learn a lot about the …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/08/dillon

Getting Underway and Unlocking Aviation Opportunity with Zach Orfin

College of Aviation

… Getting Underway and Unlocking Aviation Opportunity with Zach Orfin … far above the solid ground.    There appears to be a third medium in his future -- space, the Final Frontier, in the … based at the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum located near the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport.     …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/05/orfin