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Dr. JoAnn Atkin: Coaching students to success for 24 years
Haworth College of Business
… will retire this summer. Before becoming an academic, Atkin was a skilled advertising and marketing executive. She first … setting as a teenager. She began cashiering and worked her way up into store management during her undergraduate years. … 20 projects, employed 50 interns and generated over $100,000 in revenue. It is just one example of how Atkin …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/05/joann-atkin-retirement
Maintaining a balance of quality and access, WMU sets tuition, room and meal rates for 2025-26
News
… will be $12,148. The rate changes will support ongoing maintenance, updates and development of WMU’s residential …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/06/wmu-sets-2025-26-tuition-costs
Head Banging with Helen Hoffman – Music Aficionado, Soon-To-Be Professional Pilot, and Student Extraordinaire
College of Aviation
… a northern suburb of Detroit. Like many a teenager, she was uncertain of her future course in life, but she also realized that the best place to get something started was in her high school years. Hoffman and best friend, … and possibly at an institution of higher education that is 100-percent aviation, that kind of opportunity is part of …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/02/hoffman
Broncos are going places: New report reveals 93% of Western grads are employed or continuing their education
News
… students are getting jobs very consistently," says Dr. Ewa Urban , director of assessment and effectiveness. "We … impact graduate success. In the most recent report, data was obtained for 72% of alumni earning degrees. Some … questions about graduates' Western experience. "It was very nice to have professors that genuinely cared about …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71441
Bronco in the Sky: How WMU Took This Pilot from Jackson to Jet Set
College of Aviation
… College's director of recruitment, outreach and marketing, was booked on a short flight from Detroit to Kalamazoo when … the intercom. It can't be him, Thinnes wondered. But it was -- Cole Dillon, a 2018 recipient of a degree in aviation … and do what I love to do." Of course, he says, a plane's maintenance and the weather are "always on your mind. Being …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/08/dillon
Geared Up and Getting it Done: Garrett Williams Climbs into His First Aviation Job – Flight Instructing at WMU
College of Aviation
… on Garrett Williams is at the point in his aviation pathway where hundreds of WMU College of Aviation alumni … only been a flight instructor for 8 months, I am looking forward to continue teaching." Request College of Aviation … techniques" and an awareness of the value of preventative maintenance. He chalked that up to the wisdom and ways of …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/05/williams
The ABCs of Braden Wilson: Aviation, Broncos, and Camaraderie
College of Aviation
… is shuttering in your dorm playing video games, you don't want Braden "Brady" Wilson as a "roomie." A WMU College … the speed laws. Request WMU Aviation Information Wilson was a class president, chased little white balls as a member of the golf team, and swam the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke for the Clarkston …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/01/braden
Who’s the Bos – in the world of Aviation it will soon be Joseph!
College of Aviation
… Once back on the college's Battle Creek campus, Bos was on the dispatch team where he learned the nitty-gritty … each aircraft's flight time, and when to plan aircraft maintenance. Next stop was another stint with an airport's fixed-base operator -- …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/11/bos
Western's Dr. Chansheng He receives third Fulbright award
College of Arts and Sciences
… Western's Dr. Chansheng He receives third Fulbright award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … Mich.—Western Michigan University's Dr. Chansheng He was awarded his third Fulbright Specialist Program award in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71392