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Student athlete earns accolades in the classroom and on the dance floor

Haworth College of Business

… KALAMAZOO, Mich.— After winning the prestigious Stand Out Award in her final semester as an undergraduate, MBA student Natily Cripe … through the Haworth College of Business.”  Stand Out Awards are given to students in the Advanced Selling …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/11/student-athlete-natily-cripe-accolades-classroom-dance-floor

The Hagan Hangar: A Family’s Legacy Takes Wing at Western Michigan University

College of Aviation

… fall very far from the tree:  Dad Dennis is an A&P (airframe and powerplant) technician for Delta and Mom Beth works for Delta Elite Services.    … Envoy Air in 2024 Justin is the Hagan who led the family's way toward Kalamazoo and Western's base of aviation …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/06/hagan

Makenna Staudacher – Freshmen, Family and Finding Aviation Gold at WMU

College of Aviation

… at WMU Submitted by Tom Thinnes on   "All in the Family" was a pioneering situation comedy that made TV history.  It … , is confident that realm of experience will be in her near future.  Up until then, she's comfortable "hanging out" …

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

Preparing for private equity success at WMU Haworth

Haworth College of Business

… rotated through four divisions of the company—wealth management, corporate retirement planning, financial research, and … academic resources. Additionally, involvement in  Phi Delta Theta and the  Financial Services Association has … has his sights set on the life ahead of him. "As I work toward a career in private equity, I am actively building both …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/09/finance-michael-harmon-private-equity

Grant advances bacteria research while training future scientists

College of Arts and Sciences

… Dr. Benjamin Koestler, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University, has been awarded a three-year grant totaling $533,000 from the … Control and Prevention estimates that Shigella infects nearly half a million people every year just in the U.S., …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/09/cas-magazine-shigella-research

Rising Above – Rachel Tuit’s Turn to Transform the World of Aviation

College of Aviation

… World of Aviation Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Rachel Tuit wants to become something she has never personally witnessed … she says about being aboard a Cessna 150 that took off from nearby Sparta, Mich.  Tuit's grandfather qualified for both … certified flight instructors.  Long dreaming of flying for Delta Air Lines , Tuit has taken the next step toward being …

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

Brett Bailey's Greatest Aviation Asset May Be Curiosity

College of Aviation

… in 2018 as an Assistant Air Boss Brett Bailey doesn't recommend a seven-year plan to graduate from Western Michigan … careers in the aviation profession.   How about these:   Nearly a decade of wearing "all kinds of hats" working for … in geography, Bailey says: "Yes, the math is right.  I was here for seven years."  And for good reasons.   "First, …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/09/bailey

Helping people is alumna Ali Yoder’s greatest resource

WMU Alumni

… at WMU with a clear goal.  “I declared human resource management as my major my first year and never changed it,” she says. “I knew I wanted to pursue a career in business, and my dad, who spent … HR. He felt it fit my personality and strengths, and he was right.” Yoder’s dad also believed that a college degree …

https://wmich.edu/alumni/news/2026/10/alum-ali-yoder-greatest-resource

Manifesting the anchor desk: Brian Abel’s journey from Western to CNN

College of Arts and Sciences

… House to natural disasters like Hurricane Milton, Emmy award-winning CNN anchor and correspondent Brian Abel, B.S.’07, has racked up a world-class broadcast resume. And it all started with a dream manifested in a … course at Western.  “My good friend Scott Alexander was in a broadcast class with me, we also did intramural …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/09/cas-magazine-abel-cnn

Alexis Brown: Achieving Excellence in Aviation

College of Aviation

… it came to a career in aviation, Alexis Brown always seemed to know she was on the right "track." During … Aviation School at the Oakland County International Airport near Pontiac.  Coming out of that experience was a knack of … into Pinnacle in 2002 and became a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines in 2013.  With headquarters in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58976