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From Kent (WA) to Kalamazoo (MI), Jennifer Nguyen’s Medallion Journey Takes Flight

College of Aviation

… From Kent (WA) to Kalamazoo (MI), Jennifer Nguyen’s Medallion Journey … and immediate family were on the wrong side of the Vietnam War, which forced many of their peers to leave the home … a rock-centered eye on an aviation career — just an awareness that something had to, or was going to, happen.  …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/04/nguyen

Western honors staff who go above and beyond with Make a Difference Annual Award

News

… who go above and beyond with Make a Difference Annual Award Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … Victoria Hastings , Giulia Hayes , Chris Salvaggio and Teri Wagner will be honored as the Make a Difference Annual Award … custodian to keep our facilities clean and in good working order, she seems to have been placed with us in order to …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/09/make-difference-annual-award-2026-recipients-recognized

WMU community shows up big to welcome new Broncos to campus

News

… as they moved their students into residence halls. There was plenty of furniture assembling as students settled into … Band, students and community members packing campus with swag under their arms and smiles on their faces—Western … time slots, working with vendors to make sure if students order things ahead of time they are in their room ready to …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/09/fall-welcome-broncos-move-2026

Helping people is alumna Ali Yoder’s greatest resource

WMU Alumni

… 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 … opportunity to succeed.” Whether carrying a full tray of orders or a packed schedule of classes, Yoder learned to …

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

Breakthrough fish research makes waves in evolutionary theory

News

… Breakthrough fish research makes waves in evolutionary theory Submitted by Erin Flynn on … the lineage of fish species in Australia and New Guinea was just published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of … science, but we never had all of the data that we needed in order to attack this,” says Bloom. “This took decades of …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/10/fish-research-evolutionary-theory-devin-bloom

Gaining Altitude with Guadalupe Guzman Ramos – Current WMU Aviation Flight Science Student and Future Professional Pilot

College of Aviation

… in southern Florida harvesting bumper crops of tomatoes and watermelons, an occupation the now-U.S. citizen still … a flight from nearby Fort Myers to Dallas, Texas -- and he was dragged into that 2009 experience almost kicking and … a bit of that, recalling his mother's 4 a.m. wake-up orders: "Hurry up, son!  The bus is on the way."  Not the …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/03/guzmanramos

Free at-home COVID-19 test kits distributed throughout campus

Sindecuse Health Center

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69214

Gov. Whitmer appoints Dean Laura Dinehart to statewide literacy council

College of Education and Human Development

… on the board of the Kalamazoo Literacy Council and in 2024 was named honorary chair of the organization’s Everyone … Michigan’s broader literacy efforts. Created by executive order earlier this year, the Every Child Reads Champions …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2026/09/dean-dinehart-governor-literacy-council

Wings of Resolve: The Air Force Journey of WMU Aviation Bronco Tracy Smiedendorf

College of Aviation

… University College of Aviation with a degree in what was then known as flight technology:   On "9-11" he was in the Pentagon when the hijacked airliner slammed into … overseas deployments to Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.  More often than not, he was in command of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/09/smiedendorf

Scholarship in action: Research highlights

University Libraries

… Templar, known for its exploits during the Crusades, was a powerful monastic military and financial order. The order is well known by historians and the general … Archives by an Italian scholar in 2001. The discovery was a significant finding for scholars studying the infamous …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2026/02/impact-report-research-highlights