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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

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

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 … me," he wrote years later in a scholarship application.  "I was very nervous as I boarded the plane with my mother, and …

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

WMU SLP alum chairs national conference

College of Health and Human Services

… The event, scheduled for December 5-7, 2024, in Seattle, WA, will bring together over 10,000 speech-language-hearing … In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Jerrold was honored with the ASHA Dorothy Dreyer Award for Volunteerism in 2022, and he was selected for the …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2024/12/jjackson

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

WMU faculty to perform with Kontras Quartet

News

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36560

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

Katrovas to combine storytelling and song in recital of Czech composers

News

… on the composers' four-year friendship and the pre-World War II era they lived in. The project is under the auspices …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43299

David Chaplin obituary

News

… sociology at Western Michigan University, died July 27 . He was 86. Chaplin joined the WMU faculty in 1972 to serve as … served on numerous national organizations and panels and was a member of such professional groups as the American … a Latin American Studies Association task force that was a follow-up to President Jimmy Carter's special …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42352