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All Life is Learning - June 2023

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… All Life is Learning - June 2023 Director's Note Thank you , Dr. Ed Martini ! M any of you know Ed as one of OLLI at WMU’s biggest supporters, advocates , and one of our all-time …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/june-2023

From Aviation Camp to Aviation Captain

College of Aviation

… of a recently cancelled television show.  For others, it is none other than Cereal City, USA.  However for Richard … for him.   Growing up in a military family, a child never knows where life will take them.  Fortunately for Bartlett, … University School of Aviation located at the W.K. Kellogg Airfield.  His investigations uncovered the aviation …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2015/09/aviation-camp-aviation-captain

History of the U.S. AB Initio Flying Program at WMU

College of Aviation

… In 1997, with the help of multiple grants from the WK Kellogg Foundation, Kellogg Company, U.S. federal dollars, and … the International Pilot Training Centre. For five years the now College of Aviation worked to produce competent and … to the United States to learn to fly. These students had no prior flying experience and were taken from 0 hours to …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2013/02/abinitio

Thrills and chills await at an alumni movie premiere 30 years in the making

College of Fine Arts

… theatre faculty, the movie sat unfinished for thirty years. Now, with post sound from Skywalker Sound and final picture … Pictures color department, it is at last completed. It is now the only 4k 35mm movie shot entirely in Kalamazoo. The … the entire town pitch in to help, and ending with the struggle to finish post with almost no money. Secondly is the …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2018/10/housesitter

The End of my Year Studying in Japan Pt 1: Language Improvement

Study Abroad

… countryside town in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. And yet, now I’m on my way back to America. I want to share my … to say, so I decided to break it up into a 3-part series. Now, I’m going to share my Japanese language journey from … at a higher level there. Well, turns out I basically knew nothing. I quickly realized that I was not prepared for …

https://wmich.edu/studyabroad/blog/2019/08/gettiglanguageimprovement

The Rise of Rochon – Randall’s Aviation Journey and The Power of Giving Back

College of Aviation

… and a founding member of the campus chapter of what is now known as the  Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals - … mentor and counsel the college's current enrollees. He's logged more than a few miles in the friendly skies since his …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2019/09/rochon2019

An "AAR"guably Great Experience - Will Wales Internship with AAR Corp

College of Aviation

… approximately $2 billion in annual revenue. AAR Corp. now has over 6,000 employees in twenty different countries. … aircraft capable of refueling aircraft mid-flight. This knowledge of the aircraft was useful in that it gave me a … would determine, based on this information, whether or not they could competitively bid on the RFP. Most OEMs have …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2019/09/walesaar

Takeoffs and Touchdowns – Matt Thaler Scores with Delta

College of Aviation

… Titans in the National Football League. While far less notable to the general public, Thaler is nonetheless at the top of his profession as a Boeing 717 … campus in Kalamazoo to the program's headquarters at Kellogg Field in Battle Creek through the Western Student …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2020/08/thaler

The ABCs of Braden Wilson: Aviation, Broncos, and Camaraderie

College of Aviation

… school days in Clarkston , located about a 45-minute drive north of Detroit -- if one observes the speed laws.    … and 100-yard backstroke for the Clarkston varsity , well enough to qualify for the state tournament.    When he wasn't … status as a work experience was the time he logged with Annie Quardokus , manager of aviation dispatch and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2021/01/braden