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Meet the Finalists

Dance

… CAST YOUR VOTE Congratulations to this year's finalists!   Watch their work and then cast your vote for this year's …

https://wmich.edu/dance/nccfinalists

WMU Theatre grad Jack Austin is ready to take his career to the next stage

News

… and beyond. “I would be happy to be doing any role that I was given at Western, but it’s very cool to be going out … up going to Miller Auditorium and seeing the touring Broadway shows; Western has always been a huge part of my life.”   Like his character, …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/graduate-success-music-theatre-performance-jack-austin

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

In Memoriam, summer 2026

W Magazine

… BS ’51, Nov. 29, 2025, Grand Rapids, MI Ona Eileene (Pappe) Wall , BA ’52, MA ’64, Dec. 7, 2025, Grandville, MI Muriel … Robins , BA ’54, Nov. 24, 2025, Livonia, MI Willard Howard Mejeur , BS ’54, Dec. 10, 2025, Cadillac, MI Thomas … , BS ’23, Nov. 6, 2025, Frisco, TX Emeriti Robert J. Balik , professor emeritus of finance and commercial law, …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2026/06/memoriam-summer-2026

Historical novelist snags Light Center research grant

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… receive $3,000 to support three projects currently underway. Xiong, a Western Michigan professor of history, will use the award to promote a historical novel he recently published, to … novel will be published by Xiamen University Press. The award will also be used to support the publication of the …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2016/03/xiong-novel-grant-spotlight

PSAW/PSSO's 2025 Summer Party

Professional Staff Association of Western

… and PSSO members are invited to a summer bash you won't want to miss—bring your friends, families and your best …

https://wmich.edu/psaw/events/summer-party-2025

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

Jeff Breneman

Government Relations

… Partnerships Office (269) 387-2071 Mobile (269) 716-0400 Send an email Location 3010 Seibert Administration … S. Floyd and again under the leadership of President Edward Montgomery. He has also previously held strategic … which promotes these ideas through community engagement. He was awarded the Heterodox Academy’s Open Inquiry Award in …

https://wmich.edu/government/directory/breneman

Hotel Accommodations

Visit

… Hampton Inn: Kalamazoo Airport 2610 Airview Blvd (269) 343-0400 Distance to WMU: 14 min/6.8 miles Book your stay … your stay Portage Courtyard by Marriott 400 Trade Centre Way (269) 382-5808 Distance to WMU: 10 min/4.1 miles Book your stay Homewood Suites by Hilton 500 Trade Centre Way (269) 382-5817 Distance to WMU: 11 min/4.2 miles Book …

https://wmich.edu/visit/hotels

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

Sindecuse Health Center

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