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

College of Aviation

… Scholarship recipient, Jennifer Nguyen and the College of Aviation Dean, Dr. Raymond Thompson at the 2023 Medallion … grandparents and immediate family were on the wrong side of the Vietnam War, which forced many of their peers to … Michigan University as a double major in aviation flight science and aviation management and operations.  She never …

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

Bin there, done that — student's research optimizes recycling

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… project for Newell Brands, determining the best placement of recycling centers to reduce waste. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— … analysis research project is garbage. And he's proud of it.  The psychology graduate student immersed himself in … able to see every phase of this project…you could see the science unfold in front of you, which was very validating."  …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52646

TLES alumni selected to American Achieves Michigan Educator Voice Fellowship

Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

… (BS '95, Elementary Education) , alumni from the Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies (TLES) have … “The Michigan Educator Voice Fellowship, as a branch of the national America Achieves Teacher & Principal … 5-5.  For the past three years, Schymick has been teaching science.  Schymick was recently selected as the 2014-15 …

https://wmich.edu/teaching/tles-alumni-selected-american-achieves-michigan-educator-voice-fellowship

Airport and Aviation Extraordinaire: Ashley Lucas

College of Aviation

… Janet Lucas While working her way through the WMU College of Aviation, Ashley Lucas admits that she had almost no time … that would have helped launch her career with the thrust of a turbo jet.  Now Operations Manager for the Gerald Ford … While majoring in what was then known as the aviation science and administration curriculum at Western, Lucas said …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2023/03/lucas

Lee Honors College Students Leading the Way in Addressing the Climate Crisis

Lee Honors College

… the Way in Addressing the Climate Crisis Under the umbrella of climate change, the eighteen 2020 WMU Medallion scholars … yearly Student Sustainability Summit. This effort is part of the requirement that our Medallion Scholarship recipients … with through a multi-disciplinary approach. According to Science @ NASA some 97 percent of scientists involved in …

https://wmich.edu/honors/deanscorner/2024/05/2020medallionevironmentalists

Takeoffs and Touchdowns – Matt Thaler Scores with Delta

College of Aviation

… Takeoffs and Touchdowns – Matt Thaler Scores with Delta WMU … Bigs," "in The Show," "on Broadway." Davis plays in front of thousands of people and before millions on television as … for me." Thaler earned his degrees in aviation flight science and aviation management and operation -- with a …

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

WMU student recruiting and orientation captivating from afar

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… student ambassador KALAMAZOO, Mich.—To get a sense of how accommodating Western Michigan University’s Student … Hall suites are for first-year students or what the state-of-the-art the College of Health and Human Services learning … your eyes peeled for activities such as the “The Art and Science of Engineering” free online class offered May 6, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59384

Eyes In The Sky

College of Arts and Sciences

… springtime sunshine comes the opportunity to fly. On one of the first rainless days of the season, a group of students gathers around a pickup … day. Launched in May in coordination with WMU’s Aviation Sciences and with Extended University Programs, these …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/drones

WMU wins NSF grant to study contaminants in industry, agriculture

News

… has been awarded a $284,833 grant from the National Science Foundation to study negatively charged ions that are … The grant was awarded to Dr. Gellert Mezei , associate professor of chemistry, who has been studying negatively charged ions, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18390

Raising the bar: Gymnast and dietetics major hoping to take on new challenges in military

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… by Erin Flynn on Stacie Harrison jumps for a photo in front of a sculpture outside Kohrman Hall. Stacie Harrison … name is read during commencement. She hopes to build on her bachelor's degree in dietetics by entering the U.S. … dietetics program on the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences' webpage. For more WMU news, arts and events , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63916