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Souder Soars: How Aviation Tech Ops has Transformed Tom

College of Aviation

… Souder Soars: How Aviation Tech Ops has Transformed Tom Submitted by Tom Thinnes on With the ink just about … hand to those who come after you. Souder admits that it wasn't easy for the Stillwater, Minn., native to add his … courses at WMU." Another bonus for Souder is living near where he works and operating in a flexible …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/11/souder

Campus Tributes

Landscape Services

… tributes across University grounds. These tributes include memorial nameplates in the Donor Garden near the holly collections on the grounds of the Oaklands, tree dedications using a Tree Hugger band and named benches. …

https://wmich.edu/facilities/landscape/campus-tributes

Parking and Transportation

Paper Technology Foundation

… map and a parking permit for each day you will be attending can be obtained from the foundation office. Your permit … is the "R" lot behind Sangren Hall or the parking structure near Miller Auditorium. Helpful parking links and information WMU campus …

https://wmich.edu/papertechfoundation/meeting/transportation

Supply chain student earns prestigious industry scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—When Western Michigan University supply chain management student Karen Xospa and her team presented their $50 … became national semifinalists—and more importantly, they discovered what's possible when collaboration meets … The TCD scholarship is part of $25,000 in total awards given annually to students who demonstrate the highest …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/10/xospa-supplychain-transportationclubscholarship-2025

From Behind the Scenes at Disney to the Front Lines of Corporate Aviation - Matt Bila is No Stranger to the Wild World of Aviation Management

College of Aviation

… Bila is No Stranger to the Wild World of Aviation Management Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Matt Bila knows a "Mickey … how it functions effectively.  Blending a stint at the Walt Disney Co . with what he learned as a student … fixed-base-operator enterprise based at Willow Run Airport near Ypsilanti.  He was something of a "go-for," invoicing …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/12/bila

Business Bronco nets degree before heading to training camp with NHL’s LA Kings

News

… Business Bronco nets degree before heading to training camp with NHL’s LA Kings Submitted by Erin … Slukynsky will earn a bachelor’s degree in finance at summer commencement. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For as long as he can … are holding me up,” he says. “As soon as I could start walking, I was skating.” Slukynsky is starting his …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/06/graduate-success-finance-grant-slukynsky-wmu-hockey-los-angeles-kings

In Case of Emergency

Sindecuse Health Center

… In Case of Emergency If you have a medical emergency, dial 911 State … Give your location. Provide your phone number (or one nearby). Whenever possible, have another person wait for the ambulance and direct the attendants to you. …

https://wmich.edu/healthcenter/clinic/emergency

No Aviation Legacy, No Problem: Joe Zynda’s WMU Journey to Envoy Air and Beyond

College of Aviation

… Tom Thinnes on WMU Aviation Alumni Joe Zynda during his time as a Lee Honors College student at WMU With no aviation … College of Aviation is a firm advocate of the paying-it-forward philosophy because of how he was treated during his … in Macomb County north of Detroit.   He is an alumnus of nearby De La Salle Collegiate High School, an all-male …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/07/zynda

Tierney’s Travels – the Recruitment and Retention of Shelbi Tierney

College of Aviation

… Tierney’s Travels – the Recruitment and Retention of Shelbi Tierney Submitted by Tom … And more travel as well, even beyond Detroit, which is near her southeast Michigan home of Sterling Heights where … graduated from Henry Ford II High School in 2011.  There was Chicago, naturally; Milwaukee, easily; and metropolises …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/05/tierney

Budding with Broncos – FreeFlight Systems Flourishes with WMU Aviation and Business Grads

College of Aviation

… by Tom Thinnes on FreeFlight Systems' headquarters near Dallas is not -- not -- the home of the WMU Alumni Club of Texas.  It just seems that way.  The innovative aviation enterprise, which is still not …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/03/freeflight