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Science and Mathematics Program Improvement

… Current Projects Advancing Science Identity and Integration in Students Who Transfer to Western Michigan University (ASIIST-WMU) 2021 to 2025 … Project is funded by an NSF S-STEM grant received by Western Michigan University. The project aims to better …

https://wmich.edu/sampi/current-projects

HYROX Fast and Functional 6-wks Small Group Training

West Hills Athletic Club

… HYROX Fast and Functional 6-wks Small Group Training Submitted by Lisa Knutson on Sports and recreation Tue, 06/23/2026 - 5:30am - Tue, 06/23/2026 - … Dre Ballines June 23–July 30 (6 weeks) 2x a week / Tuesday and Thursday Training times Sign up for the time that works …

https://wmich.edu/westhills/events/hyrox

Aviation at WMU - 75 Years and Counting!

College of Aviation

… Aviation at WMU - 75 Years and Counting! Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Three quarters of … into this brave new world. Fortunately for the fledgling “Western State Teachers College,” in 1939 the Michigan State … The growing teachers college has long since evolved into Western Michigan University, while that small two-year …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/02/75years

Hiring international students

Career and Student Employment Services

… students International students attending U.S. colleges and universities can work in their fields of study during academic sessions, vacation periods and after completion of study, without lengthy application … of U.S. work patterns, goals and ethics. Each year Western Michigan University hosts approximately 1,000 …

https://wmich.edu/career/employers/hiringinternational

A Career Couple: Karleigh Pleyer and Mitch Whitcomb Climb the Ranks as Professional Pilots

College of Aviation

… A Career Couple: Karleigh Pleyer and Mitch Whitcomb Climb the Ranks as Professional Pilots … graduated from high school in 2014. They enrolled in the Western Michigan University College of Aviation that fall. … County community of Hartford about 40 miles due west of Western's Kalamazoo campus.  Whitcomb is an alumnus of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/02/karleighandmitch

Sabbatical leaves granted to 37 faculty members

News

… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—During its Dec. 5 meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees granted … were granted leaves for the full 2014-15 academic year and will be on leave during both the fall 2014 and spring 2015 semesters. Fall 2014 semester Dr. Bruce E. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11935

Aviation, Broncos, and Cars – Brayden Broad’s Aviation Maintenance Career is Set to Go Far!

College of Aviation

… Aviation, Broncos, and Cars – Brayden Broad’s Aviation Maintenance Career is … the best chance to go where I want to go" when he completes Western's highly reputable curriculum. He says he took a … education but also for the connections you can make through Western."   Factors in that "worth," he says, are "the …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/02/broad

Unlimited Expectations: Jordan Unter’s March into Aviation Management and Operations

College of Aviation

… Expectations: Jordan Unter’s March into Aviation Management and Operations Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Aviation is … majoring in aviation management and operations at the Western Michigan University College of Aviation , Unter grew … Kalamazoo to his home state five times during his time at Western.  Other than family, the attraction back out west is …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/12/unter

Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo

College of Aviation

… Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo Submitted by Tom … located near Pontiac, is a convenient landing spot for Western grads because the co-owners — Josh and Valerie Clark … CFII status.  But before he started flight instructing at Western in the summer of 2019, Harper served as a student …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/01/apogee

Patrick’s Plan: Senger Turns Wrenches, Makes Music and Aspires to Fly in the Military

College of Aviation

… Patrick’s Plan: Senger Turns Wrenches, Makes Music and Aspires to Fly in the Military Submitted by Tom Thinnes … good things" from one of his teachers at Marine City High . Western's aviation program has a national reputation.  So … in 2016. Performing in that year's Cotton Bowl in Dallas as Western battled Wisconsin. Doing the same two seasons later …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/02/senger