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AFROTC, Ambassador, and Aviation – Avery Bush Accelerates Toward a Career in the Air Force
College of Aviation
… AFROTC, Ambassador, and Aviation – Avery Bush Accelerates Toward a Career in the Air Force Submitted by Tom Thinnes on … the ROTC program, Bush is engaged in a targeted curriculum designed to prepare him to be an officer in the Air Force or … monuments, and hopping on a flight back to Kalamazoo at sunset -- in time for chores the next morning. Bush was …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/03/bush
College of Arts and Sciences faculty earn coveted rotations with federal programs
College of Arts and Sciences
… mission. Bautista will be based at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. where he will be "managing their science portfolios and the different telescopes and missions they are running" as well … who plans to make an effort to carry that collegial mindset with him back at WMU. He was made a faculty fellow in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68126
Communication Alumni Earn Top University Honors
School of Communication
… Kietzer, and Rep. Al Pscholka Thomas P. Englert receives Distinguished Alumni Award Thomas P. Englert, a 1976 graduate of Western Michigan … in 2011. She then became an integral member of the program design team at the U.S. Army War College’s Peacekeeping and …
https://wmich.edu/communication/communication-alumni-earn-top-university-honors
Two-time WMU Study Abroad traveler says global experiences change lives and careers
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… with a minor in international business, studying abroad wasn’t just a goal; it was a promise to herself and her … of my favorite days was when half of our group went scuba diving in the morning and the other half in the evening. I … It hosts a variety of global learning activities, such as designing and promoting scholarship and academic …
https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/08/study-abroad-koepp
Free Speech
Free Speech
… learning. This page addresses frequent questions regarding how WMU protects free speech on campus. Questions and … as flag-burning, wearing armbands, using the symbol of the swastika or political cartoons, some types of speech are not … such action" (Brandenburg v. Ohio 1969 ). The precedent set in that case became the basis to free Gregory Hess, a …
https://wmich.edu/freespeech
Human Subjects Research Protection and the Institutional Review Board Policy
Policies
… Actions of the university will be guided by principals as set forth in such nationally accepted documents as the … and with the terms of the Federalwide Assurance (FWA) on file with the U.S. Department of Health and Human … procedures governing the conduct of human subjects research designed to promote institutional and individual compliance …
https://wmich.edu/policies/human-subjects-research-protection
Mentorship, experiential learning help students thrive at Western, land jobs post-graduation
News
… time, 88% are in jobs they love related to their degree. "I was fortunate enough to be a part of the paper engineering … my professional and technical skills. They certainly helped set me above the rest when it came to securing a job, and … a lot to Western and to the professors who have taught me different life lessons—it's not just about what we learned …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67244
Michael Carnarvon’s Carnival of Aviation Careers – Culminating at the Michigan Office of Aeronautics
College of Aviation
… County Airport 30 miles north of New York City, and the Wayne County Airport Authority that operates the Detroit … by Lisa Whittaker. "That's where I garnered a mindset centered on safety-risk management," he says. "It … that financial assistance, as well as being part of design-and-planning phases of an airport's operation. …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/12/carnarvon
Archived book clubs
Study of Ethics in Society
… religious and cultural influences to address a set of guiding questions. These include: What constitutes a good life? … of Machine Thinking by Shannon Vallor . In this book, the award-winning philosopher who used to be Google’s AI ethicist …
https://wmich.edu/ethics/book-club-archive
Training and Available Resources
Budget
… departments. Accounting manual Fund descriptions Department set up form Department change and deactivation form … year budget booking process and deadlines for general, designated and auxiliary fund activities. Budget entry The … recorded in the encumbrance ledger. The DME ledger was created for campus users to input commitments within the …
https://wmich.edu/budget/manual-resources