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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