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Pride and Passion: Mitchell Patterson Aviation Technician Extraordinaire

College of Aviation

… of Aviation with a major in aviation maintenance technology and a minor in business management . He prepped for his current post … corporate flight department. He and his wife -- plus dog -- now call The Alamo City home. He came in contact with …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2020/02/202002mitchellpatterson

William Doe Delivers – From WMU to FedEx Express

College of Aviation

… Information "My interest in aviation simply came from another passion of mine -- traveling," he says.  "I wanted a … traveling and seeing the rest of the world.  Little did I know that the aviation industry would become another personal … he faced similar duties as with Kalitta, but with a "much bigger operation, way more crew members, and a larger fleet of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2021/08/doe

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

College of Aviation

… wanted to do after high school, I decided to go against the norm and become a pilot."  That she has, along with completing a minor in Spanish at Western.  Whitcomb and his family during … from home for me.  I transferred in as a junior and minored in business."  Pleyer, Whitcomb with Kam Bellfy and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2023/02/karleighandmitch

2023 LPA Scholarship Program

College of Aviation

… 2023 LPA Scholarship Program The Latino Pilots Association (LPA) Scholarship Program The Latino Pilots Association (LPA)  is pleased to announce they have $181,500 in flight training scholarships …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/scholarships/blog/2023/07/lpa

Take Offs and Touchdowns with Alex Toger – Flying High as a College of Aviation Alumni and Current Endeavor Air Pilot

College of Aviation

… him "how to deal with and answer questions that might not always have the desired response while giving tours and … hometown of Troy, an 88,000-person community 16 miles northwest of Detroit in southeast Michigan -- which made his … Mayes, Truman Stuart, and Alex Toger "WMU was close enough to home," he says, "to be able to pop between school …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2022/07/toger

Joshua Yoweni’s Voyage of Vowels: Aviation, Excitement, Indonesia, Obstacles, and University

College of Aviation

… to Jayapura, Papua -- Indonesia's largest province on the northern coast of Western New Guinea.  For the … side of the planet from Western's Kalamazoo campus.    Nobody has a story like Yoweni's regarding how he got to … "Being able to fly a big bird that is almost 1,000 times bigger than the normal human seemed just awesome to me," he …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2023/02/yoweni

Any Einstein Can Fly a Plane. It takes a Special Kind to Jump Out of One – the SkyDive Broncos!

College of Aviation

… of the laws of physics and the miracle of applied technology.  You return to terra firma, compliments of human courage and another application of physics -- the science that comes into … from the College of Aviation's three programs.  It is not unusual for one of them to fly the planes, fix them, and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2023/10/skydive

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

Economics

… community and urban studies, conflict and wars, economic behaviors and attitudes, education, geography and … R, ASCII (delimited), SAS, Stata, SPSS and online analysis. Note: there are three types of ASCII files. Tab-delimited … and follow the instructions provided. Once you have been logged into ICPSR, you will be able to download the data. The …

https://wmich.edu/economics/icpsr

Presentation Guidelines for Innovation EXPO

Industrial and Entreprenurial Engieering and Engineering Management

… Presentation Guidelines for Innovation EXPO For K-12 entries, a 24” x 36” poster or … entries   The intent of the poster or board created for Innovation EXPO is to, at a minimum, demonstrate:  Need for … challenges overcome (answer the “what”) What is the innovation and what challenges did you overcome? Provide the …

https://wmich.edu/ieeem/innovationexpo/idguide

Taking Off with Tom Deckard - An Aviation Life Fulfilled

College of Aviation

… pilots at the local airport in Elkhart, Indiana.  This triggered something in him, and it wasn’t long before Deckard … by 1967, he earned a Bachelor of Science in math, with a minor in physics.  With his degree complete from WMU, Deckard … U.S. Air Force.  In 1967, he was on his way. As a newly anointed Air Force pilot, the recent flight training graduate …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2013/09/taking-off-tom-deckard-aviation-life-fulfilled