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Math and science experts chosen for teaching fellowship program

News

… chosen for teaching fellowship program Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fellowship program places experienced … rural schools. KALAMAZOO—The third class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellows , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/8125

Bin there, done that — student's research optimizes recycling

News

… pull." Newell, which has a location in WMU's Business Technology and Research Park, wanted data to support the optimum … contaminated, you have to throw it out," says DeBoef, who now works in WMU's Facilities Management Department as … Research Turske and his team of researchers spent a year digging through trash to examine recycling habits in Wood …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52646

History of the U.S. AB Initio Flying Program at WMU

College of Aviation

… In 1997, with the help of multiple grants from the WK Kellogg Foundation, Kellogg Company, U.S. federal dollars, and … the International Pilot Training Centre. For five years the now College of Aviation worked to produce competent and … to the United States to learn to fly. These students had no prior flying experience and were taken from 0 hours to …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2013/02/abinitio

Thrills and chills await at an alumni movie premiere 30 years in the making

College of Fine Arts

… theatre faculty, the movie sat unfinished for thirty years. Now, with post sound from Skywalker Sound and final picture … Pictures color department, it is at last completed. It is now the only 4k 35mm movie shot entirely in Kalamazoo. The … the entire town pitch in to help, and ending with the struggle to finish post with almost no money. Secondly is the …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2018/10/housesitter

The End of my Year Studying in Japan Pt 1: Language Improvement

Study Abroad

… countryside town in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. And yet, now I’m on my way back to America. I want to share my … to say, so I decided to break it up into a 3-part series. Now, I’m going to share my Japanese language journey from … at a higher level there. Well, turns out I basically knew nothing. I quickly realized that I was not prepared for …

https://wmich.edu/studyabroad/blog/2019/08/gettiglanguageimprovement

The Rise of Rochon – Randall’s Aviation Journey and The Power of Giving Back

College of Aviation

… and a founding member of the campus chapter of what is now known as the  Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals - … mentor and counsel the college's current enrollees. He's logged more than a few miles in the friendly skies since his …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2019/09/rochon2019

An "AAR"guably Great Experience - Will Wales Internship with AAR Corp

College of Aviation

… approximately $2 billion in annual revenue. AAR Corp. now has over 6,000 employees in twenty different countries. … aircraft capable of refueling aircraft mid-flight. This knowledge of the aircraft was useful in that it gave me a … would determine, based on this information, whether or not they could competitively bid on the RFP. Most OEMs have …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2019/09/walesaar

Takeoffs and Touchdowns – Matt Thaler Scores with Delta

College of Aviation

… Titans in the National Football League. While far less notable to the general public, Thaler is nonetheless at the top of his profession as a Boeing 717 … campus in Kalamazoo to the program's headquarters at Kellogg Field in Battle Creek through the Western Student …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2020/08/thaler

Redirecting the Aviation Dream: Jonathan Freye Leverages Himself as an Aviation Lobbyist

College of Aviation

… aviation flight science from the WMU College of Aviation , now stays basically on the ground except when he flies for … industry and its across-the-board businesses.  He's logged a decade as a political staffer and an aviation … people for different reasons -- the view, the sense of freedom.  For me, it's the airplanes.  I love them."    …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2022/10/freye