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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
VanHowe You Get Things Done! Lessons Learned and Applied by Thomas VanHowe
College of Aviation
… Aviation should have been taped to serve as a lesson on how not to do it. Today he is a first officer for Delta Air … raised in Eminem's home territory of Macomb Township northwest of Detroit, learned those lessons rather well if … Then something called Covid put the industry into a deep-freeze. While passengers quit flying, cargo did not. For …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2022/09/vanhowe
The Determination of Doogan in Aviation Technical Operations
College of Aviation
… I'm Kyle, but most folks call me 'Doogan.'" While he's not yet a fully certified "tech guy" whose job it is to keep … industry swimming above the clouds, at Western he is a "Normie," one of the student staff under Norm Risk. Risk is the supervisor of aviation facilities …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2022/08/doogan
Airport Internship: Bismarck, ND
College of Aviation
… supervision of the Airport Manager. Supervision Exercised: None Quote: Wen-Yen (Vincent) Huang - Bismarck Airport … Airport, I have been given the opportunity to gain knowledge and hands-on experience on all aspects of an Part … 139 airport, including Administration, Security (1542), Snow removal, Airport Operations, Airport Maintenance and …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/jobs/blog/2023/04/bismarck
Rising Above – Rachel Tuit’s Turn to Transform the World of Aviation
College of Aviation
… Grand Rapids Christian High School , located about 40 miles north of Western's Kalamazoo campus, is president of the … architect, she took part in a week-long STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) camp for girls at Grand … was challenging aviation as a career path for Tuit, another summer camp -- this one offered by the WMU College of …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2023/02/tuit
Lee Honors College Students Leading the Way in Addressing the Climate Crisis
Lee Honors College
… Lee Honors College Students Leading the Way in Addressing the … goal, originate solutions for a sustainable campus, and, not least, be of support to one another. I notice that students for the most part don’t agree …
https://wmich.edu/honors/deanscorner/2024/05/2020medallionevironmentalists
From Aviation Camp to Aviation Captain
College of Aviation
… of a recently cancelled television show. For others, it is none other than Cereal City, USA. However for Richard … for him. Growing up in a military family, a child never knows where life will take them. Fortunately for Bartlett, … University School of Aviation located at the W.K. Kellogg Airfield. His investigations uncovered the aviation …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2015/09/aviation-camp-aviation-captain