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Sky Broncos tie for fifth in 2024 national flight competition

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… national flight competition Submitted by Deanne Puca on The 2023-24 Sky Broncos Precision flight team at the … Western Michigan University’s precision flight team, soared to the top five of the leaderboard in a national … title.   View the results “I am very proud of the team and what they were able to accomplish this season. We finished …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/05/75622

Education's newest leaders: WMU launches Michigan's first collegiate FCCLA chapter

College of Education and Human Development

… University launches a collegiate chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) . A national … public and private schools, FCCLA at WMU makes history as the first collegiate chapter in Michigan. Audrey Overley, … of family and consumer sciences education. With more than 50 events to select from, they foster essential skills in …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2026/02/fccla-michigan-first-college-chapter-fcs-cte

Administration

Facilities Management

… Administration A message from the Associate Vice President for Facilities Management Our Facilities Management Department is organized and prepared to adapt to the changing environment in higher … and life cycle cost management. The alignment of all facility related aspects into one Department has …

https://wmich.edu/facilities/administration

WMU offices closed for Independence Day

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… Day. Summer classes will not meet July 4. Listed below are Independence Day holiday hours for select University … are closed July 4 and open during normal summer hours the remainder of the week. Faculty, students and the public … emergencies only, contact WMU Public Safety at (269) 387-5555. Many offices, including Admissions , Bronco Express , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16649

Student earns awards from national, state recreational sports groups

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… University is one of only 12 graduate students from across the country to receive a 2018 NIRSA-William N. Wasson … view these awards as me just following my passion and doing what I love, I am honored and humbled by the recognition," … & Academic Awards recognize outstanding students who are actively involved with the recreational sports unit on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45587

Effort to help WMU students in need sees exponential growth, support

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… by Erin Flynn on Students pick up free groceries at the Wesley Center, where Community Student Connection has … Vargo . "My vision for the organization is to be literally what the name says, that community-student connection," she … especially collaborating with community partners, I think, are key to the long-term success of the program." The Wesley …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/08/60524

From childhood poems to literary Alaska: An alumna's journey to authorship

College of Arts and Sciences

… short stories and melodramatic poems provided the childhood building blocks for Western Michigan … alumna and author Dr. Melinda Moustakis’s exceptional career. A writing journey that was launched crafting … lives and it was a reminder that you might not get to see what impact you had on students, even as a visiting …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73670

Update: Prescribed burns could be set at two Asylum Lake sites Monday, April 22

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… Lake Preserve as part of ongoing efforts to actively manage the nature preserve for research, education, passive … 22 , 30 acres of prairie as well as 1 to 3 acres of wetland area will be burned, if weather conditions allow. This is an … Policy and Management Council. They took place in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2018. Other burns occurred in 2013 and 2014 in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52957

High Impact Leadership

High Impact Leadership (HIL) for School Renewal

… High Impact Leadership High Impact Leadership uses the best of school leadership, implementation science, systems … core Mission and vision focused:  identify a critical focus area Growth mindset : set actionable, achievable growth …

https://wmich.edu/hil-school-renewal/hil-model-school-renewal

Katherine Tierney

Sociology

… Katherine Tierney Katherine Tierney Assistant Professor of Sociology Office (269) 387-5283 Send an email Location 3233 Sangren Hall, Mail Stop … at Western Michigan University. Her research interests are in health, fertility, family, and social demography. …

https://wmich.edu/sociology/directory/tierney