Alumni News
October 30, 2012
Executive Chef — at School
Shaun Robinson (BS '97, Food Service Administration; MS '05, Career and Technology in Culinary Arts) loves his job, and he's great at it too. As an Executive Chef for Chartwells at Kalamazoo Public Schools, Robinson is responsible for a number of tasks. "I train staff on culinary and safety skills...
October 22, 2012
30 Years Later
In July, Susan Stapleton, Dean of Graduate Studies, was contacted by a graduation auditor about former student and alumna Louise Schuster (BS '68; MA '69, Teaching). Schuster was preparing to apply for her second Master's degree from WMU—she had earned a BS in 1968 and her first MA in 1969...
October 17, 2012
Mainline Energy Consultants
Estes Parker (BS '06, Mechanical Engineering) and Dan Baggiani (BS '07, Civil Engineering) are co-founders of an energy consulting firm in Pennsylvania. They founded Mainline Energy Consultants in 2011 as an LLC with one other non-Bronco partner (Christian Sorensen) after working in the industry for several years. "We were having...
October 14, 2012
Sailor of the Year
Greg Gaylor (BS '05, Aviation Flight Science) instructed flight for WMU's College of Aviation, but in early November he was honored as Sailor of the Year at the Annual USO "Spirit of the USO Award" Gala. EOD2 (EWS) Gregory F. Gaylor is attached to EODMU Three, Naval Base San Diego...
October 08, 2012
Up in the Air
Ken Dombrowski (BS '93, Aviation Technology & Operations) has had just about every job in the airline industry, from fueling to flight attending, flying, and now managing a shuttle that transports more than 33,000 JCI employees every year. As Manager of Shuttle Operations, he is in charge of scheduling, budgeting...
October 04, 2012
Alumni of Distinction
During Homecoming weekend, many alumni were honored by their respective colleges, but two alumni were honored with the University's Distinguished Alumni Award, Jan Huston (MA '74, Psychology) and C. Wesley Smith (BS '61 Chemistry). College Alumni Awards are listed below. Dr. Huston established Summit Breast Care to provide comprehensive and...