WMU Expands Aviation Center for Pilot, Mechanic Demand
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To support the growing need for pilots and aviation mechanics, the Western Michigan University (WMU) College of Aviation is expanding its Aviation Education Center. The multimillion-dollar facility broke ground in May 2019 at the W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, Michigan, and is expected to be completed this April. With just over 1,100 undergraduate students, it is one of the largest aviation programs in the US.
WMU promises that the 67,000-sq-foot center will include classroom space, a computer room, composites/paint laboratory upgrades, a simulation center, a research center, student briefing rooms, faculty office space, and more.
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To support the growing need for pilots and aviation mechanics, the Western Michigan University (WMU) College of Aviation is expanding its Aviation Education Center. The multimillion-dollar facility broke ground in May 2019 at the W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, Michigan, and is expected to be completed this April. With just over 1,100 undergraduate students, it is one of the largest aviation programs in the US.
WMU promises that the 67,000-sq-foot center will include classroom space, a computer room, composites/paint laboratory upgrades, a simulation center, a research center, student briefing rooms, faculty office space, and more.
The college's dean, Dave Powell, says the new facility will help increase its classrooms from four to 10 and expand its capabilities for research and teaching.
"The needs of our industry are tremendous, and these trends are expected to continue as projected increases in passenger traffic fuel the demand for these highly skilled, highly paid industry jobs," Powell told WMU News.
Construction of the center will allow the college of aviation to continue to expand.
"We are truly maxed out on students," Powell told the Battle Creek Enquirer. "We have the ability with the new building and hopefully with funding coming into education that we can start growing again."
