During Western Michigan University's 93rd Homecoming weekend, the Office of Development and Alumni Relations will hold the Guinness World Record attempt at Most Vow Renewals in the same place at the same time. As of Friday, October 7, one day before the attempt, nearly 1,500 couples registered to help break the record.
The current record is held by Miami University (Ohio) with 1,087 couples. They broke their record on June 20, 2009.
To learn more, visit MyWMU.com/Vows.
Fun Facts
• Participants hail from 21 states and three countries (U.S., Canada, and Japan).
• Nearly 1,500 couples have registered as of October 7.
• We have alumni participating from class years 1943 through 2016.
• The longest married couple celebrated their 65th anniversary this year.
• Our most notable couple renewing their vows will be President John M. and Linda Dunn.
• Seven couples celebrate their golden anniversary in 2016.
• Eight couples celebrate their anniversary on October 8.
Media List (The following list represents a sampling of the media sites that have covered our story so far. We will continue to add to this list.)
WMU News
Mlive.com
Fox 17
Detroit Free Press
The Eagle (Bryan-College Station, Texas)
Petoskey News
WWMT
WKFR
WWMT- Lori Moore
WZZM 13
Cadillac News
CBS Detroit
WITL
The Clay Center Dispatch (Clay Center, Kansas)