Alumni News
December 18, 2017
The Speech Annex
Participants of a speech and forensics competition held at WMU in 1967. Margaret Aoki is pictured in the center of the back row. Margaret (Becker) Aoki’s (B.A.’71, Communication Arts and Sciences) father was a professor at WMU the entire time she was growing up. Later, like her father, Western would...
December 11, 2017
More Than a Catchphrase
On Saturday, Jeffery Degner (B.A.’05, Secondary Education) will walk across Miller Auditorium’s stage to receive his master’s degree. In the audience will be his “bedrock of support,” his wife, Rachel, and their two daughters. Read about more about Jeffrey’s journey in his own words. Lifelong learning is more than a...
December 05, 2017
Talk About a Bronco Family!
On Saturday, December 16, 2017, some 1,700 students will traverse the Miller Auditorium stage to become WMU Alumni, and at least one of those graduates will have an impressive Bronco cheering section. Rob (B.S.’88, Mechanical Engineering) and Lauren (B.S.’84, Communication) met at WMU as freshmen in 1981. They later got...
November 12, 2017
Alumna to Speak at U.S. Embassy Campaign
The U.S. Embassy recruited Meagan Ward (B.B.A.’13, Marketing), the Founder and Co-owner of Detroit’s first modern business lounge for women, FEMOLOGY, and Owner of Creatively Flawless Branding Agency, to speak during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence—an international campaign and series of empowerment events taking place at the...
October 26, 2017
An Unconventional Journey
Kathryn Giroux (B.A.’13, Global & International Studies) has only been out of school for a few years, but you wouldn’t guess it based on all she’s done and seen during her time as a student and since she’s graduated. First working with Samaritas as a refugee specialist, Giroux was able...
September 26, 2017
GM of the Year
Tim Rayman (B.B.A. Sales and Business Marketing), general manager of the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo, was recently presented with the General Manager of the Year award for his leadership, community involvement, and brand engagement from the Carlson Rezidor Americas Awards Celebration. Rayman has been with the Kalamazoo hotel for...