Alumni News
October 11, 2016
Emerging HOPE
In 2002, Pamela Robinson (B.S.W. ’01; M.S.W. ’08) established Emerging HOPE, a practical research based family fortifying program that is committed to providing professional, effective leadership and advocacy services to ethnically diverse individuals and families. HOPE is an acronym for Having Only Positive Expectations. “Emerging HOPE humbly started as an...
October 03, 2016
Say it With Music -- Homecoming 1966
“Say it With Music” The theme of the 1966 Homecoming was “Say it With Music,” and the two-day celebrations would prove that WMU’s 43rd Homecoming did, in fact, say it with music. Musical note cut-outs were distributed throughout campus, and the evening dances featured multiple performances from popular bands and...
September 29, 2016
2016 Distinguished Alumni
For the 53rd year, Western Michigan University will honor two alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award. The 2016 recipients are Judge Gershwin A. Drain (B.A. '70, Secondary Education) of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and James M. Field, II (B.B.A. '85, Accountancy), president, Deere &...
September 26, 2016
Memorial for a Kalamazoo Hero
On Saturday, October 8, alumni of the WMU Delta Upsilon Fraternity will gather at Riverside Cemetery in memory of Konstantins (Konnie) Lubavs (B.B.A. '62). Lubavs was killed in action during the Vietnam War 50 years ago. Lubavs was commissioned as a Second lieutenant in the United States Army, Infantry. He...
September 26, 2016
Alumnus to Lead State Bar
Lawrence P. Nolan (B.A. ’71, English) was sworn in as the State Bar of Michigan’s 82nd president during the organization’s annual meeting, on September 22 in Grand Rapids. Nolan, who practices law at the firm of Nolan Thomsen & Villas PC, earned his Juris Doctor from WMU-Cooley in 1976 and...
September 25, 2016
Trustee & Alumnus on Campus
Dr. William Pickard (B.S. ’64) entrepreneur, executive of several organizations, and recently appointed WMU trustee, will be the first speaker in Western Michigan University's 2016-17 Distinguished Speaker Series. Pickard will speak at 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Haworth College of Business in 2000 Schneider Hall. His presentation, titled...