Alumni News
April 26, 2015
Premier Innkeeper
Marcia (Oldenburg) Neigebauer (BS ’75, Elementary Education) knew that she wanted to own a Bed and Breakfast when her children grew up, and that’s what she did. The DeLano Mansion Inn is located in Allegan, Mich. and has recently been selected as a bedandbreakfast.com Diamond Collection member, a distinction reserved...
April 22, 2015
Aerius Takes Flight
“There’s a lot of industry speculation that the drone market, so to speak, will grow exponentially within the next few years, which is what really piqued our interest,” said Jonathon Freye (BS ’08, Flight Science), co-owner of Aerius Flight, LLC. The Michigan-based small business has become the first drone photography...
April 14, 2015
International Humanity
Bo Miller (BBA ’78, Industrial Marketing) is one of three new members recently elected to Habitat for Humanity International's Board of Directors. Miller is the co-founder and principal of NightFire Advisors, a corporate citizenship and social responsibility consulting firm. Before founding NightFire Advisors, Miller was the global director of Corporate...
April 14, 2015
Advancing Education
Beckey Gorinac (BS ’91, Elementary Education) was recently named the new Director of Early Childhood Services at the St. Clair County Regional Education Service Agency (RESA), but she started her career teaching summer school at a local intermediate school district. That was before she graduated from Western Michigan University. ““I...
April 05, 2015
Alumni Reach the Next Level
Next Level Performance delivers sport specific training that focuses on leadership and character development. The goal is to help athletes develop the tools they need to not only become a better athlete and leader, but a better person as well—and two WMU alumni are among the co-founders. Tim Hiller (BBA...
March 31, 2015
International Superintendent of the Year
Dr. Linda (Bloom) Duevel (BA ’72, Business Education; MA ’75, Counselor Education) was recently named Ernest Mannino International Superintendent of the Year by the Association for the Advancement of International Education for her work as the Director of the International School of Stavanger.“I truly see the International Superintendent of the...