Alumni News
September 07, 2014
Flying High in Oshkosh
The Experimental Aircraft Association’s Airventure in Oshkosh, Wis. is one of the largest aircraft conventions in the world. For seven days each summer, the Wittman Regional Airport becomes the busiest airport in the world with approximately 10,000 aircrafts flying in. There are roughly 500,000 people in attendance every year spanning...
August 27, 2014
Artwork Upkeep
Western Michigan University is home to a variety of unique art installments. Very few places allow the opportunity for people to walk by a whale, Albert Einstein playing Frisbee, and a professor frozen in time all in the same afternoon. But what happens when they have to withstand the elements...
August 26, 2014
The Best Foot Forward
The owners of a company that started with a competition between friends as to who could wear the craziest socks to work will kick off the 2014-15 Entrepreneurship Forum breakfast speaker series next month at Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business. Business partners Ryan Preisner (BBA '08, Marketing) and...
August 24, 2014
Blue Water, Red Metal & Green Gold
When you think of the Mitten State, a number of things might come to mind. The sprawling white pines, the beautiful coastal towns, and massive Great Lakes are just a few things that make up Michigan’s rich heritage. Historian Larry Massie (BA ’72, Anthropology; MA ’74, History; Specialist in Arts...
August 20, 2014
Once a Bronco, Always a Bronco
Attending the School of Music at Western Michigan University takes a great deal of commitment and preparation. Students are almost guaranteed daily 8 a.m. classes as well as late night rehearsals with fellow classmates. While the work load might be heavy, alumna Stephanie Gregoire (BM ’13, Music Education) says that...
August 19, 2014
One Man's Story
Michael Clark (BS ’85, Physician’s Assistant) served with the 101st Airborne Division and also took on the role as a medic at the 85th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam during the war. In 2006, Clark attended the first reunion of the 85th Evacuation Hospital in San Diego, and it was at...