Alumni News
August 13, 2014
SpeechMasterPro Has People Talking
Daniel Floyd may only be in his sophomore year at Western Michigan University, but he’s already doing big things in the business world. Floyd is the inventor of the SpeechMasterPro, a device that helps to improve speech – and it’s really got people talking. The SpeechMasterPro is a device that...
August 12, 2014
A Bronco Visionary
It would seem that George Jepson (BBA ’90; MBA ’07 Marketing) was destined to be a Bronco. With both of his parents and grandmother as alumni of Western Michigan University, Jepson said that he always had the idea that he would attend. As a child he would frequent hockey, football...
August 11, 2014
An Extraordinary Life
The influence left behind by Western Michigan University alumna Merze Tate (’25, Certificate of Teaching; BA ’27, History) is one of remarkable significance. She has received international recognition for her accomplishments and now, 18 years after her death, she is going to be honored once more by her hometown. Upon...
August 06, 2014
Primary Broncos
The 2014 Michigan primary election was earlier this week and 22 Broncos were on ballots across the state. Sixteen of those 22 are headed to the general elections in November. To all of our Bronco politicians out there, whether they are advancing or not, congratulations! The following Broncos going to...
August 05, 2014
Fashionable Alumna
Shannon Hoffman (BS ’06, Textile and Apparel Studies) is the president of Studio H – a women's contemporary showroom in Chicago that brings specialty stores, boutiques and larger retailers of the Midwest the latest fashions. When it comes to her business, Hoffman, who said starting her business was scary but...
August 03, 2014
Most Delicious of Privileges
Thomas Lane (BS ’71, Economics) started his banking career in the 70s; a career that eventually led him all over the world. With a few decades of banking under his belt, Lane decided to shed some light on some of his experiences by writing his most recent book, Most Delicious...