Alumni News
April 29, 2014
Value Investing
Saidal Mohmand (BBA ’12, Accountancy & Finance) used LinkedIn to reach out to fellow investors and portfolio managers in the Chicago area, which is how he met Kyle Mowery, founder of GrizzlyRock Capital. A year later, Mohmand, who had known since childhood he wanted a career in finance, was named...
April 27, 2014
Award-Worthy Alumnae
Three WMU alumnae have been nominated for the 41st Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards, which honor excellence in Chicago theatres not under a union contract. Judges attended the opening nights for 147 productions at 65 non-equity producing organizations, recommending 66 of those shows and making them eligible for nominations. In all...
April 27, 2014
Healing with Music
Adrienne Trier-Bieniek (Ph.D. '11, Sociology) is using her degree to propel her dream of being a published author and college professor. She has recently published her first book, titled “Sing Us a Song, Piano Woman: Female Fans and the Music of Tori Amos,” which has been on the shelves for...
April 23, 2014
From Japan to WMU
Yoshiaki Nakazawa (BBA ’76; MBA ’78, Marketing) president and chief executive officer of Advanced Medical Innovation Crossroad, Japan, recently received the Marketing Alumni Hall of Fame Award. The award is the highest alumni honor that the Department of Marketing bestows to an individual who has achieved great professional distinction and...
April 21, 2014
President, NMU
Fritz Erickson (BS ’80; Social Sciences- Elementary Education) has been named the new president of Northern Michigan University, effective July 1. Erickson will leave his position as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Ferris State University to become the fifteenth president of NMU. Erickson previously served as dean...
April 17, 2014
A Dream Job
Cody Janczewski received his degree in April 2014, but he left campus weeks before that to pursue his career. Cody received a job offer from Broadway’s largest and most reputable marketing firm, Serino/Coyne, and left for NYC in early April. “This is a dream job and an offer I could...