Alumni News
March 12, 2014
Reading Series Features Alumni
The Spring 2014 Gwen Frostic Reading Series will feature three talented WMU Alumni: Cullen Bailey Burns (BA '86; MA '91, English), Lisa Lenzo (BA '87, English; MA '91, Creative Writing), and Mitch Vermeersch (BA '07, English). The reading is at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 21, in the Bernhard Center...
March 10, 2014
WMed Named for Alumnus
Dr. Homer Stryker was an orthopaedic surgeon in Kalamazoo when he began inventing new medical products out of necessity. Because they worked well, and popularity began to grow, he established a company in 1941 that would produce his inventions. Throughout the years, Stryker's innovative approach to medical equipment and patient...
March 09, 2014
American Idol Finalists to Perform
Three top 10 American Idol finalists are heading to the DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, and WMU alumnus Matt Giraud (BA '07, Organizational Communication) is one of them. The finalists will be joining the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra for a variety concert March 21-23. Associate Conductor John Varineau leads...
March 06, 2014
WIDR Alumnus Comes Home
Local radio host and WMU alumnus Glen Dillon (BA '04, Organizational Communication) has left WKFR and is heading back to campus as the new assistant director for student media. In his new role, Dillon will advise the Western Herald, Young Broadcasters of Tomorrow (YBOT), and WIDR-FM. After the groups faced...
February 24, 2014
Leading Lady
Marin Mazzie (BS '82, Theatre) is preparing for her next big role, this time as lead in the Broadway musical adaptation of Bullets Over Broadway. A musical comedy, the show focuses around a play. In an interesting twist, Mazzie will lead the cast as Helen Sinclair—Sinclair is the leading lady...
February 23, 2014
Alumni Party Gets 'Big'
In the 1988 hit movie 'Big,' main character Josh Baskin makes a wish and wakes up the next morning—big, the adult character played by Tom Hanks. A group of Bronco Alumni are currently experiencing an eerily similar situation, well, maybe not eerie, and maybe not all that similar—but they definitely...