Alumni News
February 16, 2014
Globally Engaged in Ghana
Western Michigan University's Department of Chemistry electronics shop supervisor Sean Bashaw (BA '86, Industrial Technology) has had a long-standing relationship with Global Host Project, a grassroots organization committed to development and volunteerism in Ghana. Recently, Sean and his wife Connie Bashaw (retired scholarship assistant, WMU Office of Financial Aid), helped...
February 12, 2014
Exploring Fort St. Joseph
Just under 60 miles from Western Michigan University is Niles, Michigan, home to the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project. Student and faculty archaeologists from WMU are working to unlock the secrets of this lost frontier outpost of New France. Despite extreme winter weather conditions, 14 faculty, students, and alumni who...
February 11, 2014
Reverse Engineering
Robert Gehl’s (MA ’03, English) timely critique, Reverse Engineering Social Media: Software, Culture, and Political Economy in New Media Capitalism, reveals the underside of our technology-laden world. The book rigorously analyzes the ideas of social media and software engineers, using these ideas to find contradictions and fissures beneath the surfaces...
February 10, 2014
Vestaron CSO on Campus
The head of scientific research operations at a developer of insecticides produced using spider venom will be the next presenter in a speaker series at Western Michigan University focusing on entrepreneurship. Dr. Robert Kennedy, chief scientific officer at Vestaron Corporation, will speak at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in 2150...
February 06, 2014
Book to Big Screen
New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Fantasy Author Richelle Mead's (MA '01, Comparative Religion) writing is coming to life for moviegoers. The major motion picture Vampire Academy will be released in theaters on Friday, Feb. 7. The film will tell the story of two teen girls who attend a...
February 02, 2014
The Pattengale Award
Dr. Robert Pattengale (BS '58, Music) was a music professor at Minnesota State University, Moorhead for 29 years, chairing the Music Department for 17 years, before retiring in 1997. A graduate of Western's ROTC program, Pattengale served in the U.S. Army from 1959-64, two years of which he served as...