Alumni News
January 29, 2014
Winter Gala Dance Concert
Students, faculty, and guest artists will come together for the annual Winter Gala Dance Concert Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 in the Gilmore Theatre Complex at Western Michigan University. The concert reinforces the wonderful relationships in the Department of Dance, on and off campus. Two Great Works dances, two guest...
January 27, 2014
Dell VP, CFO—Bronco
Thomas Sweet (BBA '81, Accountancy) is moving up at Dell. He was recently named the new senior vice president and chief financial officer of the worldwide innovative technology giant. Sweet will leave his role as vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer. Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer...
January 22, 2014
Going to Sochi
Katie Eberling (BS '11, Early Childhood Education), former Western Michigan University volleyball player, has been named an alternate for the 2014 U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team. She will travel to Sochi, Russia with one other female alternate to substitute for a competing athlete during training, and possibly compete in the event...
January 16, 2014
Determination and Will
State of Residence: Maryland Country of Origin: South Sudan Thon Moses Chol (BA '06, Organizational Communication; MSW '08, Policy Planning & Administration) is a Lost Boy refugee from South Sudan who was resettled to the United States in 2000. Today, he is a refugee advocate and spokesperson and works as...
January 12, 2014
Inside the Golden Globes
Terry Crews, who plays Sergeant Terry Jeffords on the Fox television show Brooklyn Nine-Nine, was with his fellow cast members at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night to accept the award for Best Television Comedy Series. The series, currently in its first season, centers around a fictional New York...
January 08, 2014
Proper is Possible
Justin David Brink (BS ’01, Secondary Business Education) was watching the 1989 motion picture Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure when he got an idea. Near the end of the film, one of the characters advises a crowd of people to "be excellent to each other"—and that was when Brink decided...