Alumni News
November 18, 2013
Accelerating Michigan
Ryan Vaughn (BA '06, English) recently walked away from the fourth Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition as a grand prize winner. Well, his company Varsity News Network of Grand Rapids, won, and took home the $500,000 cash prize. The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is an international business competition that awards cash...
November 13, 2013
The Wellness RN
Heather Ratliff (BSN '11, Nursing), the founder of The Wellness RN, will be on campus to discuss eating healthy while maintaining an on-the-go lifestyle as part of the Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series at Western Michigan University. With a passion for wellness, Heather Ratliff began The Wellness RN in...
November 07, 2013
The Incredible Story of Mel Van Dis
A tall, lanky, six-foot-five 17-year-old stepped on the polished gymnasium hardwood for his first collegiate basketball game as a starter for Western Michigan College. His leather sneakers were tied, short shorts buckled, and kneepads strapped on, ready for action on the road at Loyola University in Chicago. He looked young...
November 04, 2013
Fifty Years of Friendship
It all began in Moore Hall during the fall of 1963. The "Sisters of Moore Hall," as they call themselves, moved into the then all-female dormitory and fifty years later are celebrating decades of friendship. In late August, as campus was preparing to welcome new and old students back for...
November 04, 2013
A Lifetime of Achievement
Ceoria Coates (Secretarial Certificate '49) passes her time in Oak Park, Illinois with deep water exercise at the YMCA and involvement with a senior bowling league, but there is more than meets the eye of this 87 year-old Western Michigan University alumna—Coates also is constantly knocking on Hollywood's door. Since...
October 28, 2013
MacUpdate
The founder of the second most popular Mac-only software community on the Internet, and Western Michigan University alumnus, will be the next presenter in a speaker series at WMU focusing on entrepreneurship. Founder of MacUpdate, Joel Mueller's (BBA ’02, Management) entrepreneurial story started in high school when he developed companies...