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October 22, 2013

Aphasia Awareness

Rachel Eagly (BSW ’03, Social Work) has been leading efforts to provide aphasia awareness training for Kalamazoo first responders. She's had the assistance of many, including Western Michigan University speech-language pathology graduate student clinicians Claire Carpenter and JoHanna Rose, and ACE (Aphasia Communication Enhancement) Program participants. Her goal is to...
October 20, 2013

Paying it Forward

Keith (BBA ’64, Accountancy) and Margo (BA ’65, English) LaGore met at Western Michigan University in the fall of 1963. “We met in an English class,” Keith said. “There were no women in my accounting classes. Keith was Social Director of the Men's Union Board, Student Council President, Intra Fraternity...
October 13, 2013

Global Citizenship

Bo Miller (BBA ’78, Industrial Marketing), global director for corporate citizenship at The Dow Chemical Company and president and executive director of The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, will speak on global citizenship and promoting sustainability and globally responsible citizenry on Thursday, Oct. 24. The event is open to the public...
October 10, 2013

Sweet to Speak at WMU

A financial expert for Dell will be featured in the next Western Michigan University Distinguished Speaker Series, hosted by the Haworth College of Business at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in 2000 Schneider Hall. Thomas Sweet (BBA '81, Accountancy), vice president of corporate finance, controller and chief accounting officer...
October 08, 2013

50 Distinguished Years

Fifty years ago, in 1963, Alfred Pugno (BS '33) was honored as the very first recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award at Western Michigan University. The biography on Pugno's award plaque reads: An outstanding student athlete while at Western, Mr. Pugno was a respected public school teacher and coach before...
October 07, 2013

Outstanding Alumni 2013

It's Homecoming week at Western Michigan University and to celebrate, colleges and departments from across campus are honoring some of their most outstanding alumni. This year the Haworth College of Business, College of Health and Human Services, College of Education and Human Development, and the College of Arts and Sciences...
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