Alumni News
July 25, 2013
Seeking a Cure
Paul Hutchins, former Bronco Football player and offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers, is a new ambassador for a foundation working to help thousands of people diagnosed with a somewhat unknown disease. The NephCure Foundation is the only organization solely committed to seeking a cause and cure for Nephrotic...
July 23, 2013
A New Provost
Marianne P. Vakalis (EdD '90, Educational Leadership) is the newly appointed Provost of Berkeley College. Berkeley College is considered a leader in business education with six locations in New Jersey, three in New York, and a full online degree program. Vakalis moves into her new role after being at Berkeley...
July 23, 2013
DeKeyser Back in the News
Danny DeKeyser is back in the news, this time after being name one of 48 players invited to the U.S. Men's National Team Orientation Camp. The camp will assist the invitees for preparation of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, from Feb. 7-23. DeKeyser played three seasons with...
July 17, 2013
Driving for America
Gregory Humes (BS ’87, Art) is using his skills, knowledge, and expertise to meet demands in strategic and innovative ways. Humes has always been the type of person that solves problems by using his freelance design and technical supplychain thought process to drive results. His full service Integrated Supply Chain...
July 15, 2013
Begin Empty-Handed
Begin Empty-Handed by Gail Martin (MSW '03, Interpersonal Practice) has won the 2013 Perugia Press Prize. The Perugia Press Prize is a national poetry award for first or second books by women. Begin Empty-Handed was chosen from more than five hundred submissions. The poems in Begin Empty-Handed ride the hinge...
July 10, 2013
New Year, New Board
It's a new fiscal year and that means the Alumni Association Board of Directors has made some changes. Meet the new faces representing all 225,000 Western Michigan University Alumni! Phil Chludzinski (BBA '80, Accountancy) stepped down from two years serving as President of the Board, and will now serve as...