Alumni News
December 18, 2012
New Football Coach is Limitless
Western Michigan University announced its 15th football coach on Tuesday—the youngest coach in the FBS. P.J. Fleck's coaching approach has been described as having limitless energy, limitless possibility, limitless passion, limitless enthusiasm, limitless drive, limitless achievement, and limitless opportunity. Coach Fleck's most recent position was wide receivers coach for the...
December 16, 2012
Mr. & Mrs. Mullett
Mr. Clare (BS '61, Aviation) and Mrs. Pat (BA '62, English-Education) Mullett are another great Bronco couple. After graduating from WMU, Clare went to work for Uniroyal and became manager of Industrial Engineering at their Stoughton, Wisconsin plant. "While in Stoughton, I worked evenings on my MBA at UW Whitewater...
December 12, 2012
On the Great Wall
Wife and husband, Julie Royal-Ferris (BS '81, Communication) and Scott Ferris (BS '77; MS '82, Physical Education) recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary—on the Great Wall of China, rocking their Bronco gear! What's the story behind this proud Bronco couple? "My Wife and I meet in the Athletic Department at...
December 09, 2012
East Hall to Become New Alumni Center
With the proposed private development of Western Michigan University's historic East Campus at an official standstill, WMU officials have decided to focus all preservation efforts on renovating the institution's birthplace, East Hall, making it an alumni center that will once again put the building into play as a central part...
December 04, 2012
Bringing Light
A three-minute film about a tiny molecule that lights up brain tumors so neurosurgeons can better distinguish cancer from normal tissue has a chance to get its own moment in the spotlight as one of 20 finalists for the Sundance Film Festival in January.Bringing Light, which focuses on the “Tumor...
December 02, 2012
NationaLease VP
M. Jeffrey Spence (BS '96, Economics) has been appointed the Vice President of National Accounts at the largest full service truck leasing organization in North America. NationaLease has over 600 service locations throughout the U.S. and Canada and a combined fleet of over 125,000 tractors, trucks, and trailers. Spence comes...