Western Michigan University news and updates for August 7 – 13, 2015. This week’s campus photo features the Chemistry Building, which was completed in 2007, with “Campus Talk,” a sculpture from the WMU Permanent Art Collection in the foreground.
On Monday, August 10, The WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine welcomed its second class of medical students. The class of 2019 has 29 women and 31 men from 12 states including 23 from Michigan. Two students are graduates of WMU. To read more, click here.
To view a breakdown of the Class of 2019, click here.
WMU News
WMU professor’s paper recognized as outstanding paper of the year. Read more.
Goldsworth Valley gazebo coming down, to be rebuilt in 2016. Read more.
Renowned dance company coming to Miller Auditorium. Read more.
ISM student wins $3,000 scholarship. Read more.
Bronco Athletics News
Football Walk-On Tryouts Set for Sept. 10 at 6 a.m. Read more.
Summer Ball Leagues Come to a Close for the Broncos. Read more.
Women’s Tennis Announces 2015-16 Schedule. Read more.
Men’s Tennis Announces 2015-16 Schedule. Read more.
Women’s Cross Country Announces 2015 Schedule. Read more.
Alumni in the News
John J. Bursch (BM ’94, Music Performance). Warner Norcross Partner John J. Bursch Elected to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Read more.
Rachel Miller (BA ’98, Telecommunication Management). Miller named Irish Hills legacy director. Read more.
Kim Hammonds (MBA ’93) Joins Red Hat’s Board of Directors. Read more.
Daniel Bowerson (BS ’06, Mechanical Engineering). NGVAmerica Names Bowerson as New Director of Technology & Development. Read more.
Kenn Potts (BS '80, Aviation Technology and Management; MBA '97) hired as new Glendale Municipal Airport administrator. Read more.