Campus News
May 20, 2015
Western Express May 22, 2015
Western Michigan University news and updates for May 15 – 21, 2015. This week’s campus photo features a sketch from the Alumni Magazine, 1939 vol.3. The article associated with the sketch is titled “Union Building Activities and Dormitory Life Begin,” referencing Walwood Hall. Cornelius (Mac) MacDonald was the manager for...
May 18, 2015
NeoVent 'Cures It'
A Western Michigan University senior and a recent graduate are the winners of a prestigious national prize for their life-saving, low-cost invention, NeoVent, a respiratory support device designed to treat critically ill infants in developing nations. The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced that new WMU alumnus Stephen John and senior Joseph...
May 14, 2015
Western Express May 15, 2015
Western Michigan University news and updates for May 8 – 14, 2015. This week’s campus photo features the plaza area outside of Kohrman Hall with the Dalton Center in the distance. Some students are already back in the classroom after the semester break. Classes began for the Summer I session...
May 11, 2015
May 1965 at WMU
May 1965 brought many changes to Western Michigan University’s campus, from a newly improved baseball team, to a new Western Herald editor, and new trimester system. Here a few highlights from the May, 1965 issues of the Western Herald. “Whap! That can be the sound of a baseball meeting the...
May 07, 2015
Western Express May 8, 2015
Western Michigan University news and updates for May 1 – 7, 2015. This week’s campus photo features an image of Miller Auditorium. The Spring 2015 edition of the WMU Magazine is out and includes stories about Tiger’s GM, president, CEO--and WMU alumnus-- Dave Dombrowksi, WMU’s new sustainable brewing degree, and...
April 30, 2015
Western Express May 1, 2015
Western Michigan University news and updates for April 24 – 30, 2015. This week’s campus photo features a commencement ceremony from 2014. On Saturday, May 2, some 2,700 students will graduate from WMU and become our newest cohort of alumni: roughly 2,100 at the bachelor’s level, 560 at the master’s...