Giving Impact
November 28, 2022
By All Accounts, Cyle Dyer is Going Places
Cyle Dyer thought he’d wind up doing something in business; he just didn’t know which major he’d like to pursue. The decision to go into finance just added up after he took a couple of accounting classes. “Aside from my experiences in classes, I also grew up in poverty and...
September 28, 2022
Alumnus Jerry Austry Has Never Been Caught on His Heels
Former Bronco Baseball catcher Jerome (Jerry) Austry (B.B.A. ′64) had aspirations of going pro after graduating from Western Michigan University, but if that dream didn’t pan out, he liked the idea of becoming a manager of a manufacturing plant. While he’d thought about coaching, the income potential for that position...
August 08, 2022
Sandy Yee’s Academic Library Career was One for the Books
It started with a simple request for materials her public library didn’t have and led Sandy Yee (B.A. ’70, Education and Library Science; M.S. ’73, Library Science) to an extensive and exemplary career supporting students and leading libraries in Michigan. “I was in high school working on a senior year...
July 06, 2022
Daniel J. May Raises the Bar on Entrepreneurship
Daniel May (B.B.A. ’14, Management, Finance and Economics) had a head for business as early as elementary school, and by high school, his homemade baked goods were selling like hot cakes. “My double-layered caramel and cream cheese brownies would sell out by 10 o’clock in the morning,” he said. Sadly...
March 09, 2022
Honors College Student Takes the Reins
After Allison Anker graduates this Spring, she plans to attend law school and combine her WMU degree to work at the intersection of business and law, in transactional work for a major firm. She says that opportunities available to her in the Lee Honors College and WMU are helping to...
November 02, 2021
WMU Morean Center Brings Art to Life for Students and Community
The Morean Center for Clay at Western Michigan University recently opened its doors for its inaugural workshop series, and Director Kyle Triplett has big plans.