It's time to Rethink Smart
WMU excels at helping students find a deeper meaning and a better way of thinking. We call it Rethink Smart. We're proud to prepare students for a life well-lived by helping them to pursue, thrive and prosper in their everyday living.
University News
WMU rolls out personalized well-being platform to help students harness their power to thrive, succeed and matter
Fostering success of STEM transfer students at WMU is focus of nearly $1M NSF grant
WMU alumna honored for efforts to curb human trafficking and end modern-day slavery
WMU programs recognized by national diversity magazine
WMU professor develops face shields to make children safer at school
Anthropology professor emerita honored with lifetime achievement award
WMU building foundation for safe, secure artificial intelligence development with NSF grant
WMU librarian maintaining state hospital COVID-19 data online
Let's expand what it means to be smart
WMU is building on the strengths of what college contributes to the student’s experience—a strong academic base at a dynamic research university and all the best aspects of a residential college experience. What we are offering in addition to those attributes is the promise of giving students the space to find out about themselves, what drives them to get out of bed every day, to do more than what’s required and to push beyond what they thought was possible in pursuing their futures.
President Edward Montgomery, Ph.D.
Mogul in the making
Smart is identifying a need, figuring out how to fill it yourself and then turning it into a burgeoning business—while still balancing school and a full-time job.
Purpose-filled pursuit
Smart is putting passion over a paycheck to pursue a higher goal, seeing challenges as opportunities rather than roadblocks.
A vessel for justice
Smart is the percussive pursuit of purpose that drums the beat for others to march to. It's digging deep when you feel lost and finding strength in your own story.
Ahead of the curve
So That All May Learn
Dr. Selena Protacio received a COVID-19 Response Grant to fund a study focused on bridging the technology gap between English learners in rural areas and their teachers.
Bronco Pride
While the pandemic delayed the start of football, the WMU Alumni Association re-imagined homecoming week with a nod to past traditions: a campus car parade.