WMU business alumna Karen Feller Baldwin's efforts have helped Greenleaf Trust grow by more than double digits every year for 10 years to more than 130 employees today. Besides actively seeking diverse talent and creating a culture of inclusion, she’s organized cutting-edge training for team members and new channels for employee feedback that resulted in increasing maternity and paternity leave to 12 paid weeks.

Just after the WMU Office of LBGT Student Services celebrates 30 years on campus, the nation’s largest conference for LBGTQ+ college students is coming to WMU. The Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference is expected to draw more than 2,000 people to Kalamazoo in February, and will focus on empowerment and education within the community.

A group of WMU honors students traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to learn about immigration issues firsthand.

A group of WMU students traveled to Lesvo, Greece, using the skills they've learned in class and through the Global Leaders program to help refugees fleeing poverty and war.

Local events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King begin Friday, Jan. 17.

Tune in to Western Michigan University's regional NPR station, WMUK 102.1 FM, which will expand its schedule and introduce a new channel dedicated to classical music and the arts. The changes will take place Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.

A Kalamazoo family involved in programs offered by WMU's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations is finding success in the classroom and on the job.

WMU's student team of Lexi Payne,  Liz Volante and  Parker Hurley participated in the event that  featured more than 50 teams from colleges nationwide.

Dr. Ron Van Houten, professor of psychology, is garnering national attention with his pedestrian traffic safety research—and saving lives in the process.

Broncos quarterback Jon Wassink was honored with the Wuerffel Trophy, college football's premier community service award. Named for Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel, it's given to one college football player every year who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.

Western Michigan University is not a place to go, it's a place to become. That's the mantra emerging from the Think Big initiative, which is reimagining the University's brand and its promise to students.

Throughout the process, participants have distilled more than 300 ideas to create a shared vision that encompasses four core values: a WMU student journey will focus on purpose, career and well-being, all rooted in the foundation of flexibility.