School of Communication professor Dr. Leah Omilion-Hodges is bringing her abundance of expertise and experience on organizational communication to a new format with her podcast, “The Communicative Leader.” The weekly podcast, which already has six episodes available, delves deeply into communication tips and tricks for excelling as a leader in the workplace. 

Members of WMU's chapter of Engineers Without Borders shared their love of STEM and language with a group of Kalamazoo English as a Second Language students, spending three days exploring concepts. “I wanted to show the students that STEM is a fun and interesting area to explore and study,” explains WMU student Andy Kaczmar.

Western Michigan University is taking its well-being support to the next level, offering a new platform to give students free, immediate access to teletherapy services in partnership with Uwill. The program meets students where they are, allowing them to access support any time of day, any day of the week, and tailors the experience to the individual based on their unique needs and preferences.

From flavorful food and colorful celebrations to lively music and dances, National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, celebrates the vibrancy of the Latino community in the United States. Western Michigan University's Latino Student Alliance (LSA) aims to share that excitement with the campus community through Hispanic Heritage Week.

The Society for Human Resource Management awarded a 2021-2022 Superior Merit Award to Western Michigan University’s Society for Excellence in Human Resources chapter. The student organization has received this award every year since 2016.

The Board of Trustees' first meeting of the academic year is at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in the North Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. 

Free COVID-19 test kits will be distributed to the Colleges of Aviation, Health and Human Services and  Engineering and Applied Sciences as well as in residence halls, the Haenicke Institute for Global Education, Student Engagement, WMU Athletics and Parkview and Grand Rapids campus locations.

Sponsored by WMU’s Office for Sustainability, the annual event celebrates the University's commitment to sustainability by highlighting campus engagement opportunities and local community sustainability champions.

Two WMU faculty members collaborated to create an interactive digital narrative that tells the story of Ina Juretschke, who fled Nazi Germany with her family in 1939 and lived in Ecuador for a year while waiting to emigrate to the United States.

Primarily in person this year, fairs begin Wednesday, Sept. 21, and wrap up Wednesday, Nov. 9, with a new specialty job fair for students majoring in the sciences.

Dr. Mariam Konaté was awarded the fellowship in collaboration with her Tennessee Technological University colleague, Dr. Queen Ogbomo, and University of Nairobi host, Dr. Josephine Wairimu, to examine teaching, mentorship and gender equity in STEM at the University of Nairobi.

School of Communication professors Drs. Chad and Autumn Edwards are Western's own dynamic duo, bringing to life the Social Robotics lab.

From a child growing up in Iraq, interested in geology, science and biology, Dr. Mohammed Hashim has become an award-winning researcher as well as a caring and inclusive teacher with a newly-minted Ph.D. from Western Michigan University’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.

Western Michigan University alumna Erica Wehrwein was recognized for her teaching as the 2022 recipient of the Arthur C. Guyton Distinguished Educator Award by the Teaching Section of the American Physiological Society (APS).

During this fellowship, Dr. Charlie Kurth, WMU professor of philosophy, plans to continue his research and work with other scholars to draft a book.

Recent Ph.D. graduate Dr. Alberto Cintron-Colon says he will draw on the teaching and mentorship he both received and gave others at Western Michigan University as he steps into a tenure-track faculty position teaching anatomy and physiology courses at Blackburn College.

Broncos are back. In fact, campus is bustling with one of the largest first-year classes in recent years following a record number of first-year applications for the second year in a row.

With passions in dance and exercise science, Shaniya Tate is ready to show off her skills.

Presented by Columbia University, the Pulitzer Prize is an annual prize awarded for excellence in fields including journalism, photojournalism, fiction and nonfiction books, drama, poetry and music, and it is primarily awarded to U.S. citizens and U.S.-based publications. It is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious honors in these fields.

The recipients for 2022 Excellence in Diversity Award are Dr. Staci Perryman-Clark, the WMU Athletics Diversity Task Force and the Professional Development Institute. “The purpose of these awards is to acknowledge and honor our colleagues who are moving the needle forward in diversity, inclusion and equality,” said Dr. Candy McCorkle, vice president for diversity and inclusion.

Fifteen University employees will receive special recognition at Fall Convocation on Sept. 16. This is Western’s first in-person convocation award ceremony since 2019, making it a great opportunity for faculty and staff to recognize their colleagues for their exceptional work.

Paying bills, saving money and learning how to stick to a budget are just a few of the skills that everyone needs to be financially responsible. However, those skills have not typically been taught in school. This will change in Michigan in coming years.

The four staff members are recipients of the annual Make a Difference Award, one of the highest accolades bestowed upon nonfaculty employees by Western, and chosen from the Make a Difference Award semiannual recipients selected in the fall and spring.

Western's Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award honors recipients such as Dr. Massood Atashbar on the basis of outstanding artistic, literary, philosophical, historical, technical or scientific achievement, bringing wide recognition from the academic community beyond the University’s campus.

Dr. Ann Veeck received the theDistinguished Teaching Award, which recognizes faculty members for their teaching work.

Each year, the University celebrates its rising stars in higher education with Emerging Scholar Awards. Drs. Wendy Beane, associate professor of biological sciences; Nicholas Hanson, associate professor of exercise science; and Charlie Kurth, professor of philosophy, are the 2022-23 award recipients.

Kerrie Jo Harvey and Dr. Sarah Summy will receive Distinguished Service Awards during Western Michigan University's Fall Convocation on Friday, Sept. 16.

The commemorative exhibition, "We've Only Just Begun: Celebrating a Century of Collecting Art at Western Michigan University," is free and open to the public.

Alumnus Tyler Wall, B.S.’15, M.S.’17, credits the hands-on, project-based education he experienced at WMU for his soaring career as a lead engineering at Williams International.

The grant provided by the Stryker Johnston Foundation will allow the Michigan SBDC, located within Western's Haworth College of Business, to expand access to one-on-one business consulting, market research and educational programs for individuals interested in starting or growing a small business through the Michigan SBDC’s Uplift Kalamazoo training series.