Dr. Mariola Pérez de la Cruz, master faculty specialist and undergraduate advisor in the Department of Spanish, will receive the Distinguished Service Award during the Fall Awards Celebration on Friday, Sept. 29.

The health center is enhancing pharmacy, primary care, nursing and counseling services to increase convenience, reduce cost and improve access to care. These include $5 generics, a simplified approach to medical weight loss, a grant from the Alana’s Foundation to provide free flu shots to students who are uninsured and more sessions of popular counseling groups.

With a constellation of supporters, Mangay Perambalam, B.B.A.’21, is working toward her M.S. in cybersecurity one hands-on experience at a time.

Bronco alumni Nathan Brandner, M.S.’06, William Mullinix, B.S.’98, and Neal Sheldon, B.S.’09, talk about their time at Barr Engineering Co. and how their experiences at Western helped advance their careers.

New this year is a convenient online portal for donations. However, written forms that have been available in past funding drives also will be available.

The annual event recognizes recipients of special honors presented by a variety of divisional leaders: Distinguished Service, Distinguished Teaching, Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Emerging Scholar, Excellence in Diversity and Make a Difference awards.

Primarily in person, fairs begin Wednesday, Sept. 20, and wrap up with a specialty job fair Thursday, Nov. 9.

Abby Harvey, B.S.'23, received a scholarship from well-respected Dr. Maye Musk to help continue her dream of becoming a dietician. An alumna of WMU's nutrition and dietetics program, Harvey will be using the scholarship money to fund her dietetics internship and masters degree at Wayne State University.

The shift from interior design to interior architecture and design is far more than a simple name change; it represents a significant leap forward for the institute.

Chad M. Stirrett began as a new administrator in the department responsible for Western’s construction, custodial, landscaping, power plant operations, capital projects and space planning.

Dr. Danyelle Gregory, M.A.'14,  joins Western as associate vice president of diversity and inclusion, responsible for providing leadership in WMU’s diversity education planning, program development and advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

Denise Champion, Lisah Crall, Andrew Francisco and Scott Hennessy are recipients of the annual Make a Difference Award, one of the highest accolades bestowed upon nonfaculty employees by Western.

The American Collegiate Retailing Association and American Marketing Association Conference, a triennial event, will bring leading academics in retailing, marketing and supply chain management to Western Michigan University from March 27 to 29 to discuss cutting-edge research and trends.

Do you know of a WMU business alum who has an impressive background in terms of career achievements, connections to community and leadership? If so, it's time, to nominate them (or yourself) for The 30, a publication that celebrates business alumni and offers them the chance to engage with the college and each other through an event in spring 2024.

Dr. Sally Hadden, a distinguished early American scholar and legal historian at Western Michigan University, has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first faculty member from the university to be awarded a fellowship from the National Humanities Center.

The Bronco community will welcome the new WMU Student Center with a grand opening celebration, complete with an appearance by the Bronco Marching Band, live music, free food, a photo booth, guided tours and chances to win prizes.

Sitting at the same drafting tables used by students in Western’s interior design and architecture program helped 24 local middle and high school students of color imagine how they could shape their careers and communities. Through Project Pipeline, a three-day summer design camp held in July, the youth were challenged to address a design need in their community while considering how social justice plays into the built environment.

Several Western students helped empower Detroit youth through an internship with Umoja Debate Team's summer camp, which was founded by alumnus Jerjuan Howard.

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi welcomed a contingent from Western onto its Pine Creek Reservation to demonstrate the tribe's life ways and sustainability practices.

Although the overall summer experience, which included meeting with clients and learning how attorneys foster relationships with them, left interns Alecia Freeman and Stephanie Smietana with different outcomes and goals, they both say they had opportunities to hone their future career interests.

Isabella Waite gained hands-on experience in product design and production from start to finish during her time at Grayling Ceramics.

The new Student Organization Center will be front-and-center in the WMU Student Center, holding the pulse of the Bronco community and fostering connection and belonging for students.

The community celebration of epic proportions will take over Sangren Plaza from 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29, as more than 17,000 people are expected to come check out all that Western and the local community have to offer. And there will be plenty of free swag to bring home, too!

Alumna Faith Quashie celebrated the release of "The Masquerade is Over" with a live concert in The Clover Room in Kalamazoo.

Gloria Park and Eli Rynkiewicz say the practical experience they received as Broncos Lead interns for business consulting firm Room 35 gave them opportunities to continue their passions in marketing and client services.

Considering the impact of screens on child development is not about evoking guilt on adults or setting unrealistic or specific screen time limits for children. It’s about having a plan for technology use based on research and knowledge of early learning and development.

Cheryl TenBrink and Margaret Borton placed a great deal of value on education. In fact, that is a big part of why Borton arranged for the Frey-Borton Endowed Scholarship through her estate before she passed away in 2022. The scholarship was established for full-time undergraduate students enrolled in WMU’s College of Education and Human Development, and TenBrink is supporting it with a matched donation.

This is the first time in recent years Western has ranked in the top 10 as a Military Friendly School by VIQTORY, a national data-driven military marketing company, which considered retention, graduation, job placement, repayment, persistence and loan default rates for military-connected students and specifically student veterans.

Drs. Patricia Reeves and Jianping Shen will use the renewed grant to continue funding their High-Impact Leadership for School Renewal Project across West Michigan.

Western's counselor education programs were reaffirmed with an eight-year accreditation by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.