The event, “From C-Suite to the Cabinet: A Conversation with The Honorable Carlos Gutierrez,” will be held Oct. 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo as part of WMU’s We Talk speaker series.

WMU Ph.D. studentLisa Garcia has been named one of West Michigan’s 25 Most Influential Latinos by VIVE Michigan Magazine, recognizing her leadership, community impact and commitment to expanding opportunities for others.

Western Michigan University and the WMU chapter of the American Association of University Professors are renewing their partnership to jointly offer a scholarship to eligible first-generation students. The partnership, now in its second year, is designed to expand access to higher education for students who are the first in their families to attend college.

Western Michigan University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences is pleased to announce its 2026 Spire Award, Alumni Excellence Award and Emerging Alumni Award recipients. 

Western Michigan University alumna Jacqueline Kelly is using her exercise science background as a mental performance coach for Boston Legacy FC, helping professional athletes build confidence, resilience and psychological tools.

Three Western Michigan University supply chain management students have received scholarships from the Transportation Club of Detroit, getting a lift in paying for their education. Western’s recipients include Alex Little, Isaac Madalinski and Katie Pozar, putting WMU Haworth at the top of the list for total number of recipients for 2026.

Dr. Devin Bloom and a team of researchers from a dozen institutions uncovered a new understanding of how fish species evolved in freshwater rivers in Australia and Papua New Guinea. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they reveal paleoenvironmental factors such as seal level changes and reduced marine oxygen determined which species became the most ecologically diverse.