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When donors believe, Broncos succeed: WMU Athletics and its benefactors are winning together

W Magazine

… Broncos have claimed 37 conference championships across all programs. In 2025, Western reached the pinnacle, capturing … example: a $3 million anonymous gift benefiting both the Seita Scholars Program, which supports students with lived …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2026/06/why-i-give-wmu-athletics-donors-broncos-succeed

A decade later, ESL alumna builds a global engineering career

International Student and Scholar Services

… year from Nagoya, Japan, as part of an employee training program at Denso’s Battle Creek location. The company … through its year-round Intensive English Language Program. Students can also enroll in Western Michigan … a more globally engaged Kalamazoo. This includes providing scholarship and academic opportunities;  K-12 outreach; and …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2026/07/english-center-ichikawa

In Memoriam, summer 2026

W Magazine

… Joyce Eleene (Julian) Caulkins , BS ’57, Feb. 3, 2026, St. Johns, MI Robert Lloyd Bredin , MA ’57, Sept. 8, 2025, The … , BS ’58, Oct. 30, 2025, Stevensville, MI William Walter Johnson Jr. , BS ’58, Dec. 24, 2025, Stephenson, MI Neil M. … Joseph Peter Miller , BS ’62, Sept. 16, 2025, Hilltown, PA John Alfred Swanson , BS ’62, Nov. 27, 2025, Belding, MI …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2026/06/memoriam-summer-2026

Remembering trailblazing alumnus who reshaped college experience for foster care youth

W Magazine

… for foster care youth Submitted by Deanne Puca on John R. Seita John R. Seita , BS ’83, MA ’87, PhD ’93, who helped … Western alumnus is one of the architects for WMU’s Seita Scholars Program, which was launched in 2008 for youth who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73609

Dunn to be honored for work with foster care grads

News

… Mich.—Western Michigan University President Emeritus John M. Dunn will be honored today at Dearborn's Henry Ford … at the Detroit area's sixth annual Fostering Futures Scholarship Benefit Dinner. Carolyn Clifford, anchor for … foster care. Under his leadership, WMU launched its Seita Scholars Program in 2008. The award-winning effort, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42935

International health care experiences put nursing grad on path to career success

News

… "Western had clinicals set up throughout the entire program that would enhance different parts of nursing. We … working as a nurse before applying to graduate anesthesia programs. "Western has really set me up to further my … gotten a ton of support, specifically through the nursing program. I have professors who are checking up on me …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/12/nursing-graduate-2024-commencement-emily-bosak-career-success

Political science grad eyes future in advocacy for refugees, immigrants

News

… States in 2019, he was placed in an independent living program with other teenage refugees through Bethany … in Afghanistan.   Alongside other members of his Medallion Scholars cohort, Najafi helped work on solutions to bring … humility and purpose.”    Najafi also became part of the Seita Scholars Program , which provides holistic …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/12/graduate-success-political-science-mehran-najafi

Lessons in language: Mastering Japanese, computer engineering opens doors for WMU grad

News

… their residence hall in Japan. He also knew he would need a scholarship to achieve his dream, and he set his sights on the full-ride Murakami Scholarship to study for a year at Keio University in Tokyo. … for this opportunity.”   In addition to writing a computer program to generate Japanese flash cards for himself to …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/12/graduate-success-computer-engineering-japanese-noah-braasch

Altitude Adjustment: How Life’s Turbulence Made This Delta Captain Soar

College of Aviation

… Submitted by Tom Thinnes on WMU Aviation Alumni Captain John Geeting and his wife, Elyse Despite the hurdles and … your way, never lose sight of your goals and objectives.   John Geeting, a 2001 graduate of the WMU College of Aviation … job," Geeting says, "and I learned what an airline-training program was all about.  Turns out WMU prepared me well and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/05/geeting

President Dunn gets raise for final year, gives it and more back to WMU

News

… Board of Trustees approved a 3 percent raise for President John M. Dunn , increasing his salary for his final year and … gift from the University's first couple to boost funds for scholarships and other student needs. Acting at their Dec. … efforts during the spring—the Student Emergency Fund, Seita Scholars program, WMU Marching Band and the University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36938