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Alumni Event Calendar

Click on the event for more information or visit our events page. The 2007 Homecoming calendar will be updated regularly on our Web site so be sure to check the 2007 Homecoming page.

Longtime Faculty fill Upper-Level Posts

Effective immediately, Dr. James Gilchrist has been named vice provost for academic operations and chief information officer for the University and Dr. Bassam Harik has been named interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. More

New Interim Dean of Aviation
Associate dean and managing director of operations for WMU's College of Aviation, David M. Powell, has been named interim dean of the college. More

Call for Teaching Award Nominations
The Distinguished Teaching Award Committee invites you to nominate a professor who deserves consideration for this award. The deadline has been extended to September 20. Click here for more information.

Visit the Academic College Web site for a complete listing the Colleges.

WMU Hosts Home Opener

Bronco loyalists were a part of history Saturday, September 8 as the WMU Bronco football team hosted a Big Ten opponent, the Indiana Hoosiers, for the first time. The 32,000 plus crowd enthusiastically cheered on the Broncos and even the half-time downpour didn't dampen the brilliance of the WMU Marching Band or fireworks display. More

WMU Soccer is Going Strong
The weekend brought victory for the WMU men's and women's soccer teams. Sunday the men's team earned a 2-1 victory over IPFW and the women's team shut out the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks in its home opener.

Broncos Picked to take MAC Championship
Preseason polls pick the WMU Bronco football team as most likely to capture the 2007 Mid-American Conference West Division title, as well as the MAC Championship. More

Bronco Sports Schedules

Visit the Athletics Web site for additional news on Bronco Athletics.

Alumni Calls to Legislators Still Needed
The possibility of Michigan legislators passing a bill that would place WMU in a second tier for state funding still exists. It remains critically important that WMU alumni living in Michigan continue to contact both their local legislators and the Governor's office to strongly voice their support for the funding of all 15 public universities in one bill. Be sure to tell them that you oppose the separate funding bill for U of M, MSU and Wayne State. Last month, by a narrow margin, the MI House rejected a bill that would restore one funding bill for all state universities. The Senate passed a single budget bill for higher education, and the issue is now before a conference committee for resolution. Your calls have and will continue to make a difference. It remains critically important that all legislators hear from concerned WMU graduates. Two-tiered funding is detrimental to WMU and it will disadvantage the 12 universities that educate and serve two-thirds of Michigan's college students. More

Meet the Dunns at Homecoming
WMU President John Dunn and his wife, Linda are looking forward to meeting all returning alumni at the WMU Alumni Association's PepFest from noon to 1 p.m. on homecoming Saturday. More

Students Win National Design Competition
A championship trophy and $10,000 cash prize were awarded to a team of three WMU engineering students. They won the awards at this year's national Parker Hannifin Chainless Challenge, a hydraulic bicycle design competition. More

Young Alumni Spotlight

Graduating in 2001 with a BA in organizational communication, L. Michael Burt has found great success as an actor. Playing a gangster on FX's The Shield, Burt was bitten by the acting bug while still enrolled at WMU. More

Get Inside Football
Bronco Review is starting its fifth season of the weekly 30 minute Bronco football show hosted by "Voice of the Broncos" Robin Hook. The show offers game highlights and post-game comments by Bronco head coach Bill Cubit. more