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WMU’s Cold Case Program sets national standard
Students in Western’s prestigious Cold Case Program have worked with Michigan State Police and 13 other agencies to solve eight decades-old homicide and missing persons cases, bringing justice and closure to victims’ families. Graduates of the program are in high demand and have gone on to successful careers in local and state law enforcement, forensic labs, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.
WMU’s program was ahead of its time in the development of student-involved cold case programs and should serve as a benchmark by which other programs around the country measure themselves.
Cold Case Program honored as benchmark for student-police partnerships
Just as news broke of yet another student-assisted case resolution, Western’s Cold Case Program got a major shoutout at a training hosted by the International Homicide Investigators Association.
Broncos on the beat
These Cold Case Program grads are building their careers around public service.
The best in the MAC
No surprise to her students, Dr. Ashlyn Kuersten, founder and director of the Cold Case Program, won the Mid-American Conference’s Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success.
It pays to be a Broncos Lead intern
Students in the Broncos Lead Internship Program get paid a competitive wage to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom at local small businesses and nonprofits. These experiences are career game changers: Students build their skills and boost their résumés—planning events, managing budgets and contracts, creating promotional content, and more—while helping hometown organizations serve the community. Now that’s what we call Experience-Driven Learning.
Ready for launch
Broncos are prepared to start fulfilling careers when they graduate. Take it from some of our newest alumni, who are set to manage supply chains, videography productions, airport operations and more.
