Raise The W

When it comes to being a leader who knows how to have fun, Hailey Mangrum is the right person for the job. As Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, she helps to facilitate a sense of belonging for many students.

Listen to Thye Fischman’s journey from a BIG10 family to making a BIG impact on WMU’s campus.

Coach Gernon explains how baseball is a lot like a game of chess and what blew him away during last year’s MAC Tournament

Listen to Kalamazoo native and WMU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Kathy Beauregard, discuss her storied career at WMU; how WMU garnered $84 million in free media exposure during the 2016 football season, and what that money does for WMU.

Katherine Kennedy talks about how dance is a universal form of communication and how she found her way to WMU.

Recorded at WMUK studios, Tim interviews Chris Praedel, Associate Director of Engagement for the WMU Office of Development and Alumni Relations, who went from being a paperboy on the city’s north eastern side to breaking a Guinness World Record on campus.

Past President of the WMU Alumni Association, Jennifer Lentner explores her path from graduate to involved alumna, why she believes other alumni should be active with their alma mater, and the advice she would give to her 19-year-old self.

Sime Curkovic discusses how teaching students to cut the bottom line by making processes and manufacturing better, faster, and cheaper helped the WMU Integrated Supply Chain Management program become one of the best in the nation.

Trey Sims discusses the unique experiential aspect of the WMU Music Education program, how he arrived at WMU, the correction pronunciation of Clio, Michigan, and the advice he would give to his 15-year-old self.

Drive Safe Kalamazoo gave its first free, safe, no-judgement ride in 2003, and 14 years later the program is still going strong. The legacy scholarship recipient and Seita Scholar who co-chair DSK discuss who they serve