WMU College of Arts and Sciences

WMU College of Arts and Sciences The College of Arts and Sciences represents the liberal arts core of Western Michigan University.

Student Spotlight 📣 Bincy Binny, a doctoral student studying chemistry, chose WMU for its research opportunities and is ...
06/03/2026

Student Spotlight 📣

Bincy Binny, a doctoral student studying chemistry, chose WMU for its research opportunities and is making advances in mass spectrometry, a tool that impacts daily life in fields ranging from pharmaceuticals to food safety. 🔬

She has contributed over five scholarly publications and earned the People’s Choice Award at the 2025 3-Minute Thesis competition, as well as the All-University Graduate Student Teaching Effectiveness Award.

“Once I arrived, I realized just how welcoming and supportive all the faculty, staff and students were. That sense of community, combined with the diversity of international students, made WMU feel like the right place for both my academic and personal growth.” 🏆

🔗 Read more: https://wmich.edu/international/news/2026/05/international-chemistry-binny

We are celebrating our Spring 2026 graduates all summer long! 🌞👨‍🎓💫🤎Aidan Ralko — a film, video and media studies major ...
05/19/2026

We are celebrating our Spring 2026 graduates all summer long! 🌞👨‍🎓💫🤎

Aidan Ralko — a film, video and media studies major — made the most of his four years at WMU. From RSOs, to multiple internships, to travel abroad, to directing his own short film as his thesis, Aidan's experience has been transformed by experience-driven learning.

“Western prepared me for the future by presenting me with opportunity,” he says. “You have to actively pursue those opportunities; they’re not just given to you. But here at Western, if you’re willing to take that step, you have a support system while you pursue them.”

Read more about Aidan at the link in our bio!

🔦 Alumni spotlight: Department of Political Sciences ⚖️ In the last few years, several Political Science alumni have won...
05/08/2026

🔦 Alumni spotlight: Department of Political Sciences ⚖️

In the last few years, several Political Science alumni have won university-wide teaching awards at their schools, reflecting the department's strengths in the academic marketplace for training effective and innovative faculty.

These awardees include:

- Manuel Soque B.A. '22: Wittenberg University, 2026 Collegium Award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching

- Brittany Brake Ph.D. '25: Central State University, 2024 President’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching

- Sheri Rogers M.A. '04, Grand Valley State University, 2023 Pew Teaching Excellence Award for Adjunct Faculty

- Ekaterina Levintova Ph.D '19, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2021 Regents Teaching Excellence Award; 2019 UW-Green Bay Founders Award for Excellence in Teaching

We are incredible proud to have such outstanding alumni representing WMU CAS at universities across the nation. 💫

Congratulations to the 2025-26 All-University Graduate Research and Creative Scholarship and Graduate Teaching Effective...
05/07/2026

Congratulations to the 2025-26 All-University Graduate Research and Creative Scholarship and Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award winners!🎉

This is the highest honor that WMU bestows on graduate students. Departments nominated only one student at the master's and doctoral levels, and the Graduate Studies Council selected the winners. A majority of the winners were College of Arts and Sciences students, and we couldn't be prouder! 💫

Click here for a list of the All-University and department-level winners: https://lnkd.in/db7zMgu

Congratulations to the newest 2,300 WMU students who became alumni this past weekend! 🤎💫We know this wasn't always an ea...
05/05/2026

Congratulations to the newest 2,300 WMU students who became alumni this past weekend! 🤎💫

We know this wasn't always an easy journey — maybe it took hundreds of pages typed, long nights spent in Waldo Library, or lab goggles permanently imprinted on your face to get you there — but you did it nonetheless! 🥳

Go out and do great things — we can't wait to see you make your mark on the world.

(P.S. For the graduates who attended our pre-commencement Meet the Dean event, download your photos via this gallery: http://bit.ly/4cRHt4M

Happy finals week Broncos! Finish the semester strong — just one more week until you can lie around Miller Fountain, spe...
04/27/2026

Happy finals week Broncos! Finish the semester strong — just one more week until you can lie around Miller Fountain, spend a day at South Haven, and soak up the sun until your hearts content! You got this! 💫🤎🥳

04/21/2026

WMU alumni make groundbreaking changes in their community. 🔨

Construction is set to begin on The William Schma House, a recovery-focused Kalamazoo housing project led by Matt Hollander, '08. With the help of local and state partners, it will provide residents with long-term addiction recovery services including group therapy and workforce development.

“As a WMU graduate and a member of this community, I’m proud to help bring forward a project that aligns housing, health and recovery supports in one place," says Hollander. 🤝

Read more at: https://lnkd.in/grt6Qsqa

$100,000. One Pitch. One CAS Bronco. 🚨Graduate student in International Development Administration Samuel Marseille swep...
04/17/2026

$100,000. One Pitch. One CAS Bronco. 🚨

Graduate student in International Development Administration Samuel Marseille swept BOTH the Judges' choice and Popular Vote awards at the inaugural Cultivate 269 pitch competition. 💫

His venture — Oneshot AI — is billed as health care’s first fully automatic, HIPAA-compliant, real-time interpretation system, intended to make multilingual communication seamless, offering a crucial translation resource to families and medical professionals when it matters most—from doctors’ offices to pharmacies to the emergency room.

Congratulations Samuel! 👏

We are proud to highlight alum Yolonda Lavender, M.P.A '20, who was recently featured in NowKalamazoo for her work as an...
04/17/2026

We are proud to highlight alum Yolonda Lavender, M.P.A '20, who was recently featured in NowKalamazoo for her work as an artist, vocalist, and community advocate. 🎉

Yolonda’s work explores the connections between creativity, wellness, and community, reflecting the kind of public leadership our program seeks to cultivate. Her story demonstrates how public administration skills can be applied across sectors to support community wellbeing and social connection.

Read the full feature:
https://nowkalamazoo.org/2026/03/oh-somethings-going-on/

Join us next week for the College of Arts and Sciences annual State of the College address!Dean Koretsky will highlight ...
04/16/2026

Join us next week for the College of Arts and Sciences annual State of the College address!

Dean Koretsky will highlight faculty, student, and staff accomplishments and discuss the current state of the college. Faculty, staff, students, and community members are invited.

🕛 Thursday, April 23 | 3:30 to 5 p.m.
📍1303 Dunbar Hall

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