Alumni

News of Western Michigan University’s plans to demolish West and North halls, the Speech and Hearing Center and possibly wings of East Hall was disappointing for Thomas Coyne, a former alumni relations director at WMU and member of the Friends of Historic East Campus group.

Officials are caught off guard as protesters take to social media to mock the new symbol, which was designed to reproduce more clearly online.

The University of Miami’s Momentum2 fundraising campaign continues to make healthy progress toward its $1.6 billion goal, as UM officials announced on Friday that the campaign has just surpassed the $1 billion mark.

Louisiana College is embarking on a $50 million capital campaign, asking for $12 million from Louisiana Baptist Convention churches.

University falls well below average of Pac-12 schools

The two-year schools are trying to follow a path long traveled by four-year universities, but face their own set of challenges, including the lack of big league sports or scientific research.

DePauw University has been waiting for a new dining hall for two years. After receiving a $25 million gift from two of its alumni, the wait is just about over.

Most of money to go to student aid; school renamed

At age 90, William Blair Jr., a former Negro League pitcher, Dallas-area civil rights leader and longtime newspaperman, came to the realization that much of the history he had lived through had already been forgotten by younger generations.

A dentist and his wife who met during freshman orientation at Marquette University in 1975 have pledged $1 million to their alma mater's campaign to build a 40,000-square-foot expansion of the Marquette School of Dentistry.