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(10-04-2018 01:31 PM)JHoover Wrote:  The Begging of the Beginning ?

After several "Meet and Greet" events, it seems that the Alumni
potential in the Metro Detroit Area has become evident.

The realization that 30,000 to 40,000 WMU Alumni this area, that could "participate"
in Alumni Activities, leading to more public awareness of WMU,
and promotion of OUR UNIVERSITY to attract new students and donations, is long overdue.

Hopefully, there are Plans, Strategies, and Goals to further promote Western Michigan University throughout the State.

What do you think ?

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Let's see what the commitment from WMU is to this side of the state. We've had 'starts' in the past, but they fizzled after a year or two.

I remember back when Tom Wonderling was hired at AD at Western back in 1982 and he promptly hired Jack Harbaugh for football, Vernon Payne for basketball and Bill Wilkinson for hockey. They had a few dinners and events over in metro Detroit and my wife and I participated in some of them. The problem was, Harbaugh's record got worse every season, Payne didn't pan out and only Wilkie was around for to build a program. And Tom Wonderling got fired for some expenditure that wasn't approved or something like that. Good intentions by WMU, but the whole thing fizzled out within a couple of years.

It was great for Alumni over here when we had a football game or two at Ford Field, the turnout was impressive. We even beat Illinois once-I was there for that. Had dinner with DB and Chipdip after the game. I was really nice. But not enough carry-through.