The restructuring will create four academic schools and will exemplify the university’s commitment to give students a fully integrated liberal arts education.

The endowment was established by a $2 million gift from Linda Leatherbury in memory of her late husband Victor Cheloliber, MD. The endowment will support cancer researchers.

The new agreements will streamline degree completion and will bolster the region’s workforce.

The $500,000 gift comes from the James and Coralie Centofanti Charitable Foundation and will continue the work of the Centofanti Symposium, which has brought speakers and lectures to the university for the past decade.

Applications for the new nursing program at PACCAR Medical Education Center have officially opened for the first cohort, which begins in 2027.

The partnership will give students who complete an associate degree at Kalamazoo Valley Community College guaranteed admission to Western Michigan University.

The new program will launch with the Fall 2026 semester and will award graduates with an associate of science degree pathway in Healthcare Administration.

The grant will allow the university to expand its research infrastructure within the field of pharmaceutical testing.

The two institutions came together at the end of April to expand their existing partnership from nine bachelor degree transfer pathways to 22.

The partnership is intended to strengthen Kentucky’s workforce pipeline and increase student success by removing barriers to attaining a bachelor degree.