Nonprofit Leadership Program Wins National Award

January 12, 2010, Kalamazoo, WMU News — Western Michigan University is the recipient of the 2008-09 American Humanics Program Excellence Award, a prestigious national honor awarded to institutions dedicated to preparing the next generation of nonprofit sector leaders.

Students and representatives from WMU traveled to the American Humanics Management/Leadership Institute in Phoenix Jan. 3-6 for the final round of competition, which resulted in WMU winning the award. The WMU program was honored for "demonstrating best practices in all nonprofit leadership program areas, with strengths in the areas of institutional support, fundraising, nonprofit management curriculum, and community service," according to American Humanics.