KALAMAZOO, MI (AP)-- A group of anonymous alumni has gifted $550 million to Western Michigan University.
The Kalamazoo school says it will receive the funding over 10 years. It will be divided among scholarships, investing in quality educators, advancing medical research and education and bolstering Western Michigan athletics.
The university says it is the largest gift ever made to a public higher-education institution in the United States.
Western Michigan’s main campus in Kalamazoo has more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
