First class at WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine graduates

The first class at the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo graduates “Yesterday we were students. Today we are doctors. Tomorrow we will be interns,” Dr. Jacqueline Dauch, speaker graduate told the audience during the commencement at Miller Auditorium.

The medical school began in 2008, one year after WMU President John Dunn arrived. The school was built with private donations and was granted full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education in 2018.