Marmalade Dog is traditionally held in The Bernhard Center (WMU's student union).
Exceptions to this were in 1999 (Sangren Hall), 2002 (Ellsworth Cafeteria) and 2006 (Student Recreation Center).
The distinctive name for the convention was given a brief explanation in the 1994 pre-registration book: Marmalade is the name of this convention's mascot, who happens to be a rather shaggy-looking, part sheep dog, part everything else, mutt who has an affinity for Viking helmets and ammunition belts.
It was the name of an (almost) band of a friend of ours, Jason Priess.Prior to 1994 the WMGG was known as the "Western Area Role-Players" and the convention called "WARPCon".
Most recently the Zimmerman dog was used as a repeating pattern on the WMGG photo ID membership cards issued 2005–present.