U.S. News & World Report's recently published rankings of graduate programs puts six of WMU's health and human services programs among the best in the nation.
Giving members of the campus community the confidence to step forward and help when they see bad behavior is the goal of a new Bystander Initiative dubbed Western HEROES.
Campuswide common read program for all students and employees starts this summer and features the award-winning "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," by Rebecca Skloot.
Former Fairborn, Ohio, city councilman Frank Cervone recently presented a check to a WMU research team that has spent the past decade focusing its efforts on finding a cure for multiple system atrophy.
In honor of U.S. Memorial Day, there will be no classes Monday, May 28, and except for essential and emergency services, WMU offices will be closed.
Kuanchin Chen, William Cobern, Richard Gershon and Albert LaVergne have received prestigious Fulbright Program awards to work overseas during part of the 2011-12 academic year.
Former assistant director promoted, has responsibility for content on the University's website, mass email, social media and other forms of electronic communication.
WMU's 13-member precision flight team, the Sky Broncos, took fourth place in this year's National Intercollegiate Flying Association's championship competition.
WMU graduate student Katherine Binder hopes to encourage recycling on campus by streamlining the process with a new placement and design of collection bins.
Lt. Justin Soeder of Sterling Heights, Mich., was recognized by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association with the Major Gen. Robert E. Sadler USAF Award.
Dr. James Lewis, associate professor of human performance and health education, has received a President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Community Leadership Award.
More than 8,000 people, including beginning students and their families as well as transfer students, will be attending orientation sessions that begin June 4 and run through June 29.
Students enrolled in the College of Health and Human Services soon will have hands-on educational opportunities galore, thanks to Kalamazoo's new Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
Kalamazoo's Axonia Medical is doing early-stage work on a revolutionary approach to treat and restore function to those who have suffered major damage to their peripheral or central nervous systems.
DownBeat magazine has recognized internationally known director, performer and music professor Dr. Stephen Zegree as an outstanding educator by inducting him into its Jazz Education Hall of Fame.