Alumna Faith Quashie celebrated the release of "The Masquerade is Over" with a live concert in The Clover Room in Kalamazoo.

Gloria Park and Eli Rynkiewicz say the practical experience they received as Broncos Lead interns for business consulting firm Room 35 gave them opportunities to continue their passions in marketing and client services.

Considering the impact of screens on child development is not about evoking guilt on adults or setting unrealistic or specific screen time limits for children. It’s about having a plan for technology use based on research and knowledge of early learning and development.

Cheryl TenBrink and Margaret Borton placed a great deal of value on education. In fact, that is a big part of why Borton arranged for the Frey-Borton Endowed Scholarship through her estate before she passed away in 2022. The scholarship was established for full-time undergraduate students enrolled in WMU’s College of Education and Human Development, and TenBrink is supporting it with a matched donation.

This is the first time in recent years Western has ranked in the top 10 as a Military Friendly School by VIQTORY, a national data-driven military marketing company, which considered retention, graduation, job placement, repayment, persistence and loan default rates for military-connected students and specifically student veterans.

Drs. Patricia Reeves and Jianping Shen will use the renewed grant to continue funding their High-Impact Leadership for School Renewal Project across West Michigan.

Western's counselor education programs were reaffirmed with an eight-year accreditation by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.

The permanent mural in the new student center highlights University culture and illustrates the beauty that exists in mundane moments in time.

The inaugural challenge, launched in January 2023, finished the spring semester with five teams of students earning funding to take their projects to the next level.

Students Gabe Bresnahan, Mary Howe and Jenna Robinson all sharpened their professional skills through their work with the Children's Nature Playscape. They impressed executive director Nora Selheimer so much that she offered them all full-time positions to stay with the organization through the summer.

Dozens of Western students gained resume-worthy experience through paid internships with a number of businesses and organizations in Kalamazoo and Detroit this summer supported by the Empowering Futures Gift.

Broncos blossomed over the course of 12 weeks at the Kalamazoo Nature Center's DeLano Farms, learning about permaculture, reiterative farming and the impact the operation has on the community.

Like the previous academic year, University apartments are at capacity, according to WMU Housing and Residence Life, and all of the Valley halls and Hall-Archer-Pickard East and West halls will be close to capacity for the fall semester.

The Food Marketing Conference at Western Michigan University is set to gather food industry professionals from around the globe in Kalamazoo on March 26 and March 27, 2024. With CEOs and industry leaders presenting and the active engagement of WMU students in the program, the conference is unique in the industry and draws nearly 1,000 attendees annually.

Kim Huls and Karina Nazario, both pursuing master's degrees in teaching English to speakers of other languages, created Language Exchange to help parents learn English and Spanish from one another.

The new SOC celebrates the diversity of registered student organizations and serves as a hub for student engagement and campus activities.

Senior Alex Boyd was awarded $12,000 in scholarships; Isabelle Ownby, B.S.’23, received $5,500 in awards; and Meegan Heerlyn received a $2,500 scholarship.

Undergraduate students seeking a bachelor’s degree at WMU in behavioral science or psychology can enroll in up 12 credit hours that count toward a master’s degree, saving them time and money.

Funding will help Western's renowned Autism Center of Excellence bolster services for individuals with severe behavioral challenges.

Exercise science student Montana Smith visited and toured multiple Korean universities and met with members of the Seoul Metropolitan Council to discuss Western's lab facilities, life on campus, coursework and more.

The hands-on experience that the Western Michigan University sales and business marketing program provides its students helps them launch dream careers, and the Sales Education Foundation agrees, naming WMU Haworth's sales program to its listing of top programs in the country.

A student in WMU's early childhood unified education program, Caitlin Darrah is applying the skills she learned from the program to make her a more effective leader as her club continues to make blankets for patients at Bronson Methodist Hospital.

Multiple emergency vehicles will be visible at Bernhard during this time, although no roads will be affected.

Dr. Staci Perryman-Clark, director of the Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies and professor of English and African American Studies, has been named interim dean of Merze Tate College.

The new game room features a diverse array of gaming experiences designed to encourage fun, play and connection.

Included in the building’s numerous student-focused resources and gathering spaces are two fast-casual restaurants, Starbucks, FedEx, PNC Bank, Buster’s Bookstore and a state-of-the-art dining facility.

Western Michigan University's Allison Hoeksema is preparing preschoolers for their transition to kindergarten this summer as a part of the Broncos Lead Internship Program. A student in WMU's child development and services program, she is working at the Jennings Development Interplex's (JDI) preschool as a paid intern and is receiving professional development from the internship program this summer.

Western Michigan University’s College of Education and Human Development is proud to be the host institution for more than 25 school districts, regional service agencies and multi-district consortiums participating in statewide initiatives aimed at addressing the national teacher shortage.

The center brings together researchers, expertise and resources from multiple STEM disciplines across the University and is funded by a $350,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Kevin Stolarski is now in "The Major Leagues" as an aviation technician for United Airlines, but like any good baseball player, he expanded his skills and knowledge during stints in "the minors." A December 2017 graduate of the WMU College of Aviation with a degree in aviation maintenance technology, Stolarski jumped right into the workforce after earning his A&P (Airframe and Powerplant) certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration, joining the SkyWest Airlines team at Chicago's O'Hare International airport -- one of the regional operation's 11 hubs in North America.