While the summer I session was winding down, a new beginning was underway at the College of Health and Human Services. The inaugural cohort of the new Doctor of Physical Therapy program was on campus on Monday and Tuesday, June 24 and 25, for their orientation program and their official welcome to WMU.

In May, the Department of Physical Therapy reached another program development milestone as faculty continue preparing to launch the new Doctor of Physical Therapy program later this summer. The program was awarded "Candidate for Accreditation" status from its accrediting body.

At the State of the College in 2016, Dean Earlie Washington announced that the second floor of the Ernest Wilbur Building (EWB) would be renovated and turned into classroom, lab and office space. The EWB was selected after an exhaustive search for space on campus and in downtown Kalamazoo.