TIAA, your retirement plan vendor and the WMU HR Compensation and Benefits team are partnering to provide two Financial Essentials workshops on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. You may attend in-person (Sangren Hall room 1730) or virtually. 

Presentation schedule: 

10:30am - 11:30am - Manage your finances: How to get the most from your employee retirement plan

2pm - 3pm - Protect your future: Set your retirement date. Understand the factors to get you to your goal. 

Space is limited for in-person attendance. Please click here to register on ExperienceWMU. 

We want to inform you that MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette has requested the names, salaries and position titles of all WMU employees under Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). As a public institution, WMU is legally obligated to comply with this request and to provide the requested information. It is likely the news outlet will publish this information online. At this time, we do not know when the information will be published. For more about Michigan's FOIA law as it applies to the salary records of school and college employees, please visit …

For WMU employees. Join Registered Dietitian, Gretchen Kauth, her awesome dietetic students, and Gibbs House staff for a cooking demonstration and taste-testing workshop highlighting summer-inspired recipes. Fresh produce from Gibbs Farm will be featured.

Friday, May 9
Room 3302 at the Kohrman Cooking Lab, Kohrman Hall
Western Michigan University

Register online by Thursday, May 8
https://wmich.edu/events/68109

The University's Federal Policy Resources page has been updated to reflect that all WMU students whose records were terminated from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) have now had their record reactivated in the database. WMU’s International Student and Scholar Services office continues to serve as a resource helping the University’s international campus community members navigate the complexities of federal immigration regulations related to their status as our students and visiting scholars. Information on developments involving SEVIS can be found online. Check the Federal Policy Resources webpage regularly for…

As we approach the end of the fiscal year and enter the busiest part of the construction and renovation season, please be aware that any new project request submissions may not be guaranteed for completion during the summer. Along with this, the deadline to encumber project costs with FY25 funding is May 16. It is important that you note “FY25” on any Bronco Project Request where you would like funds encumbered. Signed project budge approvals for FY25 funding must be returned to the Facilities Management (FM) project manager with “FY25” confirmed on the form by June 13.

On June 27, the Budget Office will receive a list of projects from FM that meet criteria to be encumbered to FY26: funded with fund 11 dollars, doesn't have a fund 63, not closed as of June 30…

TIAA, your retirement plan vendor and the WMU HR Compensation and Benefits team are partnering to provide two Financial Essentials workshops on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. There will be an option to attend in-person or virtually. 

Presentation schedule: 

10:30am - 11:30am - Manage your finances: How to get the most from your employee retirement plan

2pm - 3pm - Protect your future: Set your retirement date. Understand the factors to get you to your goal. 

Additional details, including room location and registration links will soon be available at Benefits Resources under TIAA. 

WMU Human Resources is happy to announce that the 2026-2026 Tuition Remission Application form is now available. Eligible faculty and staff may apply for tuition remission for dependent children, spouses, and designated eligible individuals for summer II session 2025 through summer I session 2026. 

Application deadlines: 

Summer II 2025: Thursday, June 5 

Fall 2025: Wednesday, August 6

Please submit completed applications to Human Resources. Employee and student eligibility criteria and instructions are on the application form, which is available on the Human Resources website at wmich.edu/hr/forms/enrollment. Please direct questions to @email…

Please be advised that network connectivity at Parkview Campus will be unavailable on May 2 from midnight to 6 a.m. due to essential infrastructure repairs. This outage will impact Floyd Hall, parking ramps, the Paper Pilot Plant, the energy resource center, and the Bronco substation.

Parkview Campus systems, technology, and building resources that rely on network connectivity from the main campus will be unavailable during these repairs. Affected examples include but are not limited to:

For any questions or concerns, please contact the Help Desk at (269) 387-4357.

As we prepare for summer, various projects will be occurring across campus. For your convenience, we've created a map highlighting areas where construction or projects will be taking place. Please stay clear of marked construction zones for your safety.

View the summer project map

The Office of Admissions invites you to a special retirement celebration in honor of Alvina Gipson, assistant director of admissions (Metro Detroit), who has spent nearly 32 years recruiting students to WMU. Refreshments and light appetizers will be served on Wednesday, April 30, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the WMU Student Center Fireside Cafe (3rd Floor). 

Please attend to celebrate Alvina’s contributions to WMU and admissions and to honor her for all of the student and counselor relationships she’s built over the years. We hope you can join us and wish her well in her retirement!

Please RSVP via Evite at https://bit.ly/alvinagipson.