WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Kyle StahlOctober 2, 2008
HPER 1490 Computer Applications
Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Offers one of only 18 graduate level athletic training programs across the country
WMU has the first accredited adaptive physical education program
Offers the first Unified Sports Program in the U.S. offered in collaboration with Special Olympics, a university, and the community
College of Education
Produces the ninth largest number of professional educators in the nation
Between 1993-2003, the college produced 7,163 new teachers
Half of all courses taught off-campus Battle Creek, Benton Harbor/St. Joseph, Grand
Rapids, Lansing, Muskegon, and Traverse City Also collaborates with Ferris State
University on two doctoral programs. Western Michigan University
WMU Colleges
Researchers from WMU’s College of Arts and Sciences teamed up with city of Kalamazoo to make it the first city in the continental United States to use trap grease as a fuel source for its city buses
WMU’s Haworth College of Business is one of the 20 largest undergraduate business programs in the United States
School of Music ranks in the top three schools in the nation for the number of awards received from Down Beat magazine
WMU Colleges cont.
In 2005, the College of Health and Human Services moved into its new home, a high-tech, 200,000-square-foot building on the University’s Oakland Drive Campus.
The College of Aviation, located at W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, occupies 95,000 square feet on 20 acres, and it is one of the largest and most innovative aviation programs in the nation.
WMU Athletics
Member of the Mid-American Conference West Division
16 varsity sports 10 girls programs, 6 boys programs
Numerous club sports Intramural sport programs
Mens, Womens, and Co-ed
WMU Volleyball
Volleyball Staff Head Coach – Colleen Munson Associate Head Coach – Ryan Manning Assistant Coach – Jason Reed Volunteer Assistant Coaches – Kyle Stahl and
Scott Mais Won MAC West Division in 2007 Traveled to Brazil in May of 2008 WMU Volleyball
WMU Men’s Club Volleyball
Nationally known men’s club program in the 1990s
Program was dropped and then brought back in 2004
Went to the national tournament in 2007 and 2008
Lost in the silver division finals in 2008 to UC Irvine Member of the Midwest Intercollegiate
Volleyball Association (MIVA) Member of the GMMVC (Greater Midwest Men’s
Volleyball Conference)
Songs of WMU
Alumnus James H. Bull won in the lyrics category for the “Alma Mater”. Alumnus Walter Gilbert developed the lyrics for the fight song and music for the Alma Mater and Fight Song.Alma Mater:
Western we sing to you, Brown and Gold. Western we bring to you faith untold. You challenge and inspire; your hope is our desire; We sing to you our Alma Mater, Brown and Gold.
WMU Fight Song:Fight on fight on for Western;take the ball, make a score, win the game.Onward for the Brown and Gold; Push ‘em back, push ‘em back bring us fame.Fight on fight on for Western; over one, over all we will reign.Fight, Broncos fight,fight with all your might. Western win this game!
WMU Facts
Founded in 1903
School colors – brown and gold
School Mascot – bronco
Enrollment ranges between 20-25 thousand students
WMU Facts cont.
WMU awarded nearly $208 million in financial assistance to 19,942 students in 2005-06; about $44 million of that total went to some 3,034 graduate students.
WMU’s campuses encompass more than 1,200 acres and 151 buildings.
In its annual ranking of the nation’s 4,000 colleges and universities, U.S. News & World Report consistently lists WMU as one of the nation’s top 100 public universities.
My Experience
Favorite WMU Class – HPER 2430 Physical Education for the Elementary Child
Favorite Hang-Out on Campus – the Student Recreation Center because of the multiple different activities you can participate in and the number of different people you can encounter
Graduation Date – April of 2010 with a B.A. in Physical Education
E-mail address – [email protected]