Western Herald launches new Facebook site
Due to a corruption in our last Facebook page, the Western Herald has launched a new site.
This new Facebook link will take you to our new page.
Due to a corruption in our last Facebook page, the Western Herald has launched a new site.
This new Facebook link will take you to our new page.
By Krystin Nichols
Western Herald
Twenty freshmen won Medallion Scholarships to begin their studies at Western Michigan University this fall.
Medallion scholarships are among the highest honors WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman.
By Ben Coleman
Western Herald
President John Dunn got a tour of over a dozen of the construction projects on campus.
A group of Western Michigan University Facilities Management officials hopped aboard two golf carts and drove around campus to show the president the work being done at WMU.
By Garret Schuelke
Western Herald
Booth registrations for Western Michigan University’s 2010 Bronco Bash, Friday, Sept. 10, at Fountain Plaza, has begun.
2010 marks the 30th anniversary of Bronco Bash, which will be the festival’s theme, according to Lynnae Stankus, Associate Director for Student Activities and Leadership Programs.
By Ben Coleman
Western Herald
Students walking on Western Michigan University’s campus this summer may notice a few additions to some of the landscape as well as missing flora from other areas.
By Bryan Paas
Western Herald
It is a rainy afternoon in the city of South Bend, Ind. that is most notably known for being the home of the University of Notre Dame.
Cars are everywhere and despite the weather, hundreds of people stand outside waiting to pour into the Century Center across from the College Football Hall of Fame.
By Zeke Trezevant
Sports Editor
Western Michigan University announced Billy Gernon as the new head coach of its baseball program Tuesday, June 22.
By Garret Schuelke
Western Herald
Back for its seventh year, the Steve Zegree Vocal Jazz Camp will take place at the Dalton Center on Western Michigan University’s campus from Sunday, June 27 through Friday, July 2.
By Jolene Khor
Western Herald
With Greek Festival, Kalamazoo Pride and Island Festival behind us, Arcadia Creek is once again going to be the site for gathering and celebration for the Boiling Pot Music Festival taking place on July 3 and 4.
By Lisa Gass
Western Herald
In Kalamazoo, you can make anywhere from $25.00 to $70.00 a week by
donating plasma.
By Kevin Doby
Western Herald
WMU began a new human rescources training series called the “Mind‑Body‑Work Connection” at the Fetzer Center on Tuesday.
Have you heard that Western Michigan University is taking away the right to pay tuition with Visa and then charging 2.75% for paying with a credit card? Has anyone noticed how, while they said that money was previously coming out of tuition, they’re not lowering the tuition at all, they’re just taking the extra money [...]
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
Nursing has become one of the most important fields for students looking for jobs in the U.S.
There is an increasing demand of nurses nowadays in our country because of the establishment of new hospitals and of the immigration of American nurses overseas.
By Krystin Nichols
Western Herald
The WMU Bookstore on the main floor of Western Michigan University’s Bernhard Center has been renamed to “Buster’s,” in honor of the university’s mascot, Buster Bronco.
By Garret Schuelke
Western Herald
Of the 17 people appointed by the Michigan Department of Community Health to head a new state board in charge of changing nursing education and to facing the possible upcoming nurse shortage, one of them is a staff member of Western Michigan University’s College of Health and Human Services.
By Krystin Nichols
Western Herald
On Saturday, June 26, 1,500 students will become Western Michigan University alumni.
Two commencement ceremonies, each presided by WMU President John M. Dunn, will be held in Miller Auditorium.
By Jolene Khor
Western Herald
Some friendships will never die. For most of us, that is an ideal; but to some lucky few, like the “Toy Story” clan, it has been ringing true since Buzz Lightyear first said, “To infinity… and beyond!” in 1995.
By Josh Hirsch
Western Herald
Is football the biggest flopper of all?
No, I’m not talking about the NFL. I’m talking about soccer.
By Jason Koole
Western Herald
“League of Legends” is a player versus player, or PVP, game that hit the scene about a year ago and is slowly snowballing into popularity and competitive game play.
By Christopher Campbell
Western Herald
Every highway leading into the Bonnaroo Music Festival was mercilessly clogged.
Temperatures flirted with 100 and tens of thousands of cars inched down the blistering shoulder of Tennessee’s section of I-24.
By Garret Schuelke
Western Herald
Carol Norg, secretary of Western Michigan University’s Career and Student Employment Services department, will retire in two weeks after 31 years of employment.
By Meghan Tkachuk
Western Herald
Western Michigan University has a very diverse community. In attendance are people of many different cultures and races, people who have different interests, beliefs, disabilities and handicaps that set them apart from others.
Occasionally the special needs of students with disabilities are overlooked, but WMU does their part to make their lives on campus a little easier.
By Ben Coleman
Western Herald
Beginning Sunday, June 20, Western Michigan University will host a summer camp for drummers called the Keith Hall Summer Drum Intensive
By Andrew Mell
Western Herald
Unarguably the most important, most-watched and most anticipated sporting event in the world is underway and it seems like we’re finally starting to care.
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
The Western Michigan University library is one of the few distinguished libraries in the United States.
By Zeke Trezevant
Sports Editor
Game 7 of the 2010 National Basketball Association Finals was make or break for everyone involved. No one had more on the line than Kobe Bryant.Bryant entered the 2010 campaign coming off of a championship season. Last year’s championship came against the Orlando Magic though.The Magic aren’t the Celtics. There is no such thing as a Lakers/Magic rivalry and the Magic didn’t embarrass the Lakers in 2008.
By Lisa Gass
Western Herald
There is something different about the newly renovated stairwell and vestibule at the Bernhard Center.
The renovation included adding a newly designed wall with new doors, ceilings and light fixtures, new finishes, and a new feature wall on the upper landing — and it’s only the beginning of what is in store for the Bernhard Center.
By Ben Coleman
Western Herald
Parts of Kendall Avenue, Solon Street and Howard Street, and Arboretum Parkway will be closed for the rest of the summer in order to build two new roundabouts.
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