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 – kyle.r.stahl@wmich.edu