WMU

Seita Scholars Program Helps Foster Care Alumni

Michigan Radio Newsroom — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:27:09 +0000

There are lots of scholarship programs that help pay for school. One scholarship at Western Michigan University goes farther to help students tackling college on their own.

John Seita's an alumni of WMU. Against long odds he earned three degrees from the school, after he aged out of the foster care system. His story inspired a program bearing his name.

Now the Seita Scholars Program helps students facing similar challenges. It’s a full tuition scholarship for people who've aged out of the foster care system.

WMU approves 3.9 percent tuition increase

Michigan Radio Newsroom — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:43:27 +0000

Western Michigan University says it's raising tuition 3.9 percent for the coming academic year, reports the AP.

Trustees at the Kalamazoo school approved the increase today. The school says instate freshmen and sophomores will pay $9,982 in tuition and mandatory fees in 2012-13. That's up $376 from the current academic year.

Western Michigan says with the increase, the school is 10th in cost among the 15 Michigan public universities.

Out-of-state freshmen and sophomores will pay $23,262 for the academic year.

The trustees approved an operating budget of $349 million for the 2012-13 year.

Last year, Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra reported on public university tuition increases for the 2012-2011 academic year:

University of Michigan: 6.7% increase for in-state undergraduates, 4.9% for out-of-state students.
Western Michigan University: 6.6% increase
Oakland University: 7% increase
Saginaw Valley State: 6.9% increase
Lake Superior State University: 6.94% increase
Michigan Technological University: 6.95% increase
University of Michigan-Flint: 6.8% increase

This year for in-state undergraduates, tuition has increased by:

University of Michigan: 2.8 percent
Saginaw Valley State: 3.9 percent
Lake Superior State University: 2.98 percent
Michigan Technological University: 3.9 percent
University of Michigan-Dearborn: 3.7 percent
University of Michigan-Flint: 3.6 percent
Michigan State University: 3.5 percent
Eastern Michigan University: 3.95 percent

-Elaine Ezekiel, Michigan Radio Newsroom

Red Wings hire Western Michigan coach

Michigan Radio Newsroom — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:05:07 +0000

The Detroit Red Wings hired Jeff Blashill, a former Wester Michigan coach, according to the Detroit Free Press.

From the article:

The Red Wings have hired Western Michigan coach Jeff Blashill and Rockford (AHL) coach Bill Peters to be assistant coaches under head coach Mike Babcock.

Update: Students react to WMU's $100 million donation

Steve Carmody and Michigan Radio Newsroom — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:16:16 +0000

Students of Western Michigan University are reacting to the donation of $100 million dollars to Western Michigan University for their medical school. MLive reports:

WMU approves tuition increases for some students

Lindsey Smith — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:41:42 +0000

Although Michigan universities face huge funding cuts from the state, this rate hike has been years in the making. The change will affect a few thousand undergraduates studying at Western’s business school and school of fine arts.