Kyle Stahl
October 2, 2008
HPER 1490 Computer Applications
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In 2005, the College of Health and Human Services
moved into its new home, a high-tech, 200,000square-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.
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Member of the Mid-American Conference
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16 varsity sports
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West Division
10 girls programs, 6 boys programs
Numerous club sports
Intramural sport programs
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Mens, Womens, and Co-ed
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Volleyball Staff
 Head Coach – Colleen Munson
 Associate Head Coach – Ryan Manning
 Assistant Coach – Jason Reed
 Volunteer Assistant Coaches – Kyle Stahl and Scott Mais
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Won MAC West Division in 2007
Traveled to Brazil in May of 2008
WMU Volleyball
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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
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Member of the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball
Association (MIVA)
 Member of the GMMVC (Greater Midwest Men’s Volleyball
Conference)
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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!
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Founded in 1903
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School colors – brown and gold
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School Mascot – bronco
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Enrollment ranges between 20-25 thousand
students
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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.
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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