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2020-21
Western Michigan University
CAMPUS
LIVING
2020-21
“ By living in a residence
hall, students (including
myself) are provided with
support for their college
experience. This support
is provided by friendly
and welcoming staff that
are able to give resources,
a listening ear, and
knowledge based off of
their personal experiences.
Living in a residence hall
also provides a lot of
opportunities for students
to get involved in campus
“
activities, groups and
events.
Ja’Nae
General Psychology and
Gender and Women’s Studies
Grand Blanc, Michigan
EXPLORE HOUSING
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME
It is almost time! Graduation is around the corner,
college financial award emails are sent, and housing sign-up
is underway. Everything is coming together for your goal
to attend Western Michigan University this fall.
This booklet provides more information to help you take the next steps with
housing — find a roommate and choose your residence hall and meal plan.
Since WMU does not believe one-size-fits-all when it comes to campus living,
you have a lot of ways to customize your residential experience. Read on for
more about each residence hall and the learning communities to decide where
you want to live. Then peruse the dining section to learn about the various
dining centers, flexible options and meal plans offered by Dining Services.
At the end of the booklet, there is a Next Steps section with directions on how
to find a roommate in April and choose your room in May.
3
Residence hall rooms come with the basics.
You are encouraged to make your room your own, adding personal
items or carpeting to decorate it. Most halls have loftable furniture,
which means that the beds can be raised or lowered to create
alternate furniture layouts to better utilize space.
“
It’s comfortable with
all the conveniences of
“
home.
Olivia
Dietetics
Plymouth, Michigan
EXPLORE HOUSING
CHOOSE WHERE YOU LIVE
WMU offers a variety of housing options, so you are sure to find your fit.
Each hall has different amenities and special features, so some things
to consider when making your choice are:
» » »
Proximity to class, House, suite-style
computer lab, or traditional Learning
Hall amenities
recreational facilities community with communities
and food shared bath
Each residence hall has:
• Wireless Internet available throughout • Student parking close to the buildings
the hall and in student rooms. and campus bus service available.
Most residence hall rooms • High-speed Ethernet in student • A front desk open evenings and
are doubles with two rooms. weekends that provides mail service,
people sharing a room. • A campus dining center a short campus information and equipment
distance away. rentals like vacuums.
Single rooms are scattered • Staff members living in the hall
throughout campus, with • A game room, lounges, study room,
laundry room, kitchen and vending to assist with building community,
a majority located in the
areas. planning activities, safety and
Valley residence halls.
security, and meeting individual
There are no single rooms • A smoke-free campus environment.
needs of students.
in Western Heights.
• Security systems for accessing the hall
• A hall office open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Burnhams and Henry have and residential areas.
Monday through Friday with access
triples, and Burnhams • Free digital cable with a streaming to a professional staff member.
has some quads – double service.
rooms connected by a
common living room.
5VALLEYS
The
• Large, coed halls.
• Suites where two student rooms share a
connecting bathroom.
• Floors average 35-50 residents.
• Picturesque, peaceful setting.
• Close to the Intramural Fields, Valley 1
Goldsworth Valley Pond and business
ACKLEY/SHILLING
and education colleges.
Ackley/Shilling is a relaxed building with a mixture
of first year, transfer and returning students. The
residents are an active group, so there is always an
event or social networking opportunity happening in
the hall.
LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Shilling Transfer Hall
Shilling STEM
BRITTON/HADLEY
Britton/Hadley students love where they live.
Students can often be found in lobbies, lounges
Neighborhood Dynamics: and the large kitchen socializing, doing homework
60% first-year students or simply relaxing. The community is known for
24% upper-level students accepting people for who they are and helping
10% transfer students everyone feel at home.
6% international students
LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Global and Languages Community
Walking time to:
Spectrum House
Valley Dining Center: 1-7 minutes
Bernhard Center: 10 minutes
SPECIAL FEATURES
Rec Center: 15 minutes
Waldo Library: 15 minutes No meal plan required
Hall open during winter break (extra cost to stay)HALL PROFILES
Valley 3
ELDRIDGE/FOX HARRISON/STINSON
Eldridge/Fox residents have Harrison/Stinson is a vibrant
a strong academic drive, a and lively community with
desire to fully experience involved and active students.
WMU, and a loyalty to one The hall has a welcoming and
another. A friendly place to fun atmosphere while also
gather with students who supporting students in their
are striving in their chosen chosen majors.
fields, Eldridge/Fox provides
opportunities for students to LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Valley 2 gain experiences that will help Business Community
GARNEAU/HARVEY propel them to success. Business Community - Honors
Garneau/Harvey is a vibrant community of students
looking to explore all WMU has to offer. There is always LEARNING COMMUNITIES
something happening in the building, and it is easy to Engineering House
find someone to hang out with or to go with you to Engineering House - Honors
an event on campus. Honors Community
Honors STEM/Health
LEARNING COMMUNITY All Valley
Education Community SPECIAL FEATURES floors are coed
Science Scholars Computer lab with male and
Student Success Center female suites
EICHER/LEFEVRE
Eicher/LeFevre residents like to enjoy time playing ping
pong, air hockey or pool in the hall’s game room or
spending time working out in the hall’s fitness room.
Residents enjoy a balance of work and play, and it is
never hard to find a study group.
Valley 1, Valley 2, Valley 3
LEARNING COMMUNITIES
DESK
Bedroom 12´ x 12´ 2˝
DESK
BED
Health Professionals Community Entrance 5´5˝ x 6´ 1˝
Beds can be lofted or bunked.
DESK
DESK
BED
SPECIAL FEATURES
CLOSET
CLOSET
Fitness room
SH
7MAIN Campus
• Buildings focus on creating community.
• Single sex houses/floors in co-ed halls. Henry Hall
• Burnhams and Henry Hall students
share community bathrooms on each
floor.
• Western Heights has centrally private
bathrooms in each house.
• Close to the Bernhard Center, Student
Recreation Center and Sangren Hall.
Western Heights [ Hall-Archer-Pickard East
Hall-Archer-Pickard West
Western Heights is a social environment where residents create strong
bonds within each house. Houses average 36 residents, and each hosts
events catered to the needs of the community. The unique building
design facilitates meeting others and forming social connections.
HALL DYNAMICS
99% first-year students
SPECIAL FEATURES
Male and female houses with three houses making up a coed floor
Centrally-private bathrooms
Air conditioned
Walking time to: Kitchen, living room and study nook
CLOSET
in each house DESK
BED
Valley Dining Center: 8-10 minutes
Bernhard Center: 1 minute
Western Heights
Rec Center: 4-5 minutes Western Heights
Waldo Library: 5-7 minutes Bedroom 11´ 1˝ x 17´ 4˝
BED
Beds can be lofted or bunked. CLOSET
DESK
8HALL PROFILES
Henry Ernest and Smith Burnham
Henry is a great community located right in the middle of campus. Students in the Burnhams are a diverse group who
Residents are a diverse group of individuals who are social, value a friendly environment. Fine arts students create
passionate, energetic and fun! They enjoy using the game room and a fun and eclectic vibe, while the upper-level students
cooking meals in the kitchen. Located next to the Bernhard Center. in Smith Burnham bring focus and WMU knowledge.
The hall is conveniently located next to the
HALL DYNAMICS Dalton Center and Waldo Library.
49% first-year students
38% upper-level students HALL DYNAMICS
46% first-year students
DESKS
LEARNING COMMUNITY 48% upper-level students
Aviation House BED 10% international students
DRESSER
SPECIAL FEATURES BED LEARNING COMMUNITY
No meal plan required Fine Arts House
DRESSER
CLOSET
Coed by floor Fine Arts House – Honors
Community bathrooms
Some triple rooms Henry SPECIAL FEATURES
Connected to Hoekje/Bigelow Bedroom 11´ 10˝ x 14´ 10˝ Coed by floor
Dining Center Beds can be lofted or bunked. Community bathrooms
Some triple and quad rooms
Smith Burnham is for upper-level students only
Burnham Dining Center located in the hall
Smith Burnham Hall
DESK
DESK
NOTICE: Students living
in Burnhams and Henry
BED should expect to hear
construction noise and
vehicles as progress
DRESSER
DRESSER
continues on the new
student center and
other Hilltop Village
Walking time to: ARMOIRE
developments.
Valley Dining Center: 12-14 minutes
Bernhard Center: 5 minutes
Rec Center: 9-10 minutes Ernest and Smith Burnham
Waldo Library: 9-12 minutes Bedroom 9´ 5˝ x 13´ 5˝
Study room 8´ 5˝ x 13´ 5˝
Burnhams residents - add 4-8 minutes
for walking around construction fencing. Beds can be bunked but not lofted.
9“
Engineering House is a great
place to make personal,
professional and lifelong
connections. You’re around
people who are interested in
the same things as you, but
who also come from different
backgrounds. You learn about
yourself while exploring
engineering and getting support
“
from the resources in the hall.
Leslie
Civil Engineering
Battle Creek, Michigan
Learning community residents graduate
in four years at nearly double the rate
as students living off campus.LIVING LEARNING COMMUNITIES
LEARN WHERE YOU LIVE
Students who want to have a more seamless college experience or focus on an area of interest can
choose from a variety of learning communities that are a floor or two within a larger building.
Aviation House Fine Arts House* Science Scholars
Henry Hall Ernest Burnham Hall Garneau Hall, Valley 2
Field trips, events with faculty and Practice is easy with sound-proof Explore science-oriented careers and
ample nearby parking when you come practice rooms, art studio space and a take field trips to see science in action.
back from Battle Creek. dance studio.
Shilling Transfer Community
Business Community* Global and Languages Community Shilling Hall, Valley 1
Harrison Hall, Valley 3 Hadley Hall, Valley 1 Designed to ease the transition to
Interact with faculty and upper-level International and domestic students WMU; activities and social events focus
students involved in Haworth College living together and sharing culture, on connecting residents with other
of Business, as well as get in-hall language and experiences. students, the campus and Kalamazoo.
tutoring for business classes. Shilling STEM is an option too.
Health Professionals Community
Education Community Eicher Hall, Valley 2 Spectrum House
Garneau Hall, Valley 2 Open to any student interested in Britton Hall, Valley 1
Live with others interested in teaching health-related careers. In-hall tutoring Students of diverse gender identities,
and working with minors. is available. expressions and sexual orientation,
including allies, live and learn together
Engineering House* Honors Community in an inclusive and supportive
Eldridge Hall, Valley 3 Honors STEM/Health community.
Use the computer lab with specialized Fox Hall, Valley 3
software or visit a tutor in the Student Support for meeting Honors College
Success Center. co-curricular requirements.
*Honors option available. Roommates and
Science, technology, engineering,
neighbors are also in the Lee Honors College. math and health-related majors can
opt to live on this floor within the
Honors Community.
1195% of students who live in
“ Living on campus gave
me the opportunity to be
more independent.
“
residence halls feel safe. Tate
Business Education
Eaton Rapids, Michigan
LIFE AT WMU
Staff to help you succeed Campus safety
An outstanding team of professionals and students staff our It takes everyone doing their part when it comes to personal
residence halls. Your primary staff connection will be the safety, but there are several security measures in place in the
resident assistant, or RA, on your floor. As fellow students, RAs residence halls.
are selected for their skills in reaching out to peers, listening • Front doors and doors leading to the residential hallways are
to concerns and knowledge of campus. They help build social locked 24/7. Only hall residents or escorted guests can access
connections in the hall and serve as a personal resource for you the building.
when you need them.
• Guests must sign in after 8 p.m.
A full-time professional hall director supervises each building • Security cameras are in all public spaces and elevators.
and lives in the hall. The hall director is responsible for creating • Residence hall staff is visible throughout the hall and
a learning environment by working with students, hall staff, the on call nightly.
facilities, crisis intervention and academic support. Assisting the
• A campus police officer is assigned as liaison to each hall.
hall director is a graduate student who also lives in the building.
The graduate assistant hall director works with hall activities and • Staff receive extensive emergency response training.
promoting student involvement.
12LIFE AT WMU
“
Living in the residence
halls connects me with
other students going
through the same
experience which gave it
“
a “home-y” feeling.
Delia
Engineering
New Lenox, IllinoisView menus and allergen information online at wmich.edu/dining/menu
EATING ON CAMPUS
EATING ON CAMPUS
From vegetarian entrées to home-style classics, dining
at WMU is all about choices. With three campus dining
centers, eight campus cafés and three meal plans to
Grain Bowls choose from, there is always an appetizing way to nourish
yourself for academic success, extracurricular activities and
achieving your personal goals.
• Food service is available continuously from early morning to late at night
most days of the week.
• Your meal plan gives you access to any of the campus dining centers.
• Dining options for students living in apartments and off-campus
are available.
• Campus dining centers offer plated and self-serve choices. You select
portion sizes so you get the right amount for your appetite. Many entrées
Vegan Options are individually prepared to your order.
• A registered dietitian is available to assist students with dietary
accommodations, healthy eating and meal selections in the campus
dining centers. My Pantry, at Valley Dining Center, is a controlled gluten
free, peanut and nut-free kitchen plus serving area for students with food
allergies or specialized needs.
• Numerous locally sourced products are included in recipes and menus.
• A meal exchange option is available at Parkview Café on the
Engineering campus.
Halal Chicken
15MEAL PLAN OPTIONS
All meal plans give you access to any campus dining center and some come with Dining Dollars –
cash loaded onto your Bronco ID that can be used at campus cafés or to bring guests into the
dining centers. Meal plan weeks run Monday breakfast through Sunday late-night.
Unlimited
Bronco Gold Plus Meals/week
Unlimited meal swipes each week: $100 Dining Dollars
• Dining Centers Dining Dollars
are flexible “cash” preloaded onto
• Carryout (2/day) Bronco ID cards. Use in WMU
• Late-night (1/day) 8 Campus Cafés or for entrance to
Guest passes
the Dining Centers at the door
rate. Additional Dining Dollars can
be loaded online at any time at
Unlimited wmich.edu/dining/diningdollars
Bronco Gold Meals/week
Dining Dollars that come with meal
Unlimited meal swipes each week: $50 plans roll over in the fall and spring
• Dining Centers Dining Dollars semesters and expire on June 30.
Dining Dollars added separately
• Carryout (2/day) online never expire.
• Late-night (1/day)
4
Guest passes
Guest Passes
Bronco 14 Passes may be used when the
14 meal swipes each week: 14 meal plan holder is present to
• Dining Centers Meals/week bring family members or friends
• Carryout (2/day) into the Dining Centers.
• Late-night (1/day)
Guest passes expire at the end of
the semester.
16EATING ON CAMPUS
With eight cafés on campus, your
morning cuppa is never more than
five minutes away.
On the go?
Campus Cafés Sometimes you have a
WMU Dining Services campus cafés are retail locations conveniently located throughout hectic day without much
campus. Offerings include grab and go sandwiches, pizza, salads, soup, fruit, snacks, time to stop and eat.
desserts, fountain and bottled beverages, and Water Street® coffee. Cash, Dining Dollars When that happens, you
or credit cards are accepted at all cafés. can order a Carryout sack
meal online and pick it up at
• Bernhard Café • Café 1903 and Market • Plaza Café your campus dining center
and Market Lower level of Sprau Tower Monday through Friday.
Bernhard Center Valley Dining Center
• Schneider Café
• Bella Vita Café • Flossie’s Café Haworth College LATE-NITE CARRYOUT
East Campus Sangren Hall of Business Find later options at
• Bookmark Café • Parkview Café Café 1903 and Market on
Waldo Library Parkview Campus weekday evening so you
can stay fueled even with
a busy schedule.
17“
Be ready to live with
someone else, I have
met many people and
“
made new friends.
Ricardo
Biomedical Science
Madrid, SpainNEXT STEPS INFORMATION
Don’t forget to check
your WMU email!
Housing sign-up
begins.
February All housing information is sent
T H ROU GH directly to your student account.
1.
Reserve a space: Complete a housing
When you sign up determines April
when you will be able to pick
contract to reserve a space for fall. Since
you choose your room in May, you do not a room. Earlier is better!
need to list building preferences. You will
create your roommate profile, choose if
you want to opt in to the roommate search
April 1 Roommate
Finder
goes live.
feature, and sign your contract. The date
you sign up determines when you choose
Choose your search
your hall, room and meal plan in May, so parameters and get up
the earlier, the better. Sign-up happens via to 20 names and WMU
the Housing portal: GoWMU » My Self emails of students
Service » Residence Life Housing. Check your May 10
2.
who match.
WMU email.
Find a roommate: For those who want You will receive an email
to find a roommate, you can search by
with your assigned date
lifestyle, interests and academic college.
and time to choose a hall,
The Roommate Finder will give you up to
20 names of people who match what you room and meal plan. Late Choose your
room and
are looking for, as well as their WMU emails
so you can reach out to chat. When you find
May meal plan.
someone or already have a friend in mind,
you will create a Roommate Group to link
you in the system. That is how you will be
able to choose a room together in May. Roommate
3.
information
emailed.
July
Choose your room: In May, you will have
an assigned date and time to choose your
hall, room and meal plan online. Use the
filters to find learning communities, or use
the hall and floor maps to see open rooms.
Once you claim your bed, you will select August Move in!
your meal plan.
There is no deposit to sign up for housing
28 OR 29
and no financial commitment if you are not
attending WMU and cancel by June 1.
19“ Living on campus
allows you to easily
meet new people,
be close to all the
action and make it
easier to get to
“
class.
Alec
Education
Clarkston, Michigan
45% of WMU students say the
best roommate matches are
ones with similar living habits.
CHOOSING A ROOMMATE
Living with a roommate is just one of the many new experiences You do not have to find or know your roommate, but for those who want to, they
use our Roommate Finder. You must opt in to the roommate search when you
waiting for you at college. They are someone with whom you can
sign up for housing. Once the Finder goes live April 1, you can search for people
share not only your room, but your WMU experience.
by lifestyle, social habits, personal interests or academic college. The report will
give you 20 people and their WMU email address so you can reach out to say hi
and introduce yourself. Once you find a roommate, create a Roommate Group to
link you in the housing system.
20NEXT STEPS INFORMATION
» Roommate Groups are how you and your roommate will get
into the same room when you pick a hall and room in May.
Choosing a room
On May 10, we will email your WMU address with your assigned date to login and
Whomever has the earlier date can find a room and reserve it choose your hall, room and meal plan. Room Selection Groups are assigned based
for both of you. on the date your housing contract is completed. When it is time to choose your
room, log in to the housing portal. Click Residence Halls » Choose my Room.
There are three ways to navigate to get to the room you want.
• Click the building you want on the map, and then any floor.
Roommate Groups • Use the Use 2 filter to find single rooms or learning community spaces.
When you find a roommate, one of you will create a Roommate
Once you apply the filter, only those spaces will show as available.
Group in the housing portal. The group creator is the owner and
• Use the neighborhood and hall list under “Available Rooms by Living
will invite the second person to join the group. When you are
invited to join a group, you can accept, decline or ignore the Area”. The number in parenthesis after the hall or floor is the number of
invitation. You may also leave a Roommate Group at any time available spaces.
if you meet someone new. Remember to keep an eye on your • When you find a room you want, click on the bed to choose it.
WMU email because all roommate notifications will come After you choose your room, you will be prompted to choose your meal plan.
to this address.
To create a Roommate Group or reply to an invitation to join
one, log in to the housing portal at GoWMU» My Self Service »
Residence Life Housing » Residence Halls » Roommate Group.
When you invite someone to join the group, you will need their
name and Western Identification Number.
After that:
1. Search to find them in the system, Scan for video on how
to choose your room
2. Select to confirm it is the right person, and
3. Submit to send the invitation email
When choosing a room, whomever has the earlier room selection Hints:
date can find a room and reserve it for both of you. Both students • Available beds are in green and do not have an X over them.
need to be in a confirmed Roommate Group before choosing a • If you click on beds with an X, you can see the age, major and answers to the
roommate profile by the occupant.
room. The roommate who does not choose the room will receive
• Suites are shown on the map with a shared bathroom between them. Quads are
an email to their WMU account and will have a limited amount of
also indicated.
time to confirm placement in the room. The person who selects
• Academic learning communities auto-filter for eligibility. That means if an
the room will also choose the meal plan for both individuals, so be engineer and communication major are in a Roommate Group and want to live
sure to talk about that in addition to which halls you want to live in together in the Engineering House, the engineer is the person who will be able to
before late May. choose a room.
21Campus housing HILLTOP VILL AGE
and dining rates
Rates are the per-person cost for room and board for
2019-20 and are set by the WMU Board of Trustees. Rates
for 2020-21 will be set in late spring. The residence hall
contract is for a full academic year unless the resident is
transferring, studying abroad, withdrawing or graduating.
Housing rates
Traditional Hall Yearly
Double Room $5,395
Single Room $8,510
Western Heights Yearly
Double Room $6,341
TH E N EXT G EN ER ATI ON OF STU DENT LI FE
Meal plan rates
2020 2021
Yearly
Bronco Gold Plus $5,172
Bronco Gold $5,064 ARCADIA FLATS NEW STUDENT CENTER NEW DINING CENTER
Bronco 14 $4,642 Opening Fall 2020 Projected opening Fall 2021 Opening Fall 2022
A meal plan is required in all halls other than Britton, Hadley or Henry. • New housing complex located • Located in the heart of campus • Located within the new
close to the academic core of in Hilltop Village WMU Student Center
campus • An architecturally distinctive and • Offering a variety of exceptional
• Innovative housing with multiple vibrant student-focused design and healthy dining experiences
Combined rates
living options • Designed to create a welcoming • Restaurant-style environments
Traditional Hall DOUBLE ROOM Yearly • Apartment-style units for and inclusive environment serving prepared-to-order
Housing + Bronco Gold Plus $10,567 upper-level and graduate students • Offering diverse spaces and a options
Housing + Bronco Gold $10,459 • An integrated living environment variety of retail options • An inviting fast-casual
Housing + Bronco 14 $10,037 connected to the larger community atmosphere that encourages
• Coffee house and five
fast-casual restaurants community
Western Heights DOUBLE ROOM Yearly
Housing + Bronco Gold Plus $11,513
Housing + Bronco Gold $11,405
Housing + Bronco 14 $10,983 » Visit wmich.edu/students/planning for details
22CAMPUS MAP + RATES
HOUSING
DINING
AND
ONLINE GUIDE
Learn more online at
wmich.edu/wmuliving
EXPLORE HOUSING 3
HALL PROFILES 6 Residence Life
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTAGE
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5312 PAID
LIVING LEARNING 11
(269) 387-4735
wmu-housing@wmich.edu
WESTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY
COMMUNITIES
LIFE AT WMU 12
EATING ON CAMPUS 15
NEXT STEPS 19
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