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In December 2012, WMU announced plans to demolish several of the historic buildings in Summer 2013. Demolition included the following buildings: East Hall (north and south wings) West Hall; North Hall; Speech and Hearing Building; A new parking lot and green space areas was planned to replace the razed buildings. [1]
University Arena is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.Located in Read Fieldhouse, the arena opened in 1957 and is home to multiple Western Michigan Broncos athletic teams, including men's and women's basketball, women's gymnastics, women's indoor track and field, and women's volleyball.
The arena is a single-level, horseshoe-style arena with a concourse at the top. It is home to the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team, the WMU men's ice hockey club team, and the WMU synchronized skating club team. The arena is named after Harry W. Lawson, the founder of the hockey program at Western Michigan University.
The Western Michigan University Soccer Complex is a soccer-specific stadium located in Kalamazoo, Michigan on the campus of Western Michigan University.Originally known as Lee Baker Field, the complex is adjacent to WMU's Business, Technology & Research Park and the Engineering College campus, and is home to both the Western Michigan Broncos men's and women's soccer teams.
It was renamed Western Michigan University in 1957. Most of the oldest and original WMU buildings are collectively known as East Campus . Because of the steep grade elevating the campus above the city, the Western State Normal Railroad was established in 1907 to carry students and staff up and down the hill with a funicular .
The stadium was built at a cost of $250,000 ($4.3 million in 2016), and it opened in 1939 with a 6–0 win over Miami University. [5] The cost for Waldo Stadium also included the construction of Hyames Field, the school's baseball stadium directly west of the football field.
There were no injuries in a Wednesday morning plane crash in Hillsdale County involving a Western Michigan University Cirrus aircraft, according to the Michigan State Police.
Oakland Drive Campus is a campus of Western Michigan University. It is the university's newest land acquisition. The campus, acquired in 1998, was originally state property used by the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital. The hospital is still leased to the state and remains in operation, although in a more limited role.