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Website. www.wmich.edu. Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers. [4] It was renamed Western Michigan University in 1957.
The Women's Health Center is a four-story 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2) facility designed to combine many of the women based services in Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital, University of Michigan Health - West and other Grand Rapids-based groups. Connected to the building is a five-story parking ramp providing 500 spaces.
DeVry University–Michigan: Southfield: Private for-profit 1931 2015 [91] Duns Scotus College: Southfield: Private not-for-profit 1930 1979 [89] Finlandia University: Hancock: Private not-for-profit 1896 [92] 2023 Grand Rapids Theological Seminary: Grand Rapids: Private not-for-profit 1948 Merged into Cornerstone University [93] Grand Traverse ...
In 1951, the School of Social Work was established to offer a professional educational program on the graduate level leading to advanced degrees, and the program moved from Detroit to Ann Arbor, with Fedele F. Fauri acting as dean until 1970. The school was first located in a small house on Washington and Thayer, before moving into the Frieze ...
University of Michigan Health - West, formerly known as Metro Health – University of Michigan Health, is a nonprofit health system affiliated with the University of Michigan Health, with primary and specialty care services at 30 locations in West Michigan. The organization’s 208-bed main hospital is located in Metro Health Village in ...
The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [9] It was officially established on May 2, 1850, when the village of Grand Rapids voted to accept the proposed city charter. The population at the time was 2,686. By 1857, the city of Grand Rapids' area totaled 10.5 square miles (27 km 2). In October 1870, Grand Rapids became a desired ...
Calvin University, formerly Calvin College, [4][5] is a private Christian university [5] in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin University is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition. [1] Known as Calvin College for most of its history, the school is named after ...
Map of the region, employing a narrow definition. West Michigan and Western Michigan are terms for a region in the U.S. state of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.Generally, it refers to the Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland area, and more broadly to most of the region along the Lower Peninsula's Lake Michigan shoreline, but there is no official definition.