Housing and Dining Planning

Building SMART Communities

New Valley dining

• Valley Dining Center opens Sept. 1, 2016
• Community invited to Valley Dining Center
• Ribbon cutting for new dining center
• Final beam put into place at Valley Dining Center at WMU

• Campus community members will make their marks on new facility

• Valley Dining Center topping out ceremony Nov. 20, 2015
• Groundbreaking for Valley Dining Center June 12, 2015
• Valley Dining Center Design presentation April 10, 2015
• BOT Valley Dining Center presentation Jan. 22, 2015
• Valley Dining Center name approved
• New dining center plans unveiled
• Final dining presentation scheduled
• New Valley Dining presentation
• Public input session held for Valley Dining Center June 3, 2014
• Valley Dining planning session held Feb. 25, 2014
• Public Dining planning session held Nov. 14, 2012

New campus housing

• Take a look inside Western Michigan University's new Western Heights residence halls

• WMU opens up newest hall to the public

• Western Heights residents to showcase new hall

• Western Heights complex name chosen
• New residence halls
• Campus housing and dining vision announced
• Hoekje Bigelow halls close
• Residential neighborhoods
• Housing and dining enhancements
• Project planning teams

Western View - Phase II

• Western View expansion opens
• NEW Phase II to open fall 2013

Recent accomplishments

Western View

• Opened Fall 2011
• 330 bed apartment-style complex
• At full capacity nearly a year in advance of opening

Bistro3 Dining

• Opened Fall 2010
• Increased number of meals served from 10% to 20%
• 1st place award in a national design competition

Plaza Café

• Major renovation Fall 2011