Acting in formal session, WMU trustees approved a recommendation to increase tuition and required fees for 2015-16 by 3.2 percent. A full-time Michigan freshman or sophomore will see a $344 increase over last year.
The inaugural Activate: Midwest New Play Festival is set for Friday through Sunday, June 19-21, in WMU's Gilmore Theatre Complex. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
The first of these activities began June 2, but plenty of others are being staged throughout June, July and August. View the summer catalog and register online.
Kristen Canavan, a senior from Ortonville majoring in global and international studies, will study Arabic in Jordan for the summer semester through the prestigious federal scholarship.
Tuition rates for 2015-16 and an operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 top the agenda for the June 3 meeting of WMU's Board of Trustees.
The weekend of June 4-6 includes an event-filled kickoff to summer known that will feature the 39th annual Dionysos Greek Festival, Art on the Mall and the Do-Dah Parade.