Editing Western Michigan University (section)

===East Campus===
{{Main|East Campus (Western Michigan University)}}
[[File:Western Michigan University East Hall.JPG|thumb|East Hall]]

East Campus is the original development dating from the university's founding in 1903. It contains many of the university's historical buildings including, East Hall, West Hall, North Hall, Walwood Hall, Spindler Hall, Vandercook Hall, and The Little Theater. Many of these buildings are on a hill overlooking the city of [[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo]]. Walwood Hall, renovated in 1992, is home to the Graduate College, the Graduate Student Advisory Committee, the Medieval Institute, the WMU Office of Research and Innovation, the Southwest Michigan Small Business Development Center, and several other academic and administrative offices.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

In December 2012, WMU announced plans to renovate its birthplace, historic East Hall, for use as an alumni center. It also announced plans to demolish several of the university's original historic buildings and utilize the hilltop as green space.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ursula Zerilli |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/12/east_hall_to_undergo_15_millio.html |title=WMU's East Hall to undergo renovation for alumni center; 3 surrounding historic buildings to be demolished |publisher=MLive.com |date=December 10, 2012 |access-date=November 21, 2013}}</ref>

In August 2013 West Hall and the Speech and Hearing building on WMU's East Campus were demolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2013/08/wmus_speech_and_hearing_buildi.html |title=WMU's Speech and Hearing is the first of East Campus buildings to be demolished |date=August 14, 2013 |publisher=Mlive |access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref> The original portion of East Hall was retained, but North Hall and the two side wings of East Hall came down. East Hall reopened in 2015 as Heritage Hall, home to the WMU Alumni Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27910 |title=Community values focus of Heritage Hall grand opening |publisher=WMU News |access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref> In addition to the renovation of East Hall, the portico of North Hall was preserved and positioned just north of East Hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heritage Hall Alumni Center |url=https://wmich.edu/facilities/planning/alumni|publisher=Western Michigan University|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>