KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Nearly 1,200 ninth grade students from Kalamazoo Public Schools will get a chance to experience a day in the life of a Western Michigan University student by participating in the college’s Bronco Buds program tomorrow and next Thursday.
WMU officials say the long-standing collaboration with is designed to give students an immersive college experience while also “opening their eyes” to the opportunities available at Western and the steps they need to take during high school to prepare for college.
Each daylong program will begin at Read Fieldhouse with a pep rally of sorts, with performances by the WMU pep band and cheer squad. Students will also hear KPS and WMU officials, as well as leaders of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholars registered student organization, sororities and fraternities, and WMU student-athletes…