Haenicke Institute Study Abroad is located on the second floor of Ellsworth Hall, just east of the Bernhard Center. We frequently have peer advisors on duty (these are students who have already completed a study abroad program) and we offer information sessions and walk-in advising daily (schedule). Please come and see us! We're here from 8-5 every Monday through Friday.

Program responsibilities by country/region

Study abroad coordinators in the colleges

Study Abroad Staff

 

Ann Ganz

Ann joined the study abroad staff in September 2006 as a part-time study abroad coordinator. She is a native of Clare, Michigan and earned her bachelor’s degree with a major in French and a minor in Linguistics from Western Michigan University. As part of her undergraduate program, Ann completed a semester at the Université de Haute Bretagne - Rennes II, France, where she studied French culture, language and literature.

Ann followed up her undergraduate education earning a master’s degree in Romance Linguistics from the University of Michigan, where she was awarded the Horace H. Rackham Graduate Fellowship and taught French as a graduate student instructor. She returned to Kalamazoo after graduation. Ann also teaches French in WMU’s Foreign Language Department.

 

Eri, a native of Hiroshima, Japan, joined the study abroad staff in August 2009 as a study abroad coordinator. She has studied Mandarin Chinese and earned her bachelor's degree at WMU in fine arts, with a major in ceramics and a minor in printing and paper management. She is in the process of completing her master's degree in college counseling.

Before joining the Study Abroad office, she was employed at WMU University Libraries for 7 and a half years, where she last worked as a monograph materials coordinator. She is also a part-time kindergarten teacher for Battle Creek Japanese School. Eri originally came to the United States as a study abroad student in WMU's CELCIS program to learn English and has been a resident of California and Michigan. She is a firm believer in international studies and education and looks forward to working with WMU students and faculty preparing for international experiences.

 

Margaret von Steinen

Margaret joined the Haenicke Institute in September 2004 as a part-time coordinator for WMU's Prague Summer Program. In January 2006, Margaret was named Communications Officer for the Institute in addition to her duties as the PSP coordinator. Margaret is a native of Wayne, Michigan, but has lived in the Kalamazoo area since the early 1980's. She earned a bachelor's in journalism and creative writing from WMU in 2000 and completed an MFA in poetry in 2004.

Margaret is a published poet and first participated in the Prague Summer Program as a graduate student in 2004. While serving as PSP coordinator for four years, she has gradually become an expert on the City of 100 Spires. If you see a license plate 'PRAGUE' around town, honk to say hi to Margaret.