This isn't the first time business students in the First Year Experience program have worked on community service projects. They've also helped with beautification projects in downtown Kalamazoo, and this was the second year they cleaned headstones at Ft. Custer.
First Year Experience programs were developed to help ease the transition from high school to college, giving students the tools for a successful first year, and subsequent years, in college. To learn more about First Year Experience programs, visit wmich.edu/fye.
Ft. Custer is located in Augusta, Michigan, about half way between Detroit and Chicago. The original Camp Custer was built in 1917 as part of the military mobilization for World War I. The Fort Custer Post Cemetery was established in 1943. In 1981, the Department of Veterans Affairs chose it as the Region V national cemetery.
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