Scholars and artists join in centennial celebration
Aug. 25, 2003
KALAMAZOO -- More than a dozen standouts in industry and the arts will appear at Western Michigan University this fall as part of the school's Centennial Scholar and Artist Series, a special lineup of lectures, performances and presentations planned for WMU alumni, faculty, staff and students and the Kalamazoo area community.
See below for calendar of Centennial Scholar and Artist Series
WMU Centennial Celebration steering committee members are excited about the caliber of series participants-several of them WMU graduates-who are national and international achievers in arts and culture, business, education, government, health and science.
"We're thrilled with the quality of scholars and artists who are coming to Western Michigan University this fall in order to help us celebrate our Centennial," says Dr. Keith Hearit, an associate professor of communication and steering committee member who is coordinating the series. "Together, they are an impressive group of men and women of national and international reputations who have distinguished themselves in their respective fields."
Each event is underwritten in part by the Centennial Committee, with additional sponsorship by WMU's College of Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Haworth College of Business, College of Health and Human Services, Lee Honors College, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, College of Aviation and University Archives.
From performances of widely loved show tunes to talks on the trends trackers see as the future for America's public schools, events scheduled for the series are engaging and entertaining, and reflect the hallmark issues and ideas that have made WMU a vibrant force in higher education since 1903.
WMU alumnae and Broadway celebrities Barbara Marineau and Marrin Mazzie are first up in the series, and will sing their favorite solos and duets at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 4 and 5, at Shaw Theatre. The series' next guest is "Maus," author and illustrator Art Spiegelman, whose graphic memoir of the Holocaust landed him the 1992 Pulitzer Prize. Spiegelman will present a free lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, in Brown Auditorium of WMU's Schneider Hall.
Listed below are the dates for the Centennial Scholar and Artist Series performances and presentations. When available the times and locations of events are included. More information about the events will be available in WMU News prior to each event, and all are listed in the WMU News Calendar of Events and on the Centennial Celebration Web site.
Centennial Scholar and Artist Series
Thursday, Sept. 4
Concert, Marin Mazzie and Barbara Marineau, distinguished
alumnae and Broadway stars, Shaw Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets 269
387-6222.
Friday, Sept. 5
Concert, Marin Mazzie and Barbara Marineau, distinguished
alumnae and Broadway stars, Shaw Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets 269
387-6222.
Monday, Sept. 22
Lecture, Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and
cartoonist, Brown Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Free. Information: 269
387-4350.
Friday, Oct. 3
Lecture, James McDowell, travel executive and president of AAA
Arizona, Brown Auditorium, Schneider Hall, 7:30 p.m. Free. Information:
269 387-4017.
Sunday, Oct. 5
Concert, Susan B. Anthony, 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award
recipient and international opera star performing with the University
Symphony Orchestra, Miller Auditorium, 3 p.m. Free. Information:
269 387-2300.
Thursday, Oct. 16
Lecture, Ed Gray, artist and owner of the Miskwabik/Ed Gray
Studio, Brown Auditorium, Schneider Hall, 7:30 p.m. Free. Information:
269 387-3230.
Tuesday, Oct. 21
Lecture, Dr. J. Thomas Dickinson, 2003 Distinguished Alumni
Award recipient and professor of physics and material science
at Washington State University, Lee Honors College Lounge, 4:15
p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 23
Dedication of commissioned centennial sculpture by Karla
Wyss-Tye, sculptor and co-owner of Kalamazoo's Alchemist-Tye
fine art foundry, Seibert Administration Building entrance, noon.
Free.
Monday, Oct. 27
Lecture, William A. Wulf, president of the National Academy
of Engineering, D109 College of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
4 p.m. Free. Information: 269 387-1977.
Monday, Oct. 27
Lecture, B. Joseph White, managing director of Fred Alger
Management Inc., Brown Auditorium, Schneider Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Free. Information: 269 387-8449.
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Lecture, William Banach, WMU alumnus and educational marketing
and social forecasting expert, Brown Auditorium, Schneider Hall,
7:30 p.m. Free. Information: 269 387-2960.
Wednesday, Nov. 12
Lecture, Marcy Heller Fisher, award-winning author of new
young-adult book on Pewabic pottery, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts,
10 a.m. $10 admission (free to Art League members). Information:
269 349-7775.
Wednesday, Nov. 12
Lecture, Peter Boyer, composer, conductor and creator of
"Ellis Island: The Dream of America," whose work will
be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Friday, Nov.
14; Dalton Center Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m. Free. Information:
269 349-7759.
Wednesday, Nov. 12 (subsequently canceled)
Lecture, Joseph Califano, former U.S. Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare.
Thursday, Nov. 20 (subsequently canceled)
Lecture, Warren Zimmerman, career U.S. Foreign Service diplomat
and last U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia.
Media contact: Gail Towns, 269 387-8400, gail.towns@wmich.edu