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Twenty-two incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… Valued at $50,000 each over four years, they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher … biomedical sciences. Cushway graduated from Big Rapids High School and is the daughter of Kelly and Karen Cushway. A … and was voted on the Student Council all four years of high school. She served once as president of the council's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26024

Free Saturday music classes offered for K-5 students

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… Free Saturday music classes offered for K-5 students Submitted by Deanne Puca on … music educators. These experiences not only enrich school-based curricular instruction for K-5 students, but … Music Lab is provided by the music education program in the School of Music as a service to the greater Kalamazoo area …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1890

Ten incoming students win $50,000 Foundation Scholarships

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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Ten high-achieving high school students have won inaugural Foundation Scholarships … as well as demonstrated financial need. They are part of WMU's mix of top scholarships for beginning students. The … graduated from University Preparatory Science & Math High School. Bell plans to major in psychology and is the son of

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25450

Twenty-four incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… Scholarships Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on High school students listen during a 2013 Medallion Scholarship … Valued at $50,000 each over four years, they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher … and international studies. A graduate of Bark River-Harris Schools in Harris, she is the daughter of Randy and Dawn …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16679

Program that helps kids read wins STAR Award

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… Anonymous (not verified) on Case-Parris KALAMAZOO—A program offered through Western Michigan University that helps young … Wiggins , director of volunteer services for Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo, in an MLive/Gazette article. "Over … reading well and independently by the end of elementary school. WMU's America Reads Program is offered through …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/6964

Two new music ensembles team up for concert

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… Michigan University's new music ensemble conducted by School of Music Director David Colson, and KLOrk, the Kalamazoo … and Interactive! concert series is presented by the WMU School of Music under the auspices of the Bullock Music …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10544

Four from WMU selected to serve as college access advisors

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… have been selected to serve among the inaugural team of AdviseMI College Advisers throughout the state of … well-trained, dedicated, near-peer college advisers in high schools that serve significant numbers of low-income and … The goal of the program is to increase the number of high school students who enter and complete postsecondary …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25682

WMU snares third most DownBeat awards in the world

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… in its annual student music competition, third most of any institution worldwide and substantially more than any other school in Michigan. WMU students took top honors in a wide … awards for the first time." Knific noted that The Julliard School won just one award, as did the University of Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/445

Electric guitar quartet kicks off contemporary music festival

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… Electric guitar quartet kicks off contemporary music festival Submitted by Anonymous (not … a New York based electric guitar quartet, will kick off the School of Music’s New Sounds Festival 2013 at 7:30 p.m. … the full event schedule. For more information , contact the School of Music at (269) 387-4678. Contact: Meredith …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5351

Dale P. Pattison obituary

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… joined the WMU faculty in 1963 and retired as associate professor emeritus of history in 1995 after 32 years of … to coming to WMU, he taught history at Grosse Pointe High School and while there, received a John Hay Whitney … degree from UC in 1970. He graduated from WMU's State High School in 1946 and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/351