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Vocal jazz alumna performs with University Jazz Orchestra

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… Oct. 16 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall as part of the Wednesday evening concert series presented by the … Series of concerts organized as part the celebration of the School of Music’s 100th anniversary. The performance will be … and Interactive! concert series is presented by the WMU School of Music under the auspices of the Bullock Music …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10144

Oprah's favorite guest Tererai Trent will speak at WMU

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… Winfrey (center) and Trent (right) with Jo Luck, president of international aid agency Heifer International KALAMAZOO-- … to her nation in the future. Her dreams of building a school there will become a reality, thanks to a $1.5 million donation from Winfrey. The school and an initiative with Save the Children are expected …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/65

WMU horn player places highly in international competition

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… Society's 45th annual symposium staged at the University of Memphis in Tennessee July 29-Aug. 3 . Paul Clifton of … for what's ahead for this new alumnus of the WMU School of Music. He will be auditioning for several … and providing private lessons to students at two area school districts. To top it off, he will perform as a member …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8668

Be a dream chaser: Early childhood education major follows her calling

College of Education and Human Development

… her calling Submitted by Nicole Leffler on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—School has always come easy for Belle Venticinque , an early … she had to become more independent. “I knew in the middle of my sophomore year that teaching was my calling. I grew up … Western Michigan University, I couldn’t think of a better school for me!” When she arrived in Kalamazoo, she took a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69544

Candidates to head education college visiting campus

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… present June 7-13. KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University officials have announced the names of five candidates for … chairperson for social studies for the Celina City School District in Celina, Ohio, from 1978 to 1997. Smith … Thompson was executive director of the Model Laboratory School from 2008 to 2012 and director of teacher admissions …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7477

Cooley Innocence Project director to give Constitution Day lecture at WMU

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… Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The director of the Cooley Innocence Project for the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School will visit WMU to talk about the project and deliver … earned her juris doctor degree from the University of Akron School of Law in 1984. Since then, she has been a public …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27149

Fine arts staff using skills for pandemic-fighting mask production

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… mask production Submitted by Paula M. Davis on Department of Theatre costumer Kathleen MacKenzie sews masks from home … sewing are, even in the modern world.” For others, such as School of Music concerts assistant David Bernard , the … Richmond Center art gallery curator; Pam Mottley, Frostic School of Art administrative assistant; Brittney Young, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58953

Triple major undergraduate takes on the world

College of Arts and Sciences

… by Anonymous (not verified) on GAINESVILLE, Fla.—A taste of traveling the wide, expansive globe as a high school student was the inspiration of a lifetime for Emily … as a language major,” says Kostbade. “It was so invaluable. I can’t thank my professors enough for pushing me to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72069

Michigan native offers free piano recital

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… Michigan native offers free piano recital Submitted by Anonymous (not … Barber, John Knowles Paine and Pierre Jalbert. A piano professor at St. Olaf College, Atzinger received a bachelor's … and natural musicality." For more information on WMU's School of Music, visit wmich.edu/music . For more WMU news, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37469

Biomedical sciences graduate driven by resilience, called to help others

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… stay with her, wake up early to be with her and then go to school." After her untimely death, Ruiz-Alavez—a high school student at the time—stepped up to help provide for … in the classroom, with a knack for math and aspirations of a career in engineering. When it came time to think about …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63981