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New Sounds Festival highlights contemporary music
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… the festival continues to expand and highlight some of the best contemporary music in the world. This year's … Chamber Arts, featuring a WMU faculty ensemble conducted by School of Music Director David Colson. Events Guest artist … Free The 2013 New Sounds Festival is presented by the WMU School of Music in collaboration with Fontana Chamber Arts. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/5130
Diving In with Brooke Semler: An Aviation Bronco Birthright
College of Aviation
… Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Fraternities and sororities often feature "legacy" pledges -- meaning if Dad was a … 17 years old. "I attended a Young Eagles event as a high-schooler at the local airport and fell in love with flying," … memories. * Working the college's summer camps for high-schoolers, and witnessing how those sessions successfully …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/02/semler
National education figure to talk about dynamic leadership in education
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… (not verified) on Kafele KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Turnaround School Leaders Grant, a partnership between Western Michigan University and the Battle Creek Public Schools, is bringing to Kalamazoo a nationally known … who is a bestselling author and an advocate for the role of school leaders in making reform initiatives successful. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32969
Operation Hat Trick scholarship supports WMU grad student and Army veteran
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… the Operation Hat Trick Visible and Invisible Wounds of War Scholarship to graduate student Mandy Rodriguez . Rodriguez of Hartford, Michigan, is pursuing a Master of Arts in early … “My military career allowed me the opportunity to go to school for free and obtain my M.A., helping me make …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/02/operation-hat-trick-mandy-rodriguez
An ‘open heart’ opens the mind: Students find value in giving and receiving through service learning
W Magazine
… service-learning students meet with senior residents of Friendship Village to talk about their culture. Kindness, … bravery and leadership—at Spring Valley Elementary School in Kalamazoo, students are on the lookout for ways to … the communities in which they live as well as build upon valuable career skills they've learned in the classroom. Tenney …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69884
UPDATE: Fallen Broncos Ceremony to take place in the Bernhard Center
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… Mich.—Western Michigan University will honor members of the University community who have died with a Fallen … Graduate Student Association, Office of Student Engagement, School of Music, University Libraries, Division of … years ago and were inspired by the Texas A&M Military School Silver Taps ceremony, explained Marilyn Kritzman , …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/65647
Jean E. Lowrie obituary
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… on Jean E. Lowrie Dr. Jean E. Lowrie , a longtime head of Western Michigan University's School of Librarianship and an influential leader in … figure in her field well into retirement. A former public school teacher, Lowrie began her distinguished career in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20588
Incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships
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… Valued at $60,000 each over four years, they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher … Anker, of Lake Orion, graduated from Lake Orion High School and plans to major in business law at WMU. She was … for the 2017 rugby season and was recognized as the most valuable player by his team. He was active in the National …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47899
Prospective college students get financial aid help at campus event
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… Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO--College-bound high school students and their families from around the area will … , an event held from 2 to 4 p.m. in Schneider Hall, is one of more than three dozen such events being held at sites around the state to help high school seniors fill out their Free Application for Federal …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/132
Van Cooley obituary
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… A longtime educator who worked extensively with Michigan school districts and spearheaded education reform as a professor at Western Michigan University has died. Dr. Van … in Indiana, holding positions as a middle and high school teacher and as an assistant superintendent and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1117