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Popular women's store founders next up in Entrepreneurship Series

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Reinholt and Terranella-Hoffman KALAMAZOO—The co-founders of one of downtown Kalamazoo's most popular retail stores … Reinholt and Terranella-Hoffman had shared since middle school and, with the help of many friends and a startup …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3291

Libraries releases new digital collections featuring historical photographs, rare manuscripts and oral histories

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… The University Libraries is excited to announce the release of three new digital collections and additions to three historical photograph collections.   While many of the items we digitize belong to the Libraries, we also … and Literature Professor Dr. Li Xiang, who led high school students in the CHIN 2750 dual-enrollment course in …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2024/11/new-digital-collections

Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies at 60

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… Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies at 60 Submitted … auditorium and support facilities at Kalamazoo Central High School. Roehrick was a guest artist at Idyllwild (Calif.) … Academy, Interlochen (Mich.) Arts Academy and the Virginia School of the Arts in Lynchburg, Va. He also was a resident …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13843

Robert 'Bobby' M. Davidson obituary

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… University faculty member known locally as the "godfather of jazz," died June 3 at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. He was 93. Davidson, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU faculty in 1952 as a part-time … in Switzerland, and the same year, the University's music school honored Davidson as the "Godfather of Jazz" in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/774

Cameron W. Lambe obituary

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… Aug. 11 at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. He was 87. A professor emeritus of education and professional development, Lambe came to WMU … Before coming to WMU, he taught elementary and high school in Detroit from 1952 to 1956 and was assistant …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1266

Connecting passion with purpose, music graduate sets sights on art management

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… major, Daniela Peña Cabreja routinely sings the praises of Western Michigan University. In addition to world-class … life? I should rethink everything.' I started to look for schools (Berklee) recommended and found Western, and I was … she likely would not have discovered if not for the valuable experience she'd gained as a student employee. "It …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62476

Free financial aid event set for college-bound students

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… is being held at sites across the country to help high school seniors and others fill out their Free Application … the most financial assistance possible. WMU's event, one of dozens being held around the state as part of the … number of students who continue their education beyond high school and earn post-secondary degrees. The FAFSA is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13373

Distinguished alumnus joins free University Symphony Orchestra concert

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… University Symphony Orchestra will be joined by 2017 School of Music Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Alex Jokipii … by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Jokipii, principal trumpet of the Buffalo Philharmonic and trumpet professor at the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44659

Welcome-pack items sought for Seita students

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Donations can be dropped off beginning July 20. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Donations are needed … September without basic household items to help make their school year successful. Seita Scholars Program officials … a link to a list of needed items, including personal care, school and residence hall supplies as well as financial …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25200

Gov. Snyder announces new teaching fellows

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… Fellows KALAMAZOO--An engineer who holds 55 patents and a professional pilot with experience as a veterinary medicine … careers as science and math teachers in high-need public schools. Each of the 13 has received one of the W.K. Kellogg … to improve student achievement by placing into secondary-school classrooms career changers or recent college …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/779