Search results

Renowned clarinet/percussion duo to perform free concert

News

… internationally known Desert’s Edge Duo , made up of clarinetist Robert Spring and percussionist J.B. Smith, will present a concert of exciting contemporary music at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 … of music and the coordinator of percussion studies in the School of Music at Arizona State University. He is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1971

Saxophonist headlines Jazz Masters Series

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… on Nov. 22. KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University's School of Music presents saxophone legend Joe Lovano as part of its Jazz Masters Series at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 , in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10978

Chavez college scholarship available for fall

News

… (not verified) on Chavez KALAMAZOO--Southwest Michigan high school seniors who have demonstrated academic success and … at a Michigan college or university. The scholarship is offered through a program that honors the legacy of Cesar E. Chavez, a Mexican-American civil rights leader. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/116

Acclaimed pianist and distinguished alumna to perform solo recital

News

… perform the compositional tour-de-force "Rhapsodies," by School of Music Resident Composer C. Curtis-Smith, the first piece … Program, bringing avant-garde music to hundreds of schoolchildren in Michigan. She is also a founding member of

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1619

Ruth H. Peterson obituary

News

… staff member, died April 20 . She was 81. Peterson, of Kalamazoo, had worked in the Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships as well as … University. Early in her career, Peterson was an elementary school teacher, having earned a master's degree in education …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40212

Richmond Center exhibition explores post-Apartheid South Africa

News

… Richmond Center for Visual Arts will present one of the first major exhibitions in the United States to … theoretical lenses, including the work of Frankfurt School philosophers Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin. … Visiting Scholars and Artists Program and the Gwen Frostic School of Art at WMU. Gallery hours RCVA galleries are open …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34933

New graduate certificate to prepare students for global leadership challenges

College of Education and Human Development

… leadership practices to support their work in a variety of educational and organizational learning contexts. The College of Education and Human Development's new graduate … are at the center of a community driving student, teacher, school, and even nationwide success. I chose global …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75771

Graduate students receive WMU Dames Endowed Scholarships

News

… students have been awarded a Dames Endowed Scholarship offered on a competitive basis to exceptional students … of Muskegon, Michigan, is a master’s student in the School of Social Work with an interpersonal practice … plans to begin her juris doctorate degree at WMU Cooley Law School in 2016. Burrell is dedicated to working with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32980

Empowered by freedom after years in refugee camps, Medallion Scholar ready to change the world

News

… a degree in political science at Western, with aspirations of one day becoming an advocate for refugees like himself. … merit-based scholarship for undergraduates—the Wyoming High School graduate has a world of possibility ahead of him. … a young age. They don't have any other choice. There's no school to go to; many of the schools are burned by the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64194

Public invited to broadcast media career fair

News

… from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16 , on the second floor of Brown Hall on Western Michigan University's main campus … The fair is being organized by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation in collaboration with WMU's School of Communication and Career and Student Employment …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1913