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Western's jazz program captures three 2023 DownBeat magazine Student Music Awards

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… Anastasia Chubb “We are thrilled to continue our streak of DownBeat Student Music Awards, with three of our outstanding students being recognized for their work … Rathbun , jazz studies chair in the Irving S. Gilmore School of Music. “The Jazz area is planning a busy season …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71611

Engineering prof wins NIH grant for research on heart disease

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… Engineering prof wins NIH grant for research on heart disease Submitted by … engineering and the opening of the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He is scheduled to teach cardiology classes at the medical school this summer. His project is further strengthened by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22649

Annual concerto competition finals to feature outstanding student musicians

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The 2016 Western Michigan University School of Music Competition Finals will be held at 5:30 p.m. … for this year’s competition are Charles Aschbrenner , professor emeritus of piano at Hope College; Linda Dykstra , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30121

Russell J. Grandstaff obituary

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… Puca on Russell J. Grandstaff Russell J. Grandstaff , professor emeritus of theatre, died Dec. 20, 2014 , in Kalamazoo. He was 86. … the book "Acting and Directing" for play production in high school. He also wrote a one-act play, "Pithing Stuff," that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22705

Occupational therapy grad focused on uplifting community

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… find ways to help. Western Michigan University's Department of Occupational Therapy provided a path to channel that … member of the Jeter's Leaders program, which empowers high school students to achieve academically and give back to the … to pay for his master's, so he took on three jobs in high school working as a dishwasher in a restaurant, a stocker at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68336

Championing diversity and innovation

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… Submitted by Amelia Bodinaku on At the intersection of policy, technology and diversity, along a road that … in with a friend to provide her the opportunity to attend school in suburban Rochester, where she credits a wonderful … a master's degree at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. She subsequently became …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-moore

WMU, KVCC sign new degree completion plan for nursing students

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Administrators, alumni, faculty and staff of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley … the workforce for a number of years before going back to school for their BSN. In today’s competitive health care … Registered nurses are often encouraged to go back to school for their bachelor’s degree within only a few years …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34866

Business student ready to get into the game at Nike

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… headquarters after graduation. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A flurry of activity in the weeks leading up to graduation will end … a field he knew he wanted to go into when he was in high school, and one of the major reasons he chose WMU. "Being … important to me, but I knew that WMU had a great business school as well. So the prestige was a big draw," says …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53037

Concerto competition finals highlight accomplished music students

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University School of Music Concerto Competition finals will be held at … judges for this year’s competition are Robert Ritsema , professor emeritus of cello at Hope College and former music …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21570

Alumni competing in goalball at Paralympics in Rio

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… Jen Armbruster, a former instructor in the WMU Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies. Most, or possibly all, … continued to develop his skill in the sport throughout high school and college. Kusku went on to become a member of … Games. Kusku is married and a father and teaches high school math and physics. His wife, Jessica, coaches his …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34778