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Randy Brecker joins WMU jazz ensembles in Grand Rapids showcase

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… Oct.. 7 , at St. Cecilia Music Center in Grand Rapids. This event will be presented to attendees of the International … Fine Arts Deans annual conference, held in Grand Rapids this year, and is open to the general public. WMU College of … has helped shape the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for more than four decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35442

Modeling justice and equity featured on the design summer camp drawing board

W Magazine

… environment. Participating in summer camps on campus while his father worked on the renovation of Waldo Hall in the … young age of eight years old, he had already identified his passion for architecture and its power to address social … Black men and women represent just 2% of the nation’s more than 121,000 architects. Women represent just over 23%. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72541

WMU advertising students take first place

Haworth College of Business

… WMU advertising students take first place Submitted by Amy Coughenour … teams from universities across the region and placed higher than teams from Southern Illinois University, University of … Olivia Neitzke , strategy and consumer insights associate Maggie Neuman , social media associate Bailey Papich , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68200

Western, Kellogg Community College renew agreements to maintain smooth transfer pathways for students

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… Western, Kellogg Community College renew agreements to maintain smooth … agreement, originally signed in 2018 and renewed today, assists students who are seeking a seamless transition from KCC … with Western Michigan University and make it easier than ever for students to earn a KCC degree and pursue a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71418

Dance students return from moving experience in Panama

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… trip to Panama and plans to bring dance education to at-risk youth in Kalamazoo. Last year, dance major Sarah Mills … Mills was awarded full funding through the Kalamazoo Artistic Development Initiative to start a chapter of Movement … teens. "Movement gets into them deeper and so much quicker than words could." On her second exchange in Panama, Mills …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33038

New WMU enrollment management chief hails from North Carolina

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An enrollment professional with more than 30 years of higher education experience in the fields … by the WMU Board of Trustees, Curran will take on the administrative role Aug. 1 . "As our search unfolded, we found in … experience and an extraordinary commitment to continuing this institution's mission of providing opportunity along with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33091

University Theatre announces 2017-18 season

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… are traveling by city bus to a "whites only" eating establishment inside a downtown Atlanta department store. Their purpose is to "test" their newly acquired civil rights handed down … had to create the man of their dreams—and they get more than they bargained for. "The Crucible," Oct. 27 through …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42085

Weekly campus United Way drawings continue as book drive surpasses goal

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… its $200,000 goal. It has reached close to 73 percent of this goal, gaining $145,000, and almost 28 percent of employee pledge forms have been returned. This year's campaign organizers have targeted a 10-percent … Book drive The campus "Book-It" campaign collected more than twice its goal of 1,000 new or gently used books with a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43733

A growing inspiration: Undergraduates’ garden initiative motivates the masses

College of Arts and Sciences

… in Kalamazoo, atop a retaining wall, a vibrant garden flourishes with an array of fresh produce—from baby watermelons to cherry tomatoes. This garden is more than mere cultivation; it’s a byproduct of Seed —an urban …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73961

WMU becomes part of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute network

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… classes for older adults in southwest Michigan since 2011, is now the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Western … support for WMU’s lifelong learning initiative, which is administered by Extended University Programs. "We're … eight-week timeframes and all are offered in person rather than online. The program is delivered by an all-volunteer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/16136