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Festival brings more than 900 high school singers to campus

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… Auditorium. Guest conductor Simon Carrington, co-founder of the internationally acclaimed British vocal ensemble The King’s Singers and a professor emeritus at Yale University, will lead the evening … large Festival Chorus will perform five works including: Geoffrey Wilcken's "Sing, All" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5430

University Dames seeking contact information before disbanding

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… Dames was founded as an organization for the wives of WMU faculty members. It evolved into the WMU Women's … a few years later, however, and has been primarily made up of the wives of retired faculty members since then. "It has been a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5050

Doo Wop tribute coming to Miller Auditorium

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… The Coasters were the supreme comedians of rock and roll, and the first vocal group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their songs and parodies combined to produce … charisma and history that existed in the earlier days of the group. From the release of "Money Honey" on, they …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/5276

Planes and pancakes to 'fly in' for aviation college fundraiser

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… for its planes as its Pop-Tarts given the national stature of Western Michigan University's College of Aviation. Capitalizing on that stature, the aviation … college's W.K. Kellogg Regional Airport campus, will kick off the new school year as well as celebrate Gov. Rick …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1510

Integrated supply management student named APICS Scholar

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… management program has won the APICS Scholar Award. As part of the award, Ashley Moyle , of Mattawan, Mich., will attend conferences and learn … management, as well as network with supply chain professionals worldwide. As an APICS scholar, Moyle will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9768

Remembering trailblazing alumnus who reshaped college experience for foster care youth

W Magazine

… 11, 2023 , in Battle Creek, Michigan. Seita, associate professor emeritus of social work at Michigan State University, was … from foster care. The three-time Western alumnus is one of the architects for WMU’s Seita Scholars Program, which …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73609

Music therapy student finds belonging through mental health advocacy

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… to pursue a vocal performance degree but, through a year of growth and support, have found new purpose in helping … driven my purpose for being here and provided a sense of belonging for me here," Davis says. The classes have also … in music therapy. "Therapists really helped me through some of the darkest times in my life. I was like, 'You know what, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71821

'This is not a simulation'—pandemic becomes real-life learning opportunity

Haworth College of Business

… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—When Dr. Doug Lepisto , assistant professor of management, and Dr. Derrick McIver , associate professor of management, started teaching their spring …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58722

Fashion student returns from 'life-changing' New York Fashion Week experience with industry connections, renewed runway resolve

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… by Erin Flynn on Laura Argentati won a trip to one of the fashion world's biggest events through Western's 2024 … Week Competition. Courtesy: Andrew Bourland Through U of NYFW, Argentati had behind-the-scenes access to the event. Argentati and other U of NYFW participants attended a runway show by iconic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/74931

WALI helps expand access to space education

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… first forays into space exploration began—from development of telescopes in the 1600s, the discovery of planets in the 1700s and 1800s to the first humans on the … development and commercialized space travel—the growth of the field is spurred by people who look to the stars and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/73466