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Cross country and gymnastics teams recognized for academics
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… Division I sports teams nationally. The scores required to be in the top 10 ranged from 984 to a perfect 1,000, depending on the sport. This year, 1,203 teams are being recognized for academic performance: 746 women's teams and 457 men's teams or co-ed teams. The total number of teams being recognized increased by 132 from a year …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40175
See the world on a budget at 28th International Festival
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… dance, food and fashions of nearly two dozen cultures will be showcased during Western Michigan University's … Sunday, April 2 , on campus on the second floor of the Bernhard Center. First hosted in 1989, the popular event … annually attracts about 7,000 students and community members. Attendees are able to "travel" around the world in a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38910
Senior BFA dance majors to present concert
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… will showcase new choreography by seniors Erzsi Bernath , Sinclair Davis , Al Long , Megan Rancour and … by Terk Waters , a WMU alumnus and former company member of the internationally acclaimed Complexions … explores physical, intellectual and emotional movement triggers. Davis' modern dance explores the path of finding …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38876
British author, adventurer to take WMU audience on a journey
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… of Color in Art," published by the Getty Museum in November 2014, was named the Huffington Post's top art book for … 20 years ago to encourage religions around the world to be leaders in environmental action. She has a master's in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38802
Western Brass Quintet celebrates 50th anniversary season
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… works were commissioned especially for this occasion: "The Better Angels of Our Nature" by WMU professor David Colson … standard, "Quintet" by Malcolm Arnold. The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by Dr. Robert White . Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38481
Horn Day 2017 features Michigan native Leelanee Sterrett
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… soloists, and a chance for all participants to play in chamber ensembles and the Mass Horn Choir, which rehearses … and performs in the 6:30 p.m. final concert. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Dalton Center. Public parking is … adjacent to Miller Auditorium free of charge. Music will be provided, but participants should bring their own …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37861
WMU men's soccer honored for team GPA
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… the classroom over the last five years from the players has been outstanding. The guys are true leaders for this … community. I am extremely proud of the work they put in to better this program every single day. We have an outstanding … on the team that will go on to do big things. We should all be proud of their efforts." The academic award is not new to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35857
Three WMU alums on tap in fall reading series
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… Mich.—Three alumni of Western Michigan University will be the featured readers this month as part of the fall 2016 … read from their works at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in 157 Bernhard Center. Their presentation is free and open to the … Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. Her work has appeared in Best New Poets in 2014, Blackbird, Third Coast, Banango …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35333
WMU staff member among graduates honored by U.S. presidents
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… WMU staff member among graduates honored by U.S. presidents Submitted by … are appearing together at the graduation of the 61 members from the 2016 Class of the Presidential Leadership … Kavalhuna and his fellow graduates of the 2016 class have been traveling to each of the presidential centers to meet …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/07/33510
Donald F. Sellin obituary
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… F. Sellin , a former Western Michigan University faculty member, died May 16 at home in Kalamazoo. He was 82. Sellin was … state governmental and community organizations. He was a member of several professional organizations, including the … citizens. An active volunteer and advocate, he was a member of various WMU councils and committees as well as served …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33000