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From Hitsville to hit show, WMU alumna lives out childhood dream on Broadway

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… Erin Flynn on A post-graduation activity report reveals 94% of 2018-19 WMU graduates are actively employed or pursuing … where she performs in "Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Tempations." NEW YORK—As a kid, Tiffany Francés rode … studio. She didn't know it at the time, but the view out of her car window provided a glimpse into her future. A 2018 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58011

WMU set to honor two for distinguished service

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… international student numbers at WMU are the recipients of this year's Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Joseph G. Reish , dean of the University Libraries, and Juan Tavares , director of International Admissions and Services in the Haenicke …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27354

Public forum at WMU puts spotlight on teamwork in health professions

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… Public forum at WMU puts spotlight on teamwork in health professions Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Photo of the WMU College of Health and Human Services KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A public forum …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19725

Bronco men's basketball shares court, skills with people with disabilities

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… and coaches worked with the participants using a variety of different drills during the event. Redshirt freshman forward Jack Stefanski (center) high-fives one of the participants with the Beautiful Lives Project. The … men's basketball players autographed basketballs for each of the participants of the Beautiful Lives Project. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68322

WMU Theatre stages poetic drama inspired by tragedy

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… University Theatre at Western Michigan University will kick off 2017 with an intimate production of the poetic drama, "The Women of Lockerbie," inspired by the crash of Pan Am 103. The play …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37227

Services set for WMU historian Ernst Breisach

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… for Dr. Ernst A. Breisach , Western Michigan University professor emeritus of history, who died in Kalamazoo Nov. 25 . He was 93. Breisach taught in the WMU Department of History for 39 years, and served as department chair from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36629

Business students take third in project management competition

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… participating in the competition. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of Western Michigan University business students placed … 11 universities. Held through the West Michigan Chapter of the Project Management Institute, the competition topic, "Improving the Affordability of Higher Education in Michigan," tasked participants with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23450

Jazz student takes composing experience to new level, livestreaming process online

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… student is always looking for ways to push the boundaries of composition. Codrington plays saxophone during a … The pair composed and arranged a song, recorded all of the parts themselves, mixed, mastered, edited the video … released the finished product online —all from thousands of miles apart. Now that they have some extra time on their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58733

Former administrator visiting campus for book signing

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… for children during a visit to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in 1964. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Walt Disney's travels, … fan, penned "Walt's Pilgrimage: A Journey in the Life of Walter Elias Disney." A book signing is planned from 4 to … the East Campus in the Zhang Legacy Collection Center, home of WMU's Archives and Regional History Collections. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43477

WMU trustees set standards, procedures governing University policies

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… its March 14 meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees formally approved a set of standards developed by a campus task force that are … review schedule that a policy must meet to carry the force of becoming a University policy. The new measure becomes …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45842