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Musicians recreate Simon & Garfunkel concert at Miller Auditorium
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… in Central Park to witness the now legendary reunion of folk duo Simon & Garfunkel. In "Live in Central Park … Rodgers recreate that magical night. Guests will hear all of the beloved masterpieces that made Simon & Garfunkel … Fair," "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," "The Sound of Silence" and many more. Rodgers is a WMU School of Music …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43712
Concert series features guitarist Fareed Haque
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… or (800) 228-9858. Haque's mission to bring the world of classical music and improvisation together will be the theme of his concert at WMU, which will include works by … Barrios and Giuliani, as well as his own arrangements of works by Satie and Casseus. Also featured will be jazz …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35639
Annual county event to explore unconscious, implicit bias
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… Wednesday, April 10 , in Miller Auditorium on the campus of Western Michigan University. For the county's 21st annual … Unconscious and Implicit Bias." Blackburn, a former police officer, is CEO of Protecting Resources through Awareness Training LLC, a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52701
Dr. Sherwood Cordier obituary
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… (not verified) on Dr. Sherwood "Woody" S. Cordier , professor emeritus of history at Western Michigan University, died Aug. 20 . He … the faculty in 1956 and retired in 1990 after 33 years of service to the University. Survivors include his wife, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48622
WMU sees boost in honors, minority student numbers, small overall dip
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… despite a slight dip in its overall student numbers. WMU's official overall student enrollment for fall 2016 is 23,252, a 1.3 percent decrease over the number of students tallied in fall 2015. Graduate enrollment … level, for a 1 percent decrease overall in the number of graduate students. Minority student enrollment continued …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35234
WMU's Fall Convocation to feature new format, location
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… scheduled to take place Friday, Sept. 30 . Members of the campus community are being asked to mark their calendars now and plan to be part of the event that will be based at the Bernhard Center. 2016 … research and service. President John M. Dunn's State of the University address. A Universitywide picnic. A …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32063
Pianist May Phang to perform in free recital
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… Michigan University. The recital is open to the public free of charge and will include works by Mozart, Chopin and Curt Cacioppo. Phang Phang is a piano professor at DePauw University, and maintains a busy performing schedule in addition to her teaching. Nonprofit organization Young Audiences of Indiana describes her …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37592
WMU grad programs ranked among nation's best by U.S. News
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… Mich.— The latest annual U.S. News & World Report ranking of the top graduate programs in the nation shows Western … four in the top 50 and two programs assessed as the best of their kind in Michigan. In the latest round of rankings … degrees. The additional ranked WMU programs are in: earth sciences/geosciences (113), public affairs (115), English …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38794
WMU researcher awarded $2.1 million to study evidence-based registers
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… by a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse. About the study Magura, director of the Western Michigan University Evaluation Center, says … decisions based on scientific evidence rather than word of mouth, intuition or what other agencies are using. But …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42896
Chinese research grants available to faculty
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… research and creative activities grant to support the study of Greater China by Western Michigan University faculty … recipients will be announced March 4. The grants are being offered by WMU's Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies. … Proposals will be evaluated by the Light Center board of advisors. Proposal criteria Quality of proposal. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29616