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Oboist teams up with pianist, dancer and lighting designer for free concert

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… designer Peggy Mead-Finizio , will present an evening of music and dance featuring works by J.S. Bach and Elliott … to the public. About Courtney Miller Miller is assistant professor of oboe at the University of Iowa and has been hailed by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38477

Biomedical sciences graduate driven by resilience, called to help others

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… in the classroom, with a knack for math and aspirations of a career in engineering. When it came time to think about college, however, the possibility of paying for a four-year college seemed out of reach. Then fate intervened. "For some reason, something …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63981

Chicago-based chamber group will present multimedia experience

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… is a Chicago-based chamber group that has pioneered the art of narrative music performance by creating multimedia … chamber music. "Luna de Cuernos," a modern interpretation of a Puerto Rican folktale, is a story of a tight-knit group of friends and family under threat, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38181

Broadway producer picks WMU theatre student's song for contest

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… contest. Ken Davenport , known for his productions of "Kinky Boots," "Avenue Q," "Godspell," "Macbeth" and "Altar Boyz," has chosen the song "Scared of Falling" by theatre student Kevin J. Watson II for his Davenport Songwriting Contest. "Scared of Falling" is from Watson's original musical, "Enough," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/13122

Alumni competing in goalball at Paralympics in Rio

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… Jen Armbruster, a former instructor in the WMU Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies. Most, or possibly all, of them grew up attending WMU goalball sports camps and … competing in WMU goalball tournaments. John Kusku Kusku, of Commerce Township, was born with a hereditary …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34778

Collegium Musicum to perform free concert

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… Musicum KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The instrumentalists and singers of the Collegium Musicum, Western Michigan University’s … to the public. The concert will feature instrumental works of Telemann and Purcell and choral works by Dufay, Josquin, … and a 16th century hymn in Quechua, the native language of the Incas. Period instruments for the performance will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22734

Interested students urged to apply for 2016-17 Gibbs House Fellowships

Sustainability

… Gibbs House KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Gibbs House, a program of Western Michigan University's Office for Sustainability, is accepting applications for … with half due at move-in and half due at the beginning of the spring semester. Each fellow will have a private room …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30769

Local gourmet chocolatier to speak at next Entrepreneurship Forum

Haworth College of Business

… (not verified) on Laham KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The co-owner of a family-owned gourmet chocolate shop will be the next … series at Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business. Steve Laham of Chocolates by Grimaldi will speak at  8 a.m. Friday, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30457

Time to review WMU's winter weather closure policy

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… With the winter season just around the corner, this time of year is a good time to review Western Michigan … classes, so always assume campus is open . In the absence of notification via one of the methods listed below, all normal operations will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/50826

Flags lowered Friday for Air Force Capt. Andrew Becker

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on LANSING, Mich.—By order of Gov. Rick Snyder, flags on all campuses of Western Michigan University and throughout Michigan will be lowered to half-staff Friday, March 24 , in honor of Air Force Capt. Andrew Becker , of Novi. Capt. Becker was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38940