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Vocal jazz camp includes free public performances

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… from across the nation and as far as South Africa to Kalamazoo to work with the University's internationally … nightly in downtown Kalamazoo. Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy the music from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Monday … of the University's award-winning vocal jazz ensemble, Gold Company, will host the program. More than 40 high school and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/654

John D. Grace obituary

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… Western Michigan University faculty member, died May 21 due to complications following a fall. He was 79. Grace joined the … field trips to the Grand Canyon and elsewhere. After retiring, Grace spent the winter months in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/693

Campus United Way campaign celebration planned

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… goal. KALAMAZOO—Members of the Western Michigan University community are invited to join President John M. Dunn as he marks the end of the … The Union, Fieldstone Grill) Two tickets to the Gold Company's annual performance at Miller Auditorium Feb. 9 WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/2958

Personal care, school and other supplies sought for Seita students

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… Seita students Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Welcome basket donations for Seita Scholars accepted through … Aug. 9 KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University will welcome its sixth class of Seita Scholars this fall, and many … of the foster care system, will arrive without basic items to help make their school year successful. The Seita …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/7928

Transition accomplished, KCMS is now WMU School of Medicine

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… Transition accomplished, KCMS is now WMU School of Medicine Submitted by … The transition of the Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies to the Western Michigan University School of Medicine is complete. In early February, the KCMS Board of Directors …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/923

WMUK's 'Grassroots' celebrates 35th anniversary

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… co-host Mark Sahlgren remembers the blizzard that stopped Kalamazoo dead in its tracks in 1987. But it didn't … is well into the 36th year of spinning albums and now compact discs for both diehard bluegrass fans and casual … catchy pickin'-and-grinnin' style of music and thoughtful commentary from Sahlgren and Caron. "Mark has done this for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4771

Exhibit features paintings by West Michigan artists

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… Thursday, April 26. All Richmond Center exhibits are open to the public free of charge during normal gallery hours, … color and shape. While the landscape gives structure to the works, Johnson re-invents her studies of real places to overlay forms and shapes that refer her compositions. "Summer Shimmers," Sy Ellens, 2009, acrylic on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/355

Advertising student snags one of three statewide scholarships

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… promotion in the Haworth College of Business with minors in communication, economics and general business studies. He is … Honor Society and the Economics Student Association. He has completed internships with Stryker and Treystar and has been … experiences at WMU have given him the skills and confidence to not only win the Adcraft scholarship, but also excel in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1838

Jack J. Frey obituary

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… died unexpectedly  Wednesday, May 8 . He was 91. Frey came to WMU in 1951 as a vocal music teacher and retired in 1987 … for nearly all of his adult life and also directed many community choral groups, including the South Haven Men's … Society, which annually stages Handel's "Messiah." Before coming to WMU, Frey was choral director at Grand Rapids …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7147

Student input sought for future housing plans

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… students Thursday, Oct. 18 , in 158 Bernhard Center to gauge preferences and encourage creative thinking about … a broad range of feedback allows us to design a learning community dedicated to the success of all students." To accommodate student schedules, sessions will be held at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1969