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Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter to perform on campus

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Brecker will perform as part of the School of Music's Jazz Masters Series. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Six time … Randy Brecker Brecker has helped shape the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for more than four decades. His …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21220

Jazz great kicks off 34th annual festival

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… Jazz great kicks off 34th annual festival Submitted by Anonymous (not … Billy Drewes will join the Western Jazz Quartet in the kickoff concert for the 34th annual Western Invitational Jazz … 14 in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The closing concert of the festival, at 7:30 p.m . Saturday, March 15 , will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13864

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

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

WMU board approves 2020-21 on-campus apartments rates

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… its Nov. 6 meeting , the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved rates for on-campus apartments and … while remaining sensitive to student affordability. WMU offers a range of campus housing options to meet the diverse needs of WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/57019

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

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

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

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

Homecoming Campus Classic race set for Oct. 25

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… Oct. 25, on the main campus. The annual race kicks off the final day of homecoming activities. The Broncos face the University of Ohio. The Homecoming Campus Classic drew about 1,800 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19752