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New music ensemble, Birds on a Wire, presents 'A Strange Magic'

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… to the public. The program will feature two works by School of Music composers. The ensemble will perform Christopher … by Scott Thornburg and Silvia Roederer . Colson, WMU professor of music, also is the group's director. The concert will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45250

University Theatre presents 'Late Night Broadway'

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… Western Michigan University theatre students for an evening of cabaret-style music Dec. 4-6 in the Williams Theatre at … "Late Night Broadway" will feature graduating seniors of the Music Theatre Performance program during the first … Blumenkrantz during the second act. Under the direction of Jay Berkow, this all-student cast includes Austin Bluhm, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20347

WMU board to consider property moves and Florida agreement

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The sale of property and the acquisition of other parcels, all on the northwest end of downtown Kalamazoo, are on the agenda when the Western …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38688

Student vocalists to perform famous opera scenes

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… to the public. The program will feature selections by some of the greatest opera and operetta composers of all time: Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Richard Strauss, Kurt … such well-known works as "The Magic Flute," "The Marriage of Figaro" and "The Mikado," Most of the selections are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31209

Event draws top students to vie for $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… competition concludes Feb. 1. KALAMAZOO—Nearly 800 of the brightest high school seniors from Michigan and … 31st annual Medallion Scholarship Competition. About half of them competed Saturday, Jan. 25, and the remainder will … 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. The competition is one of the biggest events of its kind in Michigan. Since it …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/13180

Clara A. Van Eck obituary

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… staff member, died Jan. 29 . She was 96. Van Eck, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1971 and retired in 1984 after 13 years of service to the University. She was an accounting clerk for the former Department of Continuing Education, now Extended University Programs. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45210

Four WMU varsity athletic teams make NCAA academic 'honor roll'

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… Academic Progress Rate reports that end with the close of the 2012-13 academic year. Successful athletically and … hoops has been honored since 2010-11. The WMU team was one of only 18 programs in all of Division I to carry a cumulative GPA above 3.00 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15827

Campus locations will 'light it up blue' for autism awareness

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences will again participate in World Autism Awareness … . From sunset April 2 to sunrise April 3, Sprau Tower, part of Sangren Hall and the icon at the College of Engineering …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/22835

Institute is taking local high school students to China for summer camp

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Shanghai Museum of Ancient Art KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A group of 10 local high school students will travel to China in … Summer camp participants will not only receive two weeks of Chinese language and cultural training, but also have …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40712

Cantus Femina and Collegiate Singers concert features male vocalists

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… folk song with drum accompaniment. The centerpiece of the concert is "Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery" by Elizabeth Alexander. The piece is not about … and more leisure? Why do we let low prices drive so many of our decisions? Why does the human race so often fail to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38182