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Students get involved in the community during Spring Staycation
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… low-cost, meaningful spring break experience are encouraged to participate in Spring Staycation , an introduction to service learning in the community, to be held during the … Spring Staycation is a five-day project focused on raising awareness and serving the greater Kalamazoo community. There …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13819
Graduate students receive WMU Dames Endowed Scholarships
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… Western Michigan University graduate students have been awarded a Dames Endowed Scholarship offered on a competitive basis to exceptional students enrolled in a graduate degree … activities for graduate students and developing tests and examinations. She won the Department of Spanish …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32980
Arthur T. Howson obituary
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… education and professional development, died Aug. 15 . He was 85. Howson, of Rockford, Michigan, joined the WMU … 1967 and retired in 1991 after almost 24 years of service to the University. Services and remembrances Services have occurred. Memorial gifts may be made to Michigan State University, National Parkinson’s …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35095
U.S. Air Force Band presents free concert at Miller Auditorium
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… U.S. Air Force Band presents free concert at Miller Auditorium Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Airmen of … Air Force. Stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., it is one of six musical ensembles that … the world, and local performances throughout metropolitan Washington, D.C. For smaller, more intimate venues, the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15993
'Passed On,' by Nichole Maury, on display at the Richmond Center
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… Dec. 12. For the exhibition, Maury explores how the stories we tell are purposefully incomplete. We become so … and what is not. She uses various systems of deconstruction to draw attention to our inability to construct a complete … and her M.F.A. in Printmaking from the University of Iowa. Her work explores the parallel relationships that exist …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19528
Beatrice P. Hartman obituary
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… at Western Michigan University, died Nov. 15 . She was 91. Hartman joined the WMU faculty in 1957 and retired in 1985 after more than 27 years of service to the University. She primarily taught speech and … to campus a variety of notable speakers. In addition, she was a faculty advisor to numerous student organizations, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36674
Great Works Dance Project celebrates 20th anniversary
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… Project. Bringing renowned choreographers and guest artists to campus and exposing students and community members alike … Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner of American Ballet Theatre was choreographed in 1936 for London's Ballet Rambert. WMU … which explores a bittersweet romance. The Gettin' by award-winning choreographer Kyle Abraham, artistic director …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35212
Distinguished Faculty Scholar nominations sought
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… Jan. 31, 2014 , for the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award, the highest honor Western Michigan University bestows on its faculty members. The award is based on outstanding professional achievements. It …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10359
University Symphony Orchestra continues season theme of fifths
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… of the 2012–13 season at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. Admission is free. This concert season was nicknamed "Perfect Fifth" because it highlights … a composer. Also on the program is Claude Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. One of the most engaging …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2604
WMU wins men's MAC Academic Achievement Award for highest GPA
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… WMU wins men's MAC Academic Achievement Award for highest GPA Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, … Athletics Representative Men's Academic Achievement Award. The FAR Awards are designed to recognize the conference institution with the overall …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42343