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Sinnie Yzenbaard obituary

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… Sinnie Yzenbaard obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sinnie Yzenbaard , a former independent study coordinator at … 2017 . She was 101. Yzenbaard, of Kalamazoo, joined the staff in 1964 and retired in 1979 after 14 years of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45876

Area families needed to host visiting international teachers, students

International Student and Scholar Services

… Area families needed to host visiting international teachers, students Submitted by Anonymous … student or teacher and are required to provide them with a private bedroom and two meals daily—breakfast … family selection. Interested families should contact Barb Curley at (269) 217-9094 or @email . More information can be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24734

Playwrights to read at next Frostic speaker event

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… Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Four playwrights will read from their plays that were inspired by musician Bruce Springsteen at 7 p.m. Friday, … in Kalamazoo, Chicago and New York. Tucker's "Why Dogs Howl" was honored at the Michigan Playwrights Festival. He …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45913

Fredrick J. Dobney obituary

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… president for academic affairs, died Aug.  19 at his home in Brighton. He was 72. Dobney joined the WMU community as provost in 2000 and served in that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34498

Registration open for summer Chinese culture classes

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Registration open for summer Chinese culture classes Submitted by Raine Kuch on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Registrations are due Wednesday … , May 1 , for summer Chinese culture courses offered by the Confucius Institute at Western Michigan University. The

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52663

Two WMU programs awarded $1 million federal grants to help students

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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on TRiO SSP students engage in an exercise. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two Western Michigan … University programs that support first-generation, low-income students or students with a disability have been … federal grants that each total more than $1 million.   The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $1.1 million …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26605

Performance features new works by School of Music faculty composer

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… David Colson will be performed by faculty musicians including the Western Wind Quintet, trumpet professor Scott Thornburg, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38089

Violinist and WMU professor Renata Artman Knific to perform

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… Violinist and WMU professor Renata Artman Knific to perform … University’s Renata Artman Knific , professor of violin, will perform "Solo Flight," a solo violin recital including works of Bach, Prokofiev, Rozsa, and the premiere of a work written for the occasion by her son, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34680

'Sister Act' comes to Miller Auditorium

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 'Sister Act' is coming to Miller auditorium for two performances on Nov. 1 KALAMAZOO, Mich.--Direct from Broadway, "Sister Act", the hilarious, five-time Tony-nominated musical smash, is … is based on the eponymous motion picture written by Joseph Howard in which disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19987

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to speak on campus

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… Mich.— Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson , astrophysicist, best-selling author and host of the television series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" and … addition to acting as host of the "StarTalk" radio and TV show along with "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, the New York …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27895