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Lifelong learning classes, trips set for this summer

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… Learning Institute event. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Eighteen courses and four day trips are being offered this summer by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Western Michigan University. Registration for the summer 2016 term opened May 10 for Osher Institute members and will open Tuesday, May 24 , for nonmembers. Now in its …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32202

WMU trustees extend president's contract into 2017

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… Mich. -- Acting during a special formal session Nov. 7, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees unanimously … James Hettinger, who praised the president's performance and laid out the board's commitment to leadership stability. … institution, but we've now affiliated with a law school and added a med school, and we are playing at a whole …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20123

Duke scholar, photographer to appear in Frostic lecture series

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A noted scholar from Duke University and an internationally known photographer are visiting Western Michigan University this month to speak in the Frostic School of Art Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series. Ranjana Khanna , the Margaret …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20182

17th annual Juneteenth Celebration to honor Kalamazoo shooting victim

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… June will feature the staging of a multi-faceted production and dramatic reading as well as honor Kalamazoo mass … feature "Waiting for Freedom to Come," which is written and directed by Buddy Hannah . The event starts at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 19 , in Dalton Center Recital Hall on Western Michigan University's main campus. About the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32723

Artist, alumna presents visual discourse on immigration in WMU show

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… on "Transformation" by Ally Pye KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An artist and immigrant grappling with the questions of identity, patriotism and other issues brings her inner struggle to life in an exhibit at Western Michigan University. The artwork, created by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18916

New director named for Soga Japan Center

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University has selected Dr. Takashi Yoshida … was effective Sept. 2, is a founding member of the center and a WMU associate professor of history. He teaches a range … WMU community, the city of Kalamazoo and throughout southwestern Michigan. Yoshida Dr. Takashi Yoshida Yoshida is the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18866

WMU alum's abstract art comes full circle in CHHS exhibition

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… work of a self-taught, abstract artist who graduated from Western Michigan University is on exhibit at his alma mater. … through Thursday, Dec. 18 , in the College of Health and Human Services second floor art gallery, where a … for 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2 . The reception is free and open to the public with free parking available in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20256

Emmy Award-winning musician to perform on campus

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… of Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated musician Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ will perform a concert of new and traditional Vietnamese music at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, … that bridge the divide between Vietnamese traditional and Western art music. She has performed solo concerts at the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21348

2015 Medieval Congress free for local residents who register early

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… the 2014 conference. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Kalamazoo residents and members of the Western Michigan University community may attend the 50th … scholarly papers, panel discussions, roundtables, workshops and performances. This year's conference highlights Hands-on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23237

Dr. Ruth Kaarlela obituary

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… on Dr. Ruth Kaarlela Dr. Ruth Kaarlela , professor emerita and chair of blindness and low vision studies at Western Michigan University, died Jan. 8 . She was 98. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47979