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Jazz great kicks off 34th annual festival

News

… will join the Western Jazz Quartet in the kickoff concert for the 34th annual Western Invitational Jazz Festival at 8 … March 15 , will feature Drewes, the University Jazz Orchestra, directed by Tom Knific, and the high school big … festival will feature high school big band and combo performances beginning at 8 a.m. The day’s activities are free …

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

Annual festival brings over 800 high school singers to campus

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… of the largest, oldest and most successful high school choral festivals in the United States, this year’s festival … The daylong festival will culminate in a 7 p.m. performance in WMU's Miller Auditorium, which is free and open to the public. The concert …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13858

Panel to discuss genomics and ethics at Ethics Center event

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… event Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Center for the Humanities (Photo credit: College of Arts and Sciences) KALAMAZOO—A panel of ethicists will explore developments in genomics during a presentation this … month at Western Michigan University as part of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society's spring season. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13432

Interview with Gale Sigal, President of TEAMS and Managing Editor of "The Once and Future Classroom"

Medieval Institute Publications

… with Gale Sigal, President of TEAMS and Managing Editor of "The Once and Future Classroom" As many of our … one of our long-time partners, the Teaching Association for Medieval Studies (TEAMS), with whom MIP publishes several series of affordable classroom texts . Originally focused on making …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/sigal-interview

Faculty Research

Mathematics

… Bennett's research is in probabilistic and extremal combinatorics. I specialize in the design and analysis of randomized combinatorial algorithms. Usually, the goal is to prove the existence of some …

https://wmich.edu/math/research/facultyresearch

Decline in pollinators prompts WMU staffers to build them a home

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… Decline in pollinators prompts WMU staffers to build them a home Submitted by … fact, the two Western Michigan University employees hope more people will follow suit. Moss, a groundskeeper, and … a gardener, have become self-taught experts on how pollinator species, primarily Michigan's native bees, reproduce. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54576

A lifelong gift: 1980 graduate gives back to Department of Philosophy

College of Arts and Sciences

… courtrooms in Washington, D.C., to countries all over the world.  Mark Rochon But for the 1980 College of Arts and Sciences graduate, Western Michigan University laid the foundation for that career.  In return, he has given back to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69151

Trustees evaluate WMU president, laud his accomplishments

News

… of Trustees unanimously approved a positive annual performance evaluation for WMU President Edward Montgomery and also approved a … of stakeholder groups, including students, deans, senior staff and the Faculty Senate, board Chair Jeffrey Rinvelt …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50809

Shirley N. Sparks Faculty Endowment Fund

College of Health and Human Services

… of Iowa. Initially, she wanted to be a theatre major, but after her first reading, she knew that wasn't the path she wanted to take. After joining a sorority in which several girls were speech pathology majors, …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/sparks

When opportunity knocks: WMU accountancy student lands internship with Stryker

Accountancy

… When opportunity knocks: WMU accountancy student lands internship … with Stryker Whether it is within the walls of the Haworth College of Business or working alongside professionals during her internship at …

https://wmich.edu/accountancy/klein2022