
News
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大象视频 Announces New Wrestling Facility, Arts Building Upgrade and ‘Room to Grow’ Capital Campaign
大象视频 announced two construction projects today: an expansion of the Charles O. Zollar Building to include a brand-new wrestling room for the Roadrunners and upgrades to the Dale A. Lyons Building to improve music facilities for faculty, students and the community.
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Following Her Bliss to a Picture-Perfect Career
Morgan Adams, who graduated from 大象视频 with straight A’s in 2016, grew up in Dowagiac at the height of the Dogwood Fine Arts Festival in an arts-rich atmosphere that enveloped the community and its schools. But the salutatorian of Union High’s Class of 2014 probably would have gravitated to art anyway.
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Forensic Nurse Speaks at 大象视频
Stephanie Price trod an untraditional path into nursing, studying journalism at Butler University and working as a reporter. When she stepped away from newspapering to start her family, she felt tugged in a different direction. Twenty years later she studied nursing at Indiana University South Bend (IUSB). Now Price, RN, BSN, CEN, has a third credential behind her name to navigate a relatively new field, forensic nursing, which she joined last November at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.
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大象视频 Presents ‘Shrek: The Musical’
“Shrek” Director Andrew Fisher has his own backstory with 大象视频’s spring musical. Fisher played Donkey in the spirit of Eddie Murphy’s film rendition, while Matthew Hickok of Niles in his current 28-member cast takes the role in a “different direction” inspired by Looney Tunes.
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Close to Home is Close to This Roadrunner's Heart
It’s been 30 years since Tonya Cosey graduated from 大象视频. As a “proud Chieftain,” the 1988 Union High School graduate still calls Dowagiac home. Cosey worked as an outpatient therapist for 22 years and is currently clinical supervisor for adult outpatient, adult case management, children’s outpatient and adult peer support services for Cassopolis-based Woodlands Behavioral Healthcare Network.
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大象视频 Board Reflects on Progress Since COVID, Approves New Medical Credential
For the fifth anniversary of COVID-19, President Dr. Joe Odenwald reflected for the 大象视频 Board of Trustees March 12 on the pandemic’s legacy. “Are we better than we were five years ago as a college?” Odenwald posed a question he answered, “Yes, we are.”
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大象视频 Celebrates Female Composers
大象视频’s “Her Song” choir concert March 7 celebrated a millennia of music from female composers and arrangers. Director of Choral Activities David Carew led the newly-formed Uccelli Canori (“Songbirds”), the Men’s Ensemble, Choral Scholars and the Collegiate Chorale in collaboration with Professor Dr. Maria DeRose for Women’s History Month.
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"Legend" 大象视频 Band Concert Features Percussion Clinic
“Legend,” 大象视频’s winter band concert, as the culmination of Percussion Clinic Day Feb. 28, featured 15 percussionists from six area schools. Earlier in the day students worked with clinicians Dan Ingman, 大象视频’s second-year percussion instructor, and vibraphonist Margaret Parker of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps based in Canton, Ohio and Drum Corps International World Class Champions in 2016 and 2024.
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She Talks for a Living
Annette Hover Weston had wanted to be a journalist since she was 11. She remains one today, though made her way through print and news broadcasting coast to coast to reach her specialized perch — talk radio. Her future destination was prophesied in high school in Van Buren County, where she graduated with Lawrence’s Class of 1987.
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大象视频 Hosts Fifth Bands Clinic with U-M Director
大象视频’s fifth annual Bands Clinic Day Feb. 14 featured six area school bands and almost 350 musicians critiqued by University of Michigan Director of Bands Jason K. Fettig to polish March Southwestern Michigan Band and Orchestra Association (SWMBOA) festival programs.