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Holiday happenings
Tree Lighting on the Mall is Nov. 22.
Original sleigh art by Jeff Diesburg.
December
Pharmacy student’s coloring book inspires children to see themselves in careers
MU Giving Tuesday raises more than $94,000
November
Manchester partners with global provider of genetic testing solutions
Couple champions nursing with labs, scholarships
Manchester Symphony Orchestra whips up Holiday Concert
Music Department offers holiday concerts
Link Gallery offers art focusing on an indigenous identity
Manchester esports Smash team wins championship
MU offers full-ride Multicultural Excellence in Leadership Scholarship
Manchester adds nutrition sciences major in fall 2022
Tree Lighting on the Mall is Nov. 17
MU presents It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play
Winter checklist: Prepare before you hit the road
October
MU to celebrate Founders Day with Nov. 5 parade
MU takes on U Can Crush Hunger 2021
Step Afrika! kicks off November VIA series
Board of Trustees adopts Anti-Racism Statement
Theatre Society offers ‘The View’ psychological thriller
VIA to focus on Afghan refugee crisis
Students organize event to recruit and promote diversity and inclusion
Manchester University Monster Mash is Oct. 28
New pharmacy students receive white coats
Beam named associate dean of graduate life sciences
September
Homecoming Concert is Oct. 8
Manchester to name Academic Center in honor of first Black students
Alumnus to speak at Manchester about growing sustainability
Manchester Symphony Orchestra issues Invitation to the Dance
La Orquesta Sinfónica de Manchester hace una Invitación a la Danza
Collins joins Manchester as director of institutional effectiveness
Manchester ties for top undergraduate teaching school in Indiana
Diesburg features farms in Manchester exhibit, presentation
Cunningham, Ganger to perform Sept. 18
Manchester Symphony Orchestra announces 83rd season
Custodial staff wins Garber Staff Member of the Year Award
August
Rolle named director of student diversity and inclusion
Manchester esports team doubles, moves to larger arena
Manchester to require masks, effective immediately
July
Manchester to build tower for Chime’s 100th anniversary
June
Spring 2021 Undergraduate Dean's List
North Manchester fireworks are July 3 at high school
Manchester, Indiana Tech partner on dual pharmacy MBA program
Manchester awards first full-ride Multicultural Excellence scholarship
May
$1.2 million bequest to provide scholarships at Manchester
Manchester student researches remote learning formats during COVID
MSO concert offers music from around the world
Magical Melodies concert features operatic soprano, tenor
Manchester University to honor Robinson, Ford at Commencement
April
Alumni join Board of Trustees
Lynn arrangement to premiere at Caribbean Lyric Festival
Manchester University Giving Day is April 21
Manchester University Theatre Society offers ‘No Exit’
#StopAsianHate message from President Dave McFadden
Manchester names department for Marvin Bittinger
Manchester University Esports Smash wins first championship
Manchester to host COVID vaccine clinic
Manchester sets in-person graduation ceremonies
March
Manchester hosts virtual, in-person events for prospective nursing students
Manchester plans to open fully for fall semester
SJ Henderson joins Manchester as CARE director
Manchester launches two nursing programs
Manchester University choirs perform March 18
Jazz, symphonic bands perform March 12
MSO offers Beethoven's belated birthday bash March 14
Manchester offers remote learning pathway for pharmacy students
32 organizations sign up for Manchester virtual career fair
Manchester students named to Dean’s List for fall 2020
Spring break 2021
February 2021
MLK speaker Glynn Hines featured on WBOI Presents
Huntington honored with Professional Excellence award
Penguin Point fundraiser aids Manchester University
January 2021
Manchester Spring Convocation: Challenges of fall can guide success in the spring
Employers invited to Manchester Virtual Career Fair
Manchester waives fall 2021 pharmacy enrollment deposit
MLK speaker focuses on Black experience, organizing
Manchester waives enrollment deposit for fall 2021
Hamer gift to add endowed music professorship at Manchester
Bhupinder Singh is named founding director of physical therapy doctoral program
December 2020
Norwell senior Colleen Caylor wins full-ride Honors Scholarship
Manchester says ‘thank you’ to health care professionals
WPTA: Manchester's Trent Towne answers COVID-19 vaccine questions
Manchester Giving Tuesday pulls in record $75,108
First-gen student at Manchester is Realizing the Dream in STEM field
Lynn to conduct ‘A Family Portrait’ at Carnegie Hall
November 2020
Manchester honors class (re)imagines leadership in Dec. 8 program
Manchester freezes tuition for 2021-22 academic year
MU communication findings featured at national conference
Manchester adds Fortnite to varsity-level eSports
Manchester wins 2020 U Can Crush Hunger campaign
Jazz, percussion ensembles perform Nov. 19
New MU scholarship honors Multicultural Excellence in Leadership
Manchester Symphony Orchestra offers ‘Winter Air’ Nov. 16
Manchester joins ‘The Year We Left Home’ author for statewide virtual event
October 2020
MU fall choral concert is Nov. 1
Manchester creates full-ride Honors Scholarship
2020 trick-or-treat canceled; can collection continues
Manchester eliminates tuition costs for many incoming Indiana undergrads
Doss joins MU as student diversity and inclusion coordinator
Cancer Services nominates Calinski for leadership award
Lahman writes classroom chapter in ‘The Handbook of Listening’
September 2020
$1 million grant to help add doctor of physical therapy
Hetrick named staff member of the year
We're No, 1! Manchester wins spirit award
U.S. News and World Report: Manchester is among the best colleges in the Midwest
Virtual 5K kicks off Manchester 2020 Homecoming
Manchester honors top pharmacy preceptors
August 2020
Pollonais named director of diversity and inclusion at Manchester
Princeton Review names Manchester a ‘Best in the Midwest’ university
Role grows for Manchester pharmacy dean
Manchester names Rospond as department chair, associate dean in Pharmacy Programs
Spartans United Pledge
Manchester University announces reopening plan
Manchester eSports joins Great Lakes conference
July 2020
HCAC decision leads to changes in Manchester athletics programs
Intern from Fort Wayne aids Boston adults seeking transition from no job or underemployed to lasting careers
Manchester student from Rochester has summer internship helping clients in West Virginia public defender’s office
University presidents gather with Indiana state, city and civic leaders in virtual summit on anti-racism and community safety
Case named dean of arts and sciences at Manchester
417 on Dean’s List at Manchester University
Longtime Manchester University professors retire
June 2020
Manchester offers online COVID-19 summer course for incoming students
Manchester announces faculty promotions, tenure decisions
North Manchester July 4 fireworks move to high school
Dargo named program director of Master of Athletic Training
Manchester University sets record on Giving Day 2020
Celia Cook-Huffman joins Manchester as VP for academic affairs
May 2020
Manchester responds to COVID-19 with free tuition plan
Manchester University announces plan to open in fall 2020
Twomey named to endowed chair in MU College of Business
Manchester to launch population health major in fall
April 2020
Students at Oak Leaves win statewide press awards
Manchester pharmacogenomics students volunteer at Patients Choice Laboratories
MU dance marathon goes online to aid Riley Hospital for Children
COVID-19 pandemic fast tracks Manchester pharmacy graduation
Manchester University pharmacy camp goes online
Manchester University moves 2020 Commencement to fall
Campus pantry delivers food to Manchester students in time of COVID-19
Manchester undergrads get pass/no pass option for semester
March 2020
MU donates 2,000 gloves for COVID-19 response
Manchester waives enrollment deposit for fall
Manchester University donates masks, gowns to Parkview Wabash Hospital
Manchester University expands COVID-19 response (March 17)
MU dance marathon to aid Riley Hospital for Children
Pollonais to perform Songs of the Islands, celebrate Caribbean culture
February 2020
Taste of Africa offered March 7 at Manchester University
Manchester University to honor Steve Ford at 2020 Commencement
Speaker explores Harry Potter, The Hunger Games through lens of peace studies
Manchester offers online graduate PGx certificate for health care professionals
Five join Manchester University Board of Trustees
Manchester University Theatre Society offers variety show
MU stages collegiate debut of Stewart Copeland opera, offers VIA
Spartan Smash high school eSports tourney is Feb. 29
January 2020
Manchester hosts Tournées international film festival
Manchester hosts Polar Plunge to aid Special Olympics
Humphries is top Collegiate Music Educator in Indiana
Workplace fatigue in summer camp is seminar topic
Voice for grassroots organizing is MLK speaker at Manchester
Martin Luther King Jr.'s last address on a campus was at Manchester
Employers invited to register for Manchester Career Fair
389 on fall 2019 Dean’s List at Manchester University
Kaopuiki joins Manchester as vice president for enrollment, marketing
Spartan Regiment marching band to take the field in 2020
Manchester University starts spring semester with ‘brilliant’ challenge
Manchester invites high school students to submit compositions
Hundreds of students to compete at Manchester Science Olympiad
December 2019
Young promoted to assistant vice president at Manchester University
3 at MU elected to AACP leadership roles
Lilly Endowment gives Manchester $100,000 planning grant
First-generation scholarship winner Allred is ‘Realizing the Dream’
Manchester offers Pharmacy Camp for high school students
Manchester senior Francois selected as Schwarzman Scholar
Manchester announces plan for academic program changes
November 2019
Schilling to speak about how she lives the Manchester mission
MU celebrates the season with December musical performances
Pollonais named to diversity and inclusion role at Manchester
Senior Chris Francois is named Ambassador for Peace
Manchester offers ‘Curious Incident’ play Nov. 15-17
Tree-lighting ceremony is Nov. 20 at Manchester
Grant awarded to Dennis Brown for MS research at Manchester
October 2019
‘Johnny Got His Gun’ brings horror of war to Manchester
Manchester pivots toward programs that appeal to today’s career-focused students
Ready for that family gathering? Program at MU offers skills to deal with conflict
Manchester to add master’s degree in nutrition with DNA twist
Maryland Delegate Lily Qi receives Alumni Honor Award
Special Olympics is passion for Young Alumni honoree Carol Fike
Manchester celebrates Day of the Dead with tributes, panel
Human rights activist John Prendergast to speak at Manchester
Comedic Down the Street play debuts at Manchester
Manchester Monster Mash is Oct. 30 and can collection is Oct. 23
Manchester invites students, parents to Nov. 16 Spartan Day
Manchester ranks among top 10 colleges for jobs in Indiana
Saylor makes $100,000 challenge gift for Manchester stadium
Manchester University preps for eSports teams
Symphony offers Family Fright Night at Manchester
Martin Jones performs contemporary music for solo piano
Chamber Singers and Cantabile offer autumn concert
September 2019
Session at Toyota Round works toward a more welcoming North Manchester
MU receives $300,000 grant for sexual violence prevention, response initiative
Manchester welcomes community to Homecoming 2019
Henney Department of Education is ‘game changer’ for teaching program
Jackson Katz speaks at Manchester about men’s role in preventing violence against women
Manchester speaker explores how the Constitution stays relevant today
Manchester University hires director to start nursing program
Manchester mourns professor emerita Lana Groombridge
Manchester program explores pacifism of poet William Stafford
Eberly named staff member of the year at Manchester
August 2019
Manchester speakers explore Egypt, mind of Marx
Goetcheus named MU director of civic engagement, Title IX coordinator
Manchester soprano Emily Lynn offers art songs, arias
Classes begin Aug. 28 at North Manchester campus
Manchester University promotes faculty and grants tenure, emeritus status
Manchester hosts regional conference on health care for vulnerable, underserved populations
Princeton Review names Manchester a ‘Best in the Midwest’ university
Manchester University mourns Professor Emeritus Jim Adams
July 2019
Chris Francois is Mouse intern for STEM program in New York
Manchester University Pharmacy Programs honor faculty members
Exhibit at Manchester offers works by conservationist artists
Kendall Brown coordinates bilingual summer program
Genevive Skeans serves as infectious disease health care intern
388 Manchester University students on Spring 2019 Dean’s List
Manchester University celebrates student leaders
June 2019
Free children’s carnival, car wash is July 9 at Manchester University
Manchester mourns Art Gilbert, professor emeritus of accounting
Eichenauer honored with prestigious Pi Gamma Mu scholarship
Manchester preps for new academic year
Manchester University hosts 2019 Independence Day Celebration
May 2019
Manchester University College of Business hits Best Value triple play
Finance major at Manchester University is top value in Indiana
Accounting major at Manchester named best value in Indiana
331 graduate from Manchester University
Marketing major at Manchester University is ranked No. 1 in Indiana
Junior Haley Farris is Behnke scholarship winner
Notre Dame gift aids pharmacogenomics program
Gilbert and Sullivan’s 'Trial by Jury' is May 11, 12
April 2019
Symphony ends 80th season with an ‘1812’ bang
Manchester students create health campaign focusing on alcohol use
Manchester University Commencement is May 18
Manchester offers public forum about DNA and Your Medicine
MU 2019 Giving Day is April 17
Manchester University hosts Youth Triathlon on May 5
Manchester offers coding, LEGO®, robotics day camps
April programs feature Manchester University students
Manchester student picked for Indiana health and physical educators scholarship
Manchester hosts 21st Annual Student Research Symposium
Manchester University Easter Egg Hunt is April 14
March 2019
Expert panel, documentary explore improving health care through lifestyle medicine
Jordan Lee Dooley to speak April 5
International Buffet is April 7
Plain White T’s to take stage at Manchester
Peace Week 2019 is the first week of April
Manchester student to receive Indiana Pharmacists Association scholarship
Recital features compositions by MU’s Debra Lynn
McFadden signs letter seeking stronger language in Indiana hate crimes bill
The Servant of Two Masters is March 29-31
Manchester offers dramatic thriller play, Why Did You Leave Me?
Student Senate approves “Refugees Welcome” Resolution
Manchester chooses Sodexo as new dining partner
Maxcey returns with advice: How to become a scientist in psychology and neuroscience
Manchester speaker offers game plan to take dreams to reality
Immigration attorney to speak at Manchester University campuses
February 2019
Appeals court to hear case at Manchester University
Walgreens $5,000 diversity donation aids pharmacy students
Van Vlerah joins Manchester as vice president for student affairs
Film, speaker at explore changes in attitudes, lives of those labeled with intellectual disabilities
Manchester University makes 2019 Best Value School ranking
Delicate doll fragments gain new life in Oke exhibit at Manchester
Mundra receives New Investigator Award for cancer research
New health sciences initiatives begin with pursuit of nursing program
March brings Friday night music to Cordier Auditorium
MSO celebrates 80th year with guest pianist Pamela Haynes
Works by Manchester University senior artists is on display
Discussion Day explores ‘Race in America: A Unfinished Project?’
January 2019
Cold cancels classes, activities at Manchester University
North Manchester campus launches Spartan Safe Walk program
Fall 2018 Pharmacy Program Dean's List
Fall 2018 Undergraduate Dean's List
Manchester University achieves Premier Blood Partner status
Employers invited to register for Manchester Career Fair
Manchester offers community health worker course, certification prep
Founder of Jim Crow Museum to speak at MU on holding difficult conversations about race
McFadden to focus on ‘Abundance’ at Manchester Spring Convocation
Pharmacy Today: 23andMe releases pharmacogenomics test that doesn’t require prescriptionThree join Manchester University Board of Trustees
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