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Manchester University to hold first-ever December commencement ceremony
This December, Manchester University will hold its first December commencement ceremony, celebrating the students who completed their degrees during the fall semester. Fifty students from six different programs are expected to cross the Cordier Auditorium stage on...
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MU welcomes hundreds for Homecoming and Family Weekend 2026
Manchester University held its Homecoming and Family Weekend 2026 festivities on Friday, Oct. 16 and Saturday, Oct. 17. At the Alumni Honor Awards and Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet on Friday evening, five alumni were recognized with awards, and two alumni and one...
Manchester University Homecoming and Family Weekend 2026 is Oct. 16-17
Celebrate Manchester University’s Homecoming and Family Weekend 2026 on Friday, Oct. 16 and Saturday, Oct. 17 with events at the North Manchester and Fort Wayne campuses. Reunions this year are for the classes of 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996,...
Manchester University announces 2026 Alumni Honor Award recipients
Manchester University will celebrate five alumni at its annual Alumni Honor Awards banquet on Friday, Oct. 16 during Homecoming 2026. The five recipients are: Keith Strauss ’74 - Alumni Honor Award Strauss, a medical physicist, was instrumental in the creation of the...
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MU alumna, board member receives Distinguished Service Award from Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists
Manchester University alumna and Board of Trustees member Harriet Hamer, MD, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 ISA Distinguished Service Award by the Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Hamer has dedicated decades of service to anesthesiology, organized medicine, and the patients and physicians of Indiana. A longtime ISA leader, she served as ISA President from 2006-2008, along with her many years as an active board member, delegate, and committee chair. Her leadership included extensive involvement in membership development,...
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Manchester University invites prospective students to fall visit days
Manchester University invites high school students to visit campus this fall on one of many special visit days. High school seniors who visit Manchester University through the Office of Admissions will earn a $500/year visit incentive scholarship, totaling $2,000 over four years. Join us on one of these scheduled visit days: Sept. 19: Tours and Tailgates Tour campus, hear from admissions, meet current students and tailgate. Later, cheer on the Spartans as they take on The University of Olivet during the second home football game of the season. Before the game, there will be a...
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MU communication studies professor earns endowed position
Manchester University is pleased to announce that Dr. Janine Armstrong has accepted the position of Robin D. and Jeanette M. Lahman Endowed Scholar in Communication Studies. Armstrong joined Manchester University’s faculty in Fall 2025 as a visiting assistant professor of communication studies. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of the Ozarks, her master’s from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and her Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University. Her areas of expertise include intersectionality, race, gender and sexuality, faith and interpersonal communication. She is a member of Manchester’s Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA) committee. She was...
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How to Find Your People at Manchester University
Starting a new semester? Discover simple ways to meet new people, get involved and find your community at Manchester University.
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Manchester University Announces Fall 2026 VIA Lineup
Manchester University offers more than a dozen presentations in its Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA) series for Fall 2026. Presentations are at 11 a.m. on Mondays in Wine Recital Hall at the North Manchester campus unless otherwise noted. They are free and open to the public. Aug. 24: President Stacy Young welcomes the student population to the new school year. Aug. 31: Students from Professor Beate Gilliar’s courses share their experiences navigating life through trials and tribulations—discovering how to create meaning and thrive as a young college student. Sept. 7: Allison Ackley shares her journey...
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Researchers including Manchester University’s Dr. Sabrina Brown reconstruct environmental history of Yellowstone’s geyser basins
A study including work from a Manchester University professor reveals how climate and hydrothermal activity have shaped the vegetation, wildfire and aquatic ecosystem history of the Yellowstone Plateau over the past 15,000 years. The results of the National Science Foundation-funded project were published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Sabrina Brown, assistant professor of biology and environmental studies at Manchester University, has spent the last decade conducting research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Her interest in Yellowstone...
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Manchester University names Elizabeth Marsch executive director of online education
Manchester University welcomed Elizabeth Marsch as its executive director of online education on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Marsch comes to Manchester from The Ohio State University, where she worked for nearly 25 years. She most recently held the position of director of distance education for their College of Arts and Sciences. She has participated in curriculum development and educational technology innovation groups at The Ohio State University, Miami University and Franklin University. For nearly 20 years she has taught courses, mostly online, in literature, culture, power and identity. These include Introduction to Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Love and World Literature, and Literature and the Self. ...
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