MU will confer honorary degrees to two at Commencement May 22

Posted May 7 - Manchester University will confer honorary degrees to two recipients at Commencement this year on Saturday, May 22.

Wendy Robinson, retired superintendent of Fort Wayne Community Schools, will be honored at the graduate and professional commencement exercises at 9 a.m. in Cordier Auditorium on the North Manchester campus. She will receive a Doctor of Humanities and speak at graduation.

Steve Ford, chief executive officer of Ford Meter Box Company Inc., in Wabash, Ind., also will receive an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree. His comments will be featured during undergraduate and Master of Accountancy exercises at 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. in Cordier.

MU raises more than $200,000 on Giving Day

Posted April 28 - Students, colleagues, alumni and friends joined forces for another successful Giving Day on April 21.  Manchester raised over $200,000 from over 450 donors, and every dollar will help MU students continue their journey from acorns to oaks.  All of it goes to The Manchester Fund. To learn more, visit the Giving Day website here.

Manchester plans to open fully for fall semester

Posted March 22 - President Dave McFadden announced that Manchester University is planning to open fully for the fall 2021 semester. McFadden also strongly encourages everyone who will learn or work on either Manchester campus to receive the COVID-19 vaccination when it is their turn. Learn more.

Lynn arrangement in Caribbean Lyric Festival

Posted April 27 - An orchestral arrangement by Professor Debra Lynn will premiere at the Caribbean Lyric Festival (Festival Lírico del Caribe) on Sunday, May 9.

Soprano Natalia Dopwell is one of eight Caribbean singers on the operatic musical program at the National Theater in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She will perform Lynn’s arrangement of “White Egrets IV” from Songs of the Islands, a 12-song collection by Dominique Le Gendre. Learn more.

Skendaj leads research project on COVID-19, democracy in Western Balkans

Posted April 27 - Elton Skendaj, Gladdys Muir Associate Professor of Peace Studies, led a research project for the British Westminster Foundation for Democracy that investigated the national security and protection of human rights during the COVID-19 emergency. To limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the governments are empowered to take extraordinary measures that would temporarily limit human rights. However, democratic governments must be held accountable for any tradeoffs made in terms of civil liberties and human rights that are authorized in the name of national security.

To better understand this dynamic, a research study was carried out in Albania to contextualize and compare country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic within a framework of national security and human rights perspectives. The government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Albania is compared with other countries in the region, including Serbia, and North Macedonia, Slovenia and Greece.

You can find more about the results of the project in the publication of the report titled “National Security vs Protection of Human Rights in Emergency.” 

COVID-19 vaccine clinic puts Manchester in the news

Posted April 23 - More than 200 members of the Manchester family were vaccinated April 10 at the Honeywell Center in Wabash. This WFFT-TV story features student Ruben Gonzalez and Erin Foreman, director of the Center for Health & Sports Medicine.

Voice of America interviews Skendaj about democracy in Albania

Posted March 31 - The Gladdys Muir Associate Professor of Peace Studies at Manchester, Elton Skendaj, was interviewed by Voice of America-Albanian section about the state of democracy in Albania. Dr. Skendaj contributes as a Europe analyst to the Freedom House annual report on Freedom in the World.

The most recent annual report Democracy under Siege published in March 2021 noted the 15^th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. Seventy-five countries, including the United States, experienced democratic decline during 2020. Skendaj incorporates such research findings in his classes at Manchester as well as convocation Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA) presentations.

MU Women's studies/gender studies featured in Fort Wayne magazine

Posted March 8 - Fort Wayne magazine’s March 2021 issue celebrates Women’s History Month. Women's studies/gender studies at Manchester were highlighted in a story on pp. 21–25. Learn more.

MU offers remote learning pathway for pharmacy students

Posted March 4 - Manchester has created a remote learning pathway for all pharmacy students in fall 2021. Learn more.

Manchester waives enrollment deposit for fall 2021

Updated Jan. 21 - Following last year’s success, Manchester University is once again waiving the enrollment deposit for incoming undergraduate students. Learn more. It is also waiving the deposit for incoming pharmacy students. Learn more.

Lynn invites singers to perform ‘A Family Portrait’ at Carnegie Hall

Posted Dec. 3 - A collection of a family’s letters from the Civil War era inspired Manchester’s Professor Debra Lynn to write A Family Portrait, which debuted at Manchester University in 2017. She will conduct the oratorio at Carnegie Hall on May 30, 2022, and is inviting those who wish to sing to join the A Cappella Choir and the New England Symphonic Ensemble for the five-day residency and performance. Learn more.

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