679 research outputs found

    P. George Bird and Reinhard Wittke Oral History Interview, 2016 April 23

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    P. George Bird taught in the Theatre department at Eastern Michigan University from 1956-2006. The interview is an account of his time teaching on campus, his most memorable productions and the planning and construction of Quirk Theatre. Reinhard Wittke was a professor in the History Department at Eastern Michigan University from 1956-1990. During his time at Eastern, Wittke established and was best known for establishing the European Adventure Tours in 1960, which became International Studies Program. This is the third part in a three part series.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1002/thumbnail.jp

    P. George Bird Oral History Interview, 2016 April 19

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    P. George Bird taught in the Theatre department at Eastern Michigan University from 1956-2006. The interview is an account of his time teaching on campus, his most memorable productions and the planning and construction of Quirk Theatre. This is the first part in a three part series.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1000/thumbnail.jp

    P. George Bird Oral History Interview, 2016 April 22

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    P. George Bird taught in the Theatre department at Eastern Michigan University from 1956-2006. The interview is an account of his time teaching on campus, his most memorable productions and the planning and construction of Quirk Theatre. This is the second interview in a three part series.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1001/thumbnail.jp

    Heather Neff, Oral History Interview, 2018

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    Heather Neff is a highly-decorated professor of African American Literature, Women in Literature, and Poetry and Major Authors. Among a score of achievements, Neff has created the American Writers in Paris Program, has served as Director of the McNair Scholars Program at EMU, and has won numerous awards including the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, the Outstanding Faculty Award, and the Teaching Excellence Award.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1133/thumbnail.jp

    Tony Martin, Oral History Interview, 2020

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    During the course of his tenure with EMU, Martin served as University Police Officer, Associate Director and then Director of the Center of Regional and National Security and Library Assistant 3 in Halle Library among other things until leaving for a job at the University of Michigan School of Nursing in 2019. In this interview, Martin discusses his upbringing in Chicago and Detroit, his pathway to EMU, and his initial forays into law enforcement. Martin details other jobs he has held of campus, including working in Circulation at Halle Library.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1132/thumbnail.jp

    Glenda Kirkland, July 6, 2018

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    Glenda Kirkland was a vocal instructor with the EMU Department of Music and Dance from 1972 until 2009. Kirkland taught many courses in music at EMU and served as the director of the EMU Opera Workshop. She has also given many lectures and recitals with various opera companies and guest performed with luminaries such as William Warfield, Gwyneth Jones, and Luciano Pavarotti. She’s been universally praised for her interpretive skills, her charisma, her prefect breath control and deep respect for the text’s open-hearted naiveté.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1060/thumbnail.jp

    Kenneth Stevens, August 21, 2018

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    Kenneth Stevens served with the Communication and Theater Arts Department -currently Communication, Media, and Theater Arts Department- from 1973 until his retirement in 2014. During that time, Stevens created the graduate and undergraduate programs in Arts Management, directed hundreds of plays and musicals, was a ten-time winner of the faculty recognition awards, received the EMU Gold Medallion Award, and the Teaching Innovation Award. Outside of teaching at EMU, Stevens has also served as Associate Director of the Cherry County Playhouse in Traverse City, producer at the Red Barn Theater in Saugatuck, MI, as well as Director of the Actors Repertory Theater in Las Vegas, and President of the Michigan Theater Association.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1064/thumbnail.jp

    Marshall McLennan, Oral History Interview, 2019

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    Dr. Marshall McLennan arrived at Eastern MIchigan University in 1971 and served the Department of Geography and Geology until his retirement in 1999. In this interview, McLennan details his upbringing in California, Nevada and the Philippines before serving in the U.S. military, stationed in Munich, Germany. After a brief flirtation with becoming a Hollywood actor and studying cultural geography at the University of California - Berkeley under the tutelage of Carl Sauer, McLennan settled in at EMU and, in 1979, co-founded the EMU Historic Preservation program with Dr. Andrew Nazzaro. As director of the program, McLennan initiated a study of mill sites along the Huron River with Nazzaro, and worked to create working relationships between the Historic Preservation program and state historic preservation agencies. Instilling in his students the concept that historic preservation has been long associated with the psychological wellbeing of a place, McLennan worked with colleagues and students to successfully prevent the destruction of EMU’s Welch Hall. McLennan also discusses how working for large preservation agencies like the State Historic Preservation Review Board and Heritage Interpretation International can inform your teaching.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1080/thumbnail.jp

    Glenna Frank Miller & Gregory Peoples

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    Gregory Peoples is a long-time administrator of EMU. He was hired in 1977 to work in the Campus Interact Office until 1980. During the course of his career with EMU, Peoples served as Assistant Director of Admissions, Associate Director of Admissions, Associate Dean of Students and then Dean of Students. In 2004, Peoples became Director of the Office of the Ombuds, an office he created with University Provost Jim Vick. Outside of EMU, Peoples served with the GMI Engineering and Management Institute, and as Director of Enrollment Services at Washtenaw Community College. Peoples retired in 2003. Glenna Frank Miller is Emerita Vice President for Student Life at EMU. Beginning her career at EMU in 1974 as a Resident Unit Administrator, she became Resident Life Area Manager and then Director of Campus Life in 1983. Miller is known for her high level of involvement on campus, developing relationships with students and creating educational programs for the empowerment of women. Frank Miller also worked in Campus Life, McKenny Union, and in many McKenny Union Campus Life and Diversity programs. Frank Miller may be best-known for her leading role in the design and construction of the EMU Student Center, opened in 2006. Frank Miller retired in June, 2013.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1061/thumbnail.jp
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