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Manchester University names Matt Unger Staff Member of the Year
Matt Unger, director of performing arts technologies, has been named the 2025 Christopher W. Garber Staff Member of the Year at Manchester University. The award is named in honor of Chris Garber, who was Manchester's assistant vice president for opera...
Sep 1, 2025, 9:17am EDT
Manchester University announces lineup for fall speaker series
Manchester University offers more than a dozen presentations in its Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA) series for Fall 2025. Presentations are at 11 a.m. on Mondays in Wine Recital Hall at the North Manchester campus unless otherwise noted. They are free...
Aug 25, 2025, 9:08am EDT
Manchester University to host visit events for prospective students in September
Manchester University will host two exciting visit days for prospective students on Monday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept. 13. Visit MU on Labor Day, Sept. 1, for Spartan Kickoff Visit Day to start the college search process and learn more about all tha...
Aug 13, 2025, 8:53am EDT
Manchester University NxtGen camp gives back to Humane Fort Wayne
Manchester University hosted 80 campers for its second-annual NxtGen Leadership Camp from July 6-11. The NxtGen Program on Campus is a Lilly Endowment-funded initiative designed to help Indiana colleges and universities in their efforts to create new...
Aug 12, 2025, 9:12am EDT
MU offers professional development workshop with author Shannon Anderson
Manchester University's Henney Department of Education will offer an interactive professional development workshop with award-winning local author Shannon Baunach Anderson on Saturday, Sept. 6. Based on her latest book, Writing from Scratch, Anderson ...
Jul 30, 2025, 10:41am EDT
Manchester University's Community Wasp Survey Project Enters Third Year
In July 2023, members of the Manchester University Center for Environmental Resilience and Social Engagement launched the "MU Wasp Team" to document wasp species found in North Manchester and, when necessary for safety, remove wasps from properties in ...
Jul 21, 2025, 10:48am EDT
Manchester University offers reduced credit bachelor's degree programs
Manchester University is breaking new ground in higher education as the first institution in Indiana approved to offer reduced credit applied bachelor's degree programs, an innovative step toward faster, more affordable academic pathways. The first t...
Jul 8, 2025, 1:43pm EDT
MU Professor Jennifer Simmers named Howard and Myra Brembeck Endowed Professor of Business
Jennifer Simmers, professor of accounting at Manchester University, has been appointed as the Howard and Myra Brembeck Endowed Professor of Business. Simmers graduated from Manchester in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in accounting with distinction an...
Jul 3, 2025, 11:54am EDT
MU VP Van Vlerah selected for Council of Independent Colleges' Executive Leadership Academy
Manchester University Vice President for Student Life Abby Van Vlerah was selected to participate in the Council of Independent Colleges' Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) in Washington, D.C. The prestigious program was the first of two in-person se...
Jun 23, 2025, 9:58am EDT
Manchester University, Ivy Tech partnership streamlines student transfers
Manchester University and Ivy Tech Community College will sign an agreement providing a direct pathway from Ivy Tech to Manchester for more than 40 transfer pathways at the Regional Chamber of Northeast Indiana on June 25. This partnership will facil...
Jun 18, 2025, 8:55am EDT