The Manchester Symphony Orchestra opens its 85th season with the world premiere of a piece composed by Debra Lynn, its conductor and artistic director, and performed by 2020 MU graduate Emily Lynn.

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Manchester University will host a performance and conversation with drag queens Neon Van Ryan and Dixxxie Licious, discussing the politicization of drag and their own experiences of coming out.

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Manchester University will host a screening of the documentary “After Zero Tolerance” and a conversation with its Emmy-winning director, Oscar Guerra, as part of the University’s Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA) series.

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Manchester University’s Homecoming and Family Weekend 2023 is Friday, Oct. 6 through Saturday, Oct. 7 at the North Manchester campus.

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Manchester University will host sportswriter and podcast host Dave Zirin for “The Kaepernick Effect: War, Racism, and the 21st Century Sports World” on Monday, Sept. 11.

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Kyle Grubbs, senior assistant director of admissions, has been named the 2023 Christopher W. Garber Staff Member of the Year at Manchester University.

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Michele Piller, a 1979 graduate who devoted her career to helping others, considers her time at Manchester a “transformative experience,” and is giving back to her alma mater with a $1.1 million planned gift.

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The Manchester Symphony Orchestra announces its 85th season with a schedule of four concerts, balancing celebrated masterworks with pieces by composers who are underrepresented in classical music.

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Manchester University offers more than a dozen programs in its Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA) series for Fall 2023. Presentations are at 11 a.m. Mondays in Cordier Auditorium on the North Manchester campus unless otherwise noted. They are free and open to the public.

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The Campus Store at Manchester University is getting a complete overhaul under new management at the end of July, and that means clearing out the inventory. MU Wayfair donation 8This provided an opportunity for service, and Campus Store Manager Heather Gochenaur and her student workers packaged up more than 20 boxes of books and loaded them into a pickup truck bound for Waypoint Wabash, which provides a safe, structured and stable environment for women recovering from substance use disorder.

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