Miller Auditorium

By: Katryn Keeley

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What’s it all about? Was called University

Auditorium, now named for former President James W. Miller

Construction began in 1965, and was completed in 1967

Has 6 floors and over 174,000 square feet of interior space

Seats 3,497 people Classified as third largest

auditorium in the state of Michigan

Some interesting facts The first performance

was by the WMU Symphony Orchestra on January 12, 1968, every seat was filled

Money donated by the Upjohn Corporation was used to purchase the land

Total cost to build was about five and half million dollars

Quiz Time What was Miller

Auditorium previously named?

Shaw Theatre Western Auditorium University

Auditorium State Theatre

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Bio Katryn Keeley, the

producer of this wonderful presentation has just begun her second semester at WMU.

She is studying to be an elementary teacher, and hopes to someday teach second grade.