SPuRS Fall Calendar of Events

*Activity requires pre-registration or RSVP in ExperienceWMU

(F) - Foundational Level Activity (A) - Advanced Level Activity

Date	Event	Location	Time	SPuRS Credit
08/30/23 to 12/1/23	Resume Revamp(SPuRS credit will be earned when you pick your resume up)	3020 Schneider Hall	8 a.m. to 5 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
9/6/23	*Total College Budget – a Sanford Center Workshop	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	12:30 to 1:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
9/7/23	*Total College Budget – a Sanford Center Workshop	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	3:30 to 4:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
9/15/23	*Degrees of Growth Luncheon Series: Women Business Owners Panel	2150 Schneider Hall	noon to 1 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
9/15/23 to 9/16/23	*Camp with Us	Contact the Office of Student Engagement for details	4 p.m. to 10 a.m.	Leadership and Service (F)
9/18/23	Multicultural Meet and Greet: an event celebrating and encouraging cultural belonging at WMU	WMU Student Center (info in ExperienceWMU)	6 to 8:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
9/19/23 9/26/23 10/3/23	*Major Insights (Students must participate in all three sessions of this program to be eligible for the two SPuRS credits)	Zhang Career Center 3020 Schneider Hall	3 to 5 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F) Professional Insight (F)
9/20/23	*Credit Cards – a Sanford Center Workshop	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	12:30 to 1:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
9/20/23	Engineering Expo 2023 – Sponsored by International Paper and Ahlstrom	Floyd Hall	1 to 4 p.m.	Professional Insight (A)
9/20/23 9/27/23 10/10/23	Bronco Challenge for Sustainable Impact Information Session (office hours format)	Office for Sustainability	5 to 7 p.m.	Leadership and Service (F) this credit can only count once toward your overall progress and is treated the same as the WMU Sustainability Celebration
9/20/23	*Credit Cards – a Sanford Center Workshop	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	3:30 to 4:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
9/20/23	Career Fair Prep	1350 Schneider Hall	5 to 6 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
9/21/23	Meet the Firms with Beta Alpha Psi	Fetzer Center	6 to 8 p,m.	Professional Insight (A)
9/22/23	*Resume Critique Day	Virtual Event (info in ExperienceWMU)	9 a.m. to 3 p.m.	Professional Insight (A)
9/22/23	*WIRED: Plante Moran	Virtual Event (info in ExperienceWMU)	10 to 11:30 a.m.	Professional Insight (F)
9/22/23	*WIRED: Alro Steel	Virtual Event (info in ExperienceWMU)	Noon to 1:30 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
9/22/23	WMU Sustainability Celebration	Office for Sustainability	Noon to 3 p.m.	Leadership and Service (F) this credit can only count once toward your overall progress and is treated the same as the Bronco Challenge for Sustainable Impact events
9/25/23 10/2/23 10/9/23	*Major Insights (Students must participate in all three sessions of this program to be eligible for the two SPuRS credits)	Zhang Career Center 3020 Schneider Hall	2 to 4 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)Professional Insight (F)
9/28/23	*Financial Planning Speaker Series: Brian Face, Principal with Face 2 Face Financial Planning	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	3 to 5 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
9/29/23	*Practice Interview Day	Virtual Event (info in ExperienceWMU)	9 a.m. to 3 p.m.	Professional Insight (A)
9/29/23	*WIRED: Echo Logistics	Virtual Event (info in ExperienceWMU)	10 to 11:30 a.m.	Professional Insight (F)
9/29/23	*WIRED: AGCO	Virtual Event (info in ExperienceWMU)	Noon to 1:30 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
9/29/23	*Leveraging LinkedIn with Kellogg’s	1360 Schneider Hall	12:30 to 2 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
10/4/23	*Paying Down Debt	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	12:30 to 1:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
10/4/23	WMU Graduate and Professional School Fair 2023	Miller Auditorium Lobby (info in ExperienceWMU)	3 to 6 p.m.	Professional Insight (A)
10/5/23	*Paying Down Debt	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	3:30 to 4:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
10/5/23	Finance Career Night	Fetzer Center	5 to 7:30 p.m.	Professional Insight (A)
10/6/23	*WIRED: Consumers Credit Union	Virtual Event (info in ExperienceWMU)	10 to 11:30 a.m.	Professional Insight (F)
10/6/23	Business Career Day (virtual)	Virtual Event (info in ExperienceWMU)	11 a.m. to 2 p.m.	Professional Insight (A)
10/6/23	*WIRED: CBIZ	Virtual Event (info in ExperienceWMU)	Noon to 1:30 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
10/6/23	*Degrees of Growth Luncheon Series: D. Isabel Metz, Melbourne Business School	2150 Schneider Hall	Noon to 1 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
10/6/23	Let’s Talk About Book Bans	TBD (connect with Office of Student Engagement for details)	1 to 2 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
10/9/23 to 10/10/23	Mini Cultural Festival Fall 2023	WMU Student Center (info in ExperienceWMU)	Noon (on the 9^th) to 1 p.m. (on the 10^th)	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
10/9/23	Supply Chain/Food Marketing Career Night	Fetzer Center	5 to 8 p.m.	Professional Insight (A)
10/9/23	*Starting Gate Workshop: Fundamentals of Starting and Growing a Business that Stands Out	2150 Schneider Hall	5:30 to 6:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
10/10/23	Sales and Marketing Career Night	Fetzer Center	5 to 8 p.m.	Professional Insight (A)
10/11/23	Business Career Day	Fetzer Center	11 a.m. to 2 p.m.	Professional Insight (A)
10/13/23	*Negotiation 101 with Dr. Jim Eckert	1220 Schneider Hall	10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
10/15/23	International Festival Fall 2023	Miller Auditorium	2 to 6 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
10/16/23	*Starting Gate Workshop: I Lost My Job and Found Myself	2150 Schneider Hall	5:30 to 6:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
10/18/23 through 10/20/23	*Leaders Unplugged	Contact the Office of Student Engagement for details	This is a full weekend event	Leadership and Service (A)
10/23/23 to 10/27/23	*Gibbs Haunted House Escape Room: Vampire Horror Story	Gibbs House (info in ExperienceWMU)	Various times	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
10/23/23	*Starting Gate Workshop: Customer Value Proposition	2150 Schneider Hall	5:30 to 6:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
10/24/23	*Gender in the Workplace	Fetzer Center	4 to 5:30 p.m.	Leadership and Service (A)
10/26/23	*Financial Planning Speaker Series: Pete Tomczak, Senior Manager, Strategy & Corporate Development with CONMED® Corp.	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	3:30 to 5 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
10/30/23	*Starting Gate Workshop: Industry and Market Research Basics	2150 Schneider Hall	5:30 to 6:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
11/3/23	*Bring Your “A-Game” to Work	1360 Schneider Hall	9 a.m. to 2 p.m.	Leadership and Service (A)
11/6/23	*Starting Gate Workshop: Bookkeeping Basics for Entrepreneurs	2150 Schneider Hall	5:30 to 6:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
11/8/23	*Investments	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	12:30 to 1:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
11/9/23	*Investments	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	3:30 to 4:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
11/10/23	*Degrees of Growth Luncheon Series: Coach Lance Taylor, WMU Football	2150 Schneider Hall	noon to 1 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
11/13/23	*Starting Gate Workshop: Let’s Talk About Legal Entities – How to Set Up a Michigan LLC	2150 Schneider Hall	5:30 to 6:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
11/15/23	Major Match-up	2150 Schneider Hall	4:30 to 6 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
11/16/23	*Financial Planning Speaker Series: Richard Carrico, President of Carrico Maldegen Insurance Agency	Sanford Center 3455 Schneider Hall	3:30 to 5 p.m.	Professional Insight (F)
11/17/23	*Who You Are Matters	TBD (connect with Office of Student Engagement for details)	1 to 3 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
11/20/23	*Starting Gate Workshop: Networking for Entrepreneurs	2150 Schneider Hall	5:30 to 6:30 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)
11/27/23	Let’s Talk About Food Insecurity	TBD (connect with Office of Student Engagement for details)	4 to 5 p.m.	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (F)
12/4/23 to 12/8/23	*Escape Room: What Happened at the Holiday Mixer?	3020 Schneider Hall (info in ExperienceWMU)	various times	Personal and Interpersonal Knowledge (A)

Self-guided activities

Self-guided activities are always available through ExperianceWMU. Approved self-guided activities are outlined below, but instructions for these activities can be found in ExperianceWMU with your SPuRS path.