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Check campus office hours for Thanksgiving 2024 recess
News
… through Sunday, Nov. 28 through Dec. 1 . Listed below are hours during the recess for select University offices and services. … Help Desk will provide support via phone and email until 5 p.m. Nov. 27 and reopen at 8 a.m. on Dec. 2 . Metro …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/11/thanksgiving-2024-recess
WMU student receives prestigious Gilman award to study abroad
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… scholarship to study overseas this semester through the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. … local transportation, insurance, and international airfare. The program has been successful in supporting students … and services, visit wmich.edu/studyabroad or call (269) 387-5890. For more WMU news, arts and events , visit …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/37664
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt: Why you should get yours
Haworth College of Business
… MI— Tom Kelly , Western Michigan University's director of the Center for Supply Chain, is providing students with a … way of helping students stand out in the workplace. “We are seeing more and more companies looking to ‘continuous … improvement and principles of Lean Six Sigma. I can apply what I learned to school projects, and it will enhance my …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75341
ISM students place second at international case competition
Haworth College of Business
… integrated supply management program finished second at the General Motors/Wayne State University Supply Chain Case … from universities around the world. Members of the team are senior Andrew Barney of Kalamazoo, junior Celina Clark … with the case can be a bit daunting, but our students used what they learned in the classroom and through experiential …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43147
Lauren Dani: Selling solutions
Haworth College of Business
… to gain an insider’s perspective on many aspects of the business world. “Growing up, I would go to trade shows with my parents who owned a home décor general store. I started going … representatives and four regional managers to understand what information they needed from the interviews. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75079
From grading to wading, student finds success shifting academic focus to follow passion
News
… while conducting field research. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Eyeing a career as an English teacher, Adam Austin probably never … more than a decade ago planning to major in English and theatre design. A few years in, though, he began to realize … like that, but then somehow that didn't translate to what I went to college for initially." Nearly finished with …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60045
One Stop offers convenient service to students
News
… to students Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on The One Stop Convenience Center opens Jan. 3. KALAMAZOO—As … offer a one-stop service center to those wishing to take care of last-minute business associated with the start of a … location. The center will close over the weekend, Jan. 4-5. One Stop spring 2014 hours Friday, Jan. 3: 10 a.m. to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/12477
Distance education as an opportunity for empathy
Haworth College of Business
… by Stacey Lowis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In early 2009, at the height of the last financial crisis, Dr. Scott Cowley , … flexibility, simplicity and communication, and that's what I’ve been trying to do,” he says. Dr. Scott Cowley … is a Spotify playlist where he and his students could share and enjoy songs that loosely related to working from …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58692
WMU to confer about 1,700 degrees during fall commencement
News
… WMU President Edward Montgomery will officiate during the ceremonies. Montgomery will distribute the diplomas on behalf of the University: 1,256 at the bachelor's level, 392 at the master's level and 43 at the doctoral level. Among the students who are graduating will be more than 60 military veterans as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/56855
Carls Foundation awards $314,400 to help children hear
News
… grant to help children with hearing problems. KALAMAZOO—The Carls Foundation of Detroit has given $314,400 to … infants and children, as well as children who are making slow progress in auditory, speech and language … support for their families." Developments during the past 25 years have shown that, with early, optimal intervention, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1243