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’Tis the season: 2025 holiday trends

Haworth College of Business

… earlier than ever before, and with it comes a mixed bag of insights into the economy, supply chains, consumer behavior and family finances.  Some trends to watch are comparison shopping and AI tools that make gift … Threats turn into bargaining outcomes “Media headlines warned, in a very Grinch-like manner, that 100% tariffs on …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/11/holiday-trends-2025

From VP to FO – Logan Brown’s Involvement, Engagement and Internships Lead to Success

College of Aviation

… line, receivers, coaches, trainers -- right on down to the water boy. WMU graduate Logan Brown got that message and how … with United Airlines at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2017, about two years … Christmas celebrate, didn't need Rudolph to deliver his bags of goodies to kids in Grand Rapids. And then, of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/loganbrown

Mott Just Another Typical Pilot - Nicole's Journey to the Left Seat

College of Aviation

… phase of her career. Charting her course from the time she was a junior in high school, Mott has navigated herself from … Information Future WMU Bronco and Professional Pilot Mott was destined to be a WMU Bronco . Growing up with two WMU … of her life in the Kalamazoo, Mich., area, Mott packed her bags and headed to Dallas, Texas, where she continued to …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2018/01/mott

Bronco Innovators Challenge inspires creativity, encourages entrepreneurship

News

… funding to take their projects to the next level. "I was impressed by the level of professionalism our students … a sustained flight model for gliders. Students receiving awards included Wesley Banks for Project Vinci, Renee Cilluffo for Essentials WorkBag, McKenzie Covington for Made by McKenzie Lee, Jacob …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72467

Broadway star, WMU alumna Marin Mazzie receives posthumous Tony Award

News

… Broadway star, WMU alumna Marin Mazzie receives posthumous Tony Award Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Tony … clearly was an exceptional talent." "There wasn't a lazy bone in her body. She was talented, but she always studied," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53728

Western honors staff for impact on students and campus community in 2023-24

News

… recognize four exceptional staff members during the Fall Awards Celebration on  Friday, Oct. 11 , for their … are recipients of the prestigious Make a Difference Award, which is one of the University’s highest honors for … with students during Coffee with a Cop, distributing food bags during closures, reading to local elementary students …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/make-difference-award-annual-winners-2023-24

Community, campus programs to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

News

… Jan. 12 "The Courage to Create" poetry competition awards reception, 5 to 7 p.m., WMU's Trimpe Building … 10:50 a.m., Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College. Pre-MLK Walk Lunch Discussion, 1 p.m., WMU Kanley Chapel Dialogue … is not provided, but the audience is welcome to bring brown bag lunches to the seminars. Keynote address is March 29, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36802

Patrick Allen's Airlines Education - An "Intern-Tastic Experience at United Airlines"

College of Aviation

… and push your graduation date by seven months." This was, essentially, what my uncle said to me when he tried to … I finished up my summer of teaching at WMU, packed my bags, and moved back home with Mom and Dad ... time to take … my desk is directly outside the chief pilot's office. This was made worse by the fact my desk’s placement was in such a …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2017/04/allen

Career ap-peel: Potato farm sprouts job opportunities for Broncos

W Magazine

… among mounds of seed potatoes in a storage facility at Walther Farms. A seed potato begins sprouting. Employees fry … from various batches of potatoes to analyze things like water and starch content, which impact how the chips will … the Michigan Potato Industry Commission (MPIC), one in four bags of potato chips eaten in the United States was made …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75869

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in March

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… to be locally oriented and globally competent, culturally aware, and ready to contribute to world knowledge and … March 1 2017 Yomiuri Prize for Literature Reading—an awards reception —4:30 to 6 p.m. in 1035-1045 Fetzer Center, … Literature in the poetry and haiku section for his book "Watashi no Hidsuke henkosen (My International Dateline)." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38374