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Finances, freight, food and festivities: Holiday shopping season starts early and shopper behavior varies
Haworth College of Business
… will be less likely, especially among Gen Z consumers, with 12% fewer Gen Z shoppers saying they intend to buy … professors weigh in on the 2023 holiday shopping season with their predictions. Inflation impacts holiday shopping … overall available capacity in the industry, which led to upward pressure on the prices trucking companies charge to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73415
Field Programmable Block System for the Internet of Things (IoT)
Research and Innovation
… the way humans and electronic devices interact with one another. IoT-enabled applications are being … navigation systems for the visually impaired or people with other disabilities. As more and more real world, IoT … blocks are alerted about each others’ presence, triggering tactile alerts, such as on the bike rider’s ear bud, …
https://wmich.edu/research/field-programmable-blocksystem-iot
Reaffirmation of Accreditation Visit
Higher Learning Commission Accreditation
… meets the Criteria for Accreditation , and is in compliance with federal requirements. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, … platforms. During the remote visit, peer reviewers met with an institution’s leadership and held open forums with faculty, staff and students. After the visit: The HLC …
https://wmich.edu/hlc/visit
University College to become Merze Tate College, honoring legacy of trailblazing alumna
News
… a bold and courageous trailblazer who explored the world with passion and purpose; that's the same type of spirit we … Career and Student Employment Services : Assists students with career exploration, job searching, interviewing, … enrollment opportunities for eligible high school students with access to university courses and delivers new …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65686
Stanford names two WMU students as University Innovation Fellows
News
… that empowers student leaders to increase campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design … Puckett , a student majoring in advertising and promotion, with minors in general business and gender and women's … LaWarre , a student majoring in electrical engineering with a minor in environmental studies and sustainability, is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38475
Three to receive WMU's Distinguished Faculty Scholar honors
News
… a significant body of achievement that is widely recognized within the national and international academic communities. … of physics, is a first-rate theoretical atomic physicist with keen physical insight and unquestioned scientific … Ireland and Sweden, and experimental collaborations with scientists from Columbia University and universities in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42952
WMU’s East Hall to be renovated for use as alumni center
News
… Anonymous (not verified) on East Hall, circa 2006 KALAMAZOO—With the proposed private development of Western Michigan … office space and both moderate and premium apartments. Without those credits, the renovations would be too costly … tax credits were eliminated over the past year and replaced with a loan program for community development that would …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3415
Big things are brewing: Alum leads the charge to diversify craft brewing industry
W Magazine
… in which we belong. Black is a strong word associated with strength, power, sophistication and elegance. Putting … artwork you will see on the walls and the artists we work with to create them, to the music playing in the taproom, … saw an opportunity to match his entrepreneurial prowess with his future partner’s brewing expertise. “They say start …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63903
De-provisioning Personal Web Page Services
Information Technology
… homepages to complete course assignments will need to work with IT to get their students provisioned into homepages. With the support of the Faculty Senate Academic and … Information Technology Council, IT staff will begin working with faculty to assist the transition to other options. …
https://wmich.edu/it/newshomepagesdeprovisioning
Guest artist joins University Percussion Ensemble in concert
News
… Percussion Ensemble will present a spring concert with guest artist Cristobal Pineda Flores at 7:30 p.m. … of Music in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He will be working with WMU students to present traditional Mayan and Garifuna …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/39004