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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