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December 2020 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business Nov 2020

December 2020 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

A deep dive into data analytics, powered by donors

A bite of financial reality

Meet Your Alumni Association Board: Rick Storch

WMU to grant 1,400 degrees for virtual fall commencement

A leader in business, technology and giving back: Carey Pachla, B.B.A.'92

Peers and professors she can count on

Alumni Spotlight: Christopher Hodshire

University recognizes outstanding staff members, seeks input for annual award


Western Michigan University Magazine, Spring/Summer 2020, Western Michigan University Jul 2020

Western Michigan University Magazine, Spring/Summer 2020, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

  • University News
  • Uncharted Waters: Campus community navigates unprecedented shift to distance learning
  • Unique Collection: University Libraries acquires David Small and Sarah Stewart archive
  • Alumni Profiles
  • Product design students envisioning future of mobility with Eaton partnership
  • For the birds: Avian adventures at Asylum Lake Preserve
  • Student aviation opportunities take off with launch of Aviate partnership
  • Community Collaborations
  • Renewable energy researchers at WMU receive $9.6 million grant
  • Figures of speech: Instructor helps Kalamazoo TV anchor recover his voice
  • Taboo topics course uses dialogue to break through barriers
  • Classnotes
  • In Memoriam


The Western Insider, Western Michigan University Apr 2020

The Western Insider, Western Michigan University

The Western Insider

  • Nursing program faculty, students are pandemic prepared
  • Caps off to our grads!
  • Help from all dimensions: WMU 3D printers producing face shields
  • WMU employees can participate in Kalamazoo Marathon at no cost
  • Business professor earns second prestigious Fullbright award
  • Frontline for relief: WMU team helps small businesses survive COVID-19 impacts
  • Music challenge aims to build harmony, community from a distance
  • WMU professors develop prototype for extra level of protection against COVID-19
  • The anxiety you're feeling over COVID-19 can be a good thing
  • West Michigan group helps small businesses apply for loans


Introducing The 30, Haworth College Of Business Mar 2020

Introducing The 30, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

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The Haworth College of Business is proud to present its 2020 edition of The 30, a publication that recognizes emerging business leaders—both students and alumni—who are providing thought leadership and innovative perspectives in the business world. Selected by a committee composed of faculty, staff and Young Alumni Advisory Board members, these honorees represent the work ethic, innovation and passion that are synonymous with the Haworth College of Business.


February 2020 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business Feb 2020

February 2020 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • WMU most victorious university in national competition's history
  • Students claim top spot in national digital marketing competition
  • Undergraduates present research at international conference
  • Frank Gambino: More than 36 years of teaching, industry connections and impact
  • Helping students and alumni become stars in their industries
  • Lean Six Sigma certification offered


The Western Insider, Western Michigan University Sep 2019

The Western Insider, Western Michigan University

The Western Insider

  • 'Collectively, we are making strides'
  • The Big News about Think Big
  • WMU Giving Day
  • Outstanding faculty, staff members awarded WMU's highest honors
  • New interim deans highlight WMU innovation, expertise
  • Native seed project helps WMU get back to its roots
  • Celebrating success
  • Combating the opioid crisis
  • Diversifying STEM


Data Analytics, Power Bi And Emerging Technologies In The Accounting Classroom, Sunday M. Bonifas Sep 2019

Data Analytics, Power Bi And Emerging Technologies In The Accounting Classroom, Sunday M. Bonifas

Instructional Development Grants

The American Accounting Association (AAA) hosted a three-day conference in May 2019 focusing on the impact of emerging technologies and data analytics in the accounting profession and higher education.

Attendees participated in hands-on training and discussions about emerging technologies, received instructional materials to assist in classroom activities, and connected with leading researchers, educators, and professionals.


August 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business Aug 2019

August 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • Business class completes 3,700+ hours of service
  • Business students take the wheel
  • Collaboration with esports arena enhances student experience
  • Student group recognized by leading human resource association
  • Student group earns recognition for superior efforts
  • Climbing for clean water


Helping Oit Visualize The Data, Office Of Information Technology Jul 2019

Helping Oit Visualize The Data, Office Of Information Technology

Tech Talk

Sage joined the OIT Project Management Office in May of 2018 as a student employee to assist with the development of the ITDirect service management system, assist project managers on strategic projects and developer her business analysis skills.


Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner 2019, Western Michigan University May 2019

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner 2019, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner

May 23, 2019

Honored Guests:

  • Christine A. Browning
  • Jody A. Brylinsky
  • Joetta L. Carr
  • Linwood H. Cousins
  • Suhashni Datta-Sandhu
  • Robert J. Dlouhy
  • Margaret H. Dupuis
  • Daniel J. Farrell
  • Leigh Arden Ford
  • Barbara J. Frazier
  • Sandra Oslager Glista
  • Esther Cappon Gray
  • Marion W. Gray
  • Loren Heun
  • Charles F. Ide
  • Katherine Joslin
  • James J. Kiddle
  • Renata Artman Knific
  • Thomas Knific
  • Stephen B. Malcolm
  • Richard W. Malott
  • Dennis C. McCrumb
  • Arthur R. McGurn
  • Jerry E. McLaughlin
  • Nina M. Nelson
  • William C. Olsen
  • Sharon L. Peterson
  • Robert F. Reck
  • Erlinda S. Rolls
  • Eve Salisbury
  • William A. Sauck
  • Rudolf J. Siebert …


May 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business May 2019

May 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • Zhang Career Center celebrates 10-year anniversary
  • Finance students gain real-world skills through Bloomberg partnership
  • The payoff of perseverance
  • Marketing students claim second place at social media marketing competition
  • Accountancy students take first and third in best practices competition
  • Business students clinch e-Fest victories
  • Dollars & Sense: Be a Finance Pro
  • Business Career Camp: Build Your Brand
  • Beyond the Lemonade Stand: An Entrepreneurship and Innovation Experience


April 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business Apr 2019

April 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • Integrated supply management students named national scholarship recipients
  • Student takes top spot at national sales competition
  • Food marketing students soar to second place at national university case competition
  • Student team places second at sales competition
  • 30 Under 30
  • We're celebrating students!


March 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business Mar 2019

March 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • Zhang Career Center 10th anniversary celebration
  • Social influencing unmasked with Phantom of the Opera project
  • Simply Bliss
  • Fashion startup focused on sustainability wins WMU's business pitch competition
  • A Plan for Every Part is the answer for sourcing speed
  • Call for young alumni bloggers


February 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business Feb 2019

February 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • Sanford Center for Financial Planning and Wellness grand opening
  • MBA program tops list of sustainability education
  • Consumers Energy CEO to present at Distinguished Speaker Series
  • Crain's features student business accelerator
  • Student's personal experience sparks passion for health informatics


Business Magazine (2019), Haworth College Of Business Jan 2019

Business Magazine (2019), Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • Dear Alumni and Friends
  • Business Buzz
  • What's Trending?
  • Strategic Direction
  • Perspectives: Shifting Gears
  • Living a Multi-Dimensional Life
  • The Way We Work
  • Making a Difference
  • In the Spotlight
  • Analytics = The Future of Business
  • Celebrating Alumni and Friends
  • Faculty Impact
  • Simply Bliss
  • Career Readiness Snapshot


January 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business Jan 2019

January 2019 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • Sanford Center for Financial Planning and Wellness Grand Opening
  • Sales and business marketing students compete to win
  • Broncos take on Silicon Valley
  • Students learn to run a business
  • Improving outcomes for transfer students
  • WMU MBA program nationally recognized
  • WMU faculty recognized by the New York Times


November 2018 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business Nov 2018

November 2018 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • Robert S. Kaiser Sales, Negotiation and Leadership Lab Grand Opening
  • ISM students take first place at national competition
  • Finance students receive scholarships
  • Sales team takes first in regional competition
  • Food marketing students receive prestigious scholarships
  • Marketing students help local airport transform their website
  • Accountancy professor tapped for state board


July And August 2018 News Items, Office Of Vice President For Research Jul 2018

July And August 2018 News Items, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

  • Multimillion-dollar research center addresses construction challenges
  • Chemistry Professor Wins NSF Grant to Study Bioinspired, Selective Anion Incarceration by Nanojar
  • Resource Network
  • NSF 2026 Idea Machine @ WMU!
  • Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Excellence Award


Western News, June 21, 2018, Western Michigan University Jun 2018

Western News, June 21, 2018, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU part of student mental health effort; Valley Dining Center achieves LEED Gold status; Physical plant upgrades expected to cause few disruptions; On Campus with Monica Liggins-Abrams.


Alumni Unscripted: Stay Close, Stay Connected Post-Graduation, Holly Evey Mccarthy Apr 2018

Alumni Unscripted: Stay Close, Stay Connected Post-Graduation, Holly Evey Mccarthy

Haworth College of Business News

Blog Post by Alumni Unscripted


Arts & Sciences Enews: Spring 2018, College Of Arts And Sciences Apr 2018

Arts & Sciences Enews: Spring 2018, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

  • Students bring the past to life: Hundreds of young history buffs once again descended on Western Michigan University's campus for the annual History Day District 6 Competition March 3.
  • A group of WMU students led by philosophy professor Dr. Fritz Allhoff recently helped rural Alaskans do their taxes. This was the fourth year Allhoff has led a tax-assistance delegation to remote villages in western Alaska.
  • Dr. Jennifer Machiorlatti, professor of communication, is the co-producer of a film chosen for this year's Grand Rapids Film Festival that took place April 13-15.
  • Economics, an analyst and the FBI: Since earning her bachelor's …


Cio Updates - 04/2018, Office Of Information Technology Apr 2018

Cio Updates - 04/2018, Office Of Information Technology

Tech Talk

  • Walk-in Technology Help Desk moves
  • Austin Lee wins award
  • Email best practices
  • Single Number Reach
  • Enrollment Management Office of Technology newsletter
  • Free Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
  • Bronco Fixit
  • OIT student employees fund
  • Thank you Office of Information Technology culture and engagement committee


Haworth College Of Business News (02/2018), Haworth College Of Business Feb 2018

Haworth College Of Business News (02/2018), Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • National organization recognizes WMU advertising and promotion students
  • American Advertising Federation
  • About WMU advertising and promotion program
  • PNC employee and WMU alum honored for exemplary performance
  • Finding confidence and success in ambiguous environments
  • WMU hosts high school students at financial reality fair


February 2018, Global News, Haenicke Institute Feb 2018

February 2018, Global News, Haenicke Institute

Global News

  • Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies professors awarded grant to implement Michigan STARTALK Chinese teacher and student academies
  • Author, film critic and New Yorker staff member David Denby to visit campus
  • $500 cash prize for winner of tobacco free PSA video contest
  • Research briefings in global studies to begin this February
  • Event highlights teaching, research, diversity and engagement
  • Student contest part of MLK academy's 50th-anniversary celebration
  • WMU's Heritage Hall renovation earns prestigious global engineering award
  • Western Herald editor wins prestigious national journalism fellowship
  • WMU to host a free Chinese New Year Gala
  • Life cycle and social impact assessment expert to speak …


Accelerating Discovery: Research Annual Report 2018, Office Of Vice President For Research Jan 2018

Accelerating Discovery: Research Annual Report 2018, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research Annual Reports

  • Investing in students and research at WMU
  • WMU central hub of national STEM work
  • WMU postdoctoral fellow wins NSF award
  • Aviation professor innovative in training the next generation of pilots
  • Education researchers get $12.5 million grant for school leadership renewal
  • WMU marketing students help Kalamazoo airport with digital makeover
  • $1.8 million behavioral health grant impacts underserved in community
  • Research works to save bats from deadly fungus
  • Research that impacts the lives of women, children, and healthy pregnancies
  • Gilmore Foundation grant provides new instruments to one-fifth of the Marching Band
  • Understanding the ecosystem of the Interdunal Waters
  • Senior helmet for detection …


Western Michigan University Magazine, Research Edition 2018, Western Michigan University Jan 2018

Western Michigan University Magazine, Research Edition 2018, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

  • Future leaders in research start here Guided by world-class faculty scholars, WMU students are engaged in research that adds new knowledge and unique value to the world.

  • On the edge of the unknown Biologists and their students are studying the communication habits of field sparrows, a species declining in its range.

  • Urban living: An avian refuge? Cities may offer an unexpected oasis for some songbirds.

  • The sitting specialists A WMU engineering lab’s specialties include ergonomics as well as product design and evaluation.

  • Climate change and construction challenges Experts in the Georgeau Center study ways to build better in the face …


Business Magazine (2018), Haworth College Of Business Jan 2018

Business Magazine (2018), Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

  • Leadership, Identity and Culture
  • Project Management
  • Perspectives
  • In the Spotlight
  • Making a Difference
  • Experiential Learning
  • Focus on Faculty and Staff
  • Student Success
  • Celebrating Alumni and Friends
  • Business Buzz
  • Class Notes


Western News, September 7, 2017, Western Michigan University Sep 2017

Western News, September 7, 2017, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Presidential inauguration set for Sept. 15, Make a Difference staffers to be feted at convocation, Meeting set to gain input on updating valley housing, Seita program named finalist for award, Magazine yet again lauds WMU with top-100 ranking, Interim provost is among high-level appointments, Montgomery hits the ground running as WMU’s ninth president, On Campus with Catherine VanDerMaas


Geosciences Newsletter - 2017, Department Of Geosciences Jan 2017

Geosciences Newsletter - 2017, Department Of Geosciences

Geological and Environmental Sciences News

Vol. 10, No. 1

  • Greetings from the Chair
  • Faculty and Staff Roster
  • Faculty Updates
  • Hydrogeology Field Course and Hydrogeology Certificate
  • Notes from Field Mapping Course
  • CoreKids
  • Michigan Geological Survey
  • MGRRE—Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education
  • Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Advisory Council
  • Endowments and Corporate Donors
  • Individual Donors and Grants
  • Student Scholarships and Awards
  • Department Publications
  • Graduate Student Updates
  • New Graduate Students
  • Geology Club
  • AAPG
  • SEG
  • Department Photos


College Of Arts And Sciences Magazine: 2017, College Of Arts And Sciences Jan 2017

College Of Arts And Sciences Magazine: 2017, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

  • WMU’s New President
  • Arts and Sciences Fulbright Scholars
  • Sports Media Students Work With ESPN3
  • Interns Strike Gold at Michigan State Capitol and Beyond
  • The Kalamazoo Autism Center, One Year Later
  • Dr. Jim Olson, B.S. ‘84, Advances Cancer Treatment Through Scorpion Venom
  • Dr. Jeffrey Angles Wins Japan’s Most Prestigious Prize for Literature
  • Bringing Students One Step Closer to Graduation
  • Unexpected Award Benefits Nearly 100 Students
  • Geology and Mineral Museum to Undergo Renovation
  • Congratulations to the 2016 Honorees