GRAND RAPIDS ? aimWest is hosting its Holiday 5:01 social mixer on Dec. 18 at the SpeakEZ Lounge. Tech professionals are invited to take a break, grab a drink and some tasty food and reconnect with everyone who we?ve lost touch with over the busy fall. This informal but upscale event aims to provide a
SOUTHFIELD - Students can register now for spring semester classes that begin Jan. 13, 2014, at Lawrence Technological University. Day, evening, weekend and online options are available, including many fast-track certificate programs in growing career fields. Lawrence Tech has associate, bachelor?s, master?s and doctoral programs that can lead to careers in areas such as robotics
LIVONIA - Don't forget to register for the IAUG Michigan Chapter December 11 Meeting, sponsored by Dyna Lync. We will be celebrating the holiday season with great raffles and prizes provided by IAUG. Dyna Lync has developed a one-day symposium specifically designed to educate members on a number of interesting and relevant topics. Members will
TROY - GlobalBusinessProfessor.com, the leading global business online education platform, announced the availability of the two-day Strategic Negotiations course by Jeoff Burris, president of Advanced Purchasing Dynamics. The course, targeted to purchasing and sales professionals, and will be held on December 10 ? 11 at the Marriott Hotel in Troy. ?Tailored for purchasing and sales
LANSING - The Lansing Economic Area Partnership has offered a request for proposals for business incubators in the region that can receive up to $5,000 each. Proposals are due Dec. 6 by 5 p.m. Successful applicants for the Regional Innovation Network RFP will agree to a memorandum of understanding between LEAP and the participating business
TROY - Tim Moore, Managing Shareholder at Doeren Mayhew Houston, with wife Sandra, pledged the second largest donation from an alumnus in the history of Walsh College, establishing an Endowed Scholarship Fund. The scholarship will help deserving students earn a degree at Walsh College and will be available to all enrolled Walsh students, regardless of
ANN ARBOR - PlanReaction was awarded Best of Boot Camp at the conclusion of Ann Arbor SPARK's 23rd Entrepreneurial Boot Camp by a panel of investors and industry experts who rated Boot Camp participants' pitches. As Best of Boot Camp winner, PlanReaction received membership to the New Enterprise Forum (NEF) and a NEF coaching team
DETROIT - Mark Fields, the chief operating officer of Ford Motor Company, kicks off Inforum's New Year at its 12th Annual Auto Show Breakfast in January. Fields is responsible for all Ford's business operations globally and contributed significantly to the transformation of the company's North American operations and its record profitability. Join this interactive discussion
KALAMAZOO - John Balbach, a long-time technology business consultant at the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, is leaving his post on Nov. 15 to take a job in Minnesota at what he described as a ?clean-energy? company. Balbach declined to identify his new employer, saying that task would be left up to them.
DETROIT - The new Invest Again campaign is driven by scientists and entrepreneurs to protect and promote increased federal funding for the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. The campaign will put scientists front and center in national media to explain the most important issues facing our nation, and how to move the United