The Starbucks in Ferris State University’s David L. Eisler Center is getting a refresh this summer to be ready for the return of students ahead of the fall semester.

The Big Rapids campus has been buzzing during the spring and into the summer with large building projects including a new residence hall and the future Jim Crow Museum. The renovated Starbucks, located at 805 Campus Drive, is a smaller project geared toward an enhanced customer experience. 

The project kicked off in early May and will be completed by the time students return to campus to begin the 2025-26 academic year on Aug. 25. 

“The most exciting thing about the Starbucks refresh is that customers will now be able to use the official Starbucks app to place and pay for orders through the Mobile Order Pay,” said Rebecca Bogardus, director of Dining Services. “This also makes redeeming rewards possible. We will also be adding Cold Brew Nitro to our line up.” 

As part of catering to the customer experience, Starbucks will upgrade technology to help customers track their order. 

“There will be a monitor mounted by the pickup location so customers can see where their order is in queue,” Bogardus said. “This and all the other equipment upgrades will enhance the overall customer experience.? It will be a bit of a long summer without coffee in the David Eisler Center, but it will definitely be worth the wait.” 

Ferris State has the only Starbucks coffee shop in the Big Rapids area – and campus connections run deep.

Alumnae Terry Davenport for 12 years was the company’s senior vice president for Marketing and had a hand in updating the company’s famous siren logo. Another famous Davenport logo design? The Ferris State Bulldog, which he created as a graphic arts student in 1979. 

_{Release and photo courtesy of Ferris State University.}