The Flint Journal has a short story noting the community service efforts of Kettering students Nicole Findlay and Michael Russell, who were among 45 students across the state to receive the Michigan Campus Compact Award for Dedication to Community Service. Here’s an excerpt: Nicole Findlay leads her campus’s Engineers Without Borders group that designed a …
Monthly Archive: April 2011
Apr 25
Kettering AERO team takes 10th place at SAE Aero Design-West
The Kettering University AERO team recently took 10th place at the SAE Aero Design-West competition. Here’s an excerpt from the Kettering news and information site: For the first several rounds of flight, Kettering was within the top five teams in terms of flight score, and well within the top 10 in terms of overall score. …
Apr 25
Personal solar panel designed by Kettering and University of Michigan students featured on Fox 2 Detroit
Fox 2 Detroit has a video report on a personal solar panel designed by grad students from Kettering and the University of Michigan. The panel, which is the size of a paperback book, is small enough so that it can be carried during the day in the sun to charge its power then provide light …
Apr 25
Kettering students’ ‘CyberFitness’ concept wins top prize in Innovation Quest
A group of Kettering students recently earned the top prize in Innovation Quest for their ‘CyberFitness’ concept. The Flint Journal profiled their idea: Think of it as a personal trainer on-the-go — affordable, available 24/7 and pocket-sized. There would be a play list of whatever music gets you moving, whether it’s Lady Gaga or Beastie …
Apr 18
Six Kettering students run 65 miles to raise money for American Cancer Society
Kettering seniors Justin Syrowik, Mike Russell, Michael Boulter, Mike Rettler, Andrew Shumacher and freshman Jordan Syrowik were featured in the Flint Journal after completing an impressive feat: the six of them ran from the General Motors Renaissance Center in Detroit to Kettering University (more than 65 miles) on Saturday to raise funds for the American …
Apr 15
Flint a ‘comeback city’
Kiplinger recently named its list of 11 comeback cities for 2011, and Flint, Mich., made the cut: The health care and life sciences industries are giving long-suffering Flint a shot in the arm. Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy relocated its headquarters from the suburbs to the city, using a former auto assembly site for its offices, while …
Apr 15
Kettering professor Benaiah Yongo-Bure discusses Sudanese fighting in province of Abyei
Dr. Benaiah Yongo-Bure, assistant professor of Social Science at Kettering, recently lended his expertise on the Sudan to an article in the International Relations and Security Network: Yongo Bure, a South Sudanese lecturer at Kettering University in the US, said a political solution is needed urgently to resolve the issue of Abyei because any conflict …
Apr 15
Flint farm that was site of Kettering capstone project recognized
Dora and Jacky King of Harvesting Earth Farms in Flint received Michigan’s Small Farmers of the Year award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ABC 12 has the story, with video: USDA District Conservationist Al Norwood has noticed changes in the local area from the King’s efforts. “You’re looking at an area where a lot …
Apr 15
Kettering delegation visits university in Abu Dhabi university
From Zawya, a Middle Eastern business news site: Prof. Robert Simpson, Provost and VP for Academic Affairs, and Prof. Basem Alzahabi, Professor and Associate Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, who represented the Kettering University delegation, met with ALHOSN UniversityALHOSN UniversityLoading…’s leadership and discussed how the university could operationalize a memorandum of understanding signed last …
Apr 06
Volunteer Opportunity: Help paint Berston Fieldhouse in Flint
You may not know, but Flint, Michigan, has one of the greatest athletic histories of any city in the United States, producing athletes like NFL Hall of Famer Paul Krause, Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, boxer Andre Dirrell, former MLB pitcher Jim Abbott and numerous professional and college football and basketball players. One thing many …
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