From Resource Genesee: The North End Soup Kitchen’s ability to provide soap, shampoo, toilet paper and other non-food essentials to those in need got a big boost thanks to collection efforts launched earlier this month in connection with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Loads of donations rolled into the North End Soup Kitchen this week …
Monthly Archive: January 2012
Jan 30
Kettering students at Auto Show mentioned by Grand Rapids Press
From Jim Harger of the Grand Rapids Press: The show also played host to 22 senior students from Kettering University in Flint. The students were brought to Grand Rapids in hopes they will hire on with West Michigan based automotive parts suppliers who are looking for young talent, said Huntington Bank President Jim Dunlap. “They …
Jan 27
Incoming student shares his story on TV
NBC 25 News shares an inspirational story of incoming Kettering freshman Kyle Deachin: After spending several weeks at hospitals in Saginaw and Grand Rapids for treatment and therapy, doctors have told the family they have not seen recovery progress this fast in a patient with his type of injuries. Deachin credits a higher power. “Probably …
Jan 26
Join the ‘Good Reads’ book club
Winter Term’s book is “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America” by Erik Larson, and the discussion will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 12:20 p.m. Bring your lunch and join us in the library for an engaging conversation about the book and the author. Stop by …
Jan 25
Math Olympiad winners
The Math Department congratulates the winners of the 2011 Math Olympiad: First Place: David Lu, Bloomfield Hills, Detroit County Day. Second Place: Mayank Patke, Okemos, Okemos HS. Third Place: Matthew Bauerle, Fenton, homeschooled. Fourth – Seven Places: (in alphabetical order) Matthew Bagaziniski, Livonia; Kegan Thorrez, Cement City, Hillsdale Academy; Alan Xu, Ypsianti, Detroit County Day …
Jan 24
Please come to the Strategic Visioning Town Halls!
The five Working Groups will be presenting their draft vision statements and asking for your reactions and suggestions. The five themes are Programs, Delivery, Setting, Vitality, and Scholarship. These five statements will be synthesized into one university vision. See the website for further details. Wed., Jan. 25, and Fri., Jan. 27, 12:20-1:15 p.m. Cribathon (AB …
Jan 24
Society of Women Engineers Expo at Kettering in February
FLINT, Mich. – Kettering University is looking for smart, creative high school girls who want to be college students for a weekend and hang out with others who think science, math, engineering and college life experiences are pretty cool. Kettering will host the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Expo on Feb. 11-12 in Flint, Mich. …
Jan 23
Students working on urban farm project featured in magazine
Dr. Matthew Sanders (IE) and his students, who are working on a project at Harvesting Earth Farm just outside of Flint, were recently featured in X-Ology Magazine: Sanders is already developing an educational outreach program and website (greenworks-kettering.com) based on the green projects at the farm. The goal is to showcase the benefits of alternative-energy …
Jan 20
Kettering grad featured on Rochester Hills news site
Kettering grad Andrea Matuska, who won an Outstanding Thesis Award at December commencement, was featured on her hometown Rochester Hills Patch website: Matuska, who graduated summa cum laude from Kettering with bachelor’s degrees in biochemistry and chemical engineering, was awarded the Outstanding Thesis Award for her work entitled, “Development of functional in Vitro Assays to …
Jan 19
FIRST kickoff event held at Kettering featured in the Flint Journal
The Flint Journal covered Kettering’s FIRST kickoff event in January and interviewed a Grand Blanc student about his love of robotics: The annual engineering event challenges high school students from across the world to design and build robots over a hectic six-week time period that ends with regional and national tournaments. “It’s probably the best …
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