Monthly Archive: August 2012

Aug 30

Engineering job prospects — good!

Media are reporting it takes about three days for an auto engineer to find a job in Michigan. Kettering graduates say starting salaries range from $60,000-$80,000, with bonuses. See how senior Matt Birt explains it in this ABC 12 report.

Aug 29

Computer Science honor society

Heather Mahon, Dustin Carter and Christian Schwartz

Three new members were inducted into Upsilon Pi Epsilon national honor society for Computer Science Aug. 24. Congrats to Heather Mahon, Dustin Carter and Christian Schwartz, who were joined by UPE President Alex Bush. UPE advisor is Dr. Jim Huggins. Read more: Michigan Epsilon chapter of UPE.

Aug 28

Kettering University student has co-op at Burning Man

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EE major Joseph Lombardi has one of Kettering’s coolest co-op jobs. He is running Recycle Camp at Nevada’s Black Rock Desert through Sept. 3. His job – leave no trace that thousands attended the annual event for art, self-expression and self reliance. Read more.

Aug 27

Biobased products workshop

Silke Keller (left) and Olivia Hayden (right)

Credit Silke Keller and Olivia Hayden, plus Tiffany Snow and Dr. Jennifer Aurandt for getting Kettering national notice from U.S. Senator Stabenow and U.S. Secretary of Ag Tom Vilsack at a recent United Soybean Board workshop. Read more.

Aug 24

Find KU along the Crim course

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More than 100 runners from Kettering will be among the thousands participating in Saturday’s Crim Festival of Races. Read more and see where Kettering will be represented along the famous Crim course this weekend, including at the 501 Grill downtown. Read more about Kettering at the Crim.

Aug 23

Summer Employment Fair: Can a student find employment amidst the jungle of companies?

Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog post by Kettering freshman Charles ‘Chaz’ Mancino. Chaz, who is from Fredonia, NY, and is majoring in Mechanical Engineering, will occasionally post his thoughts about his freshman year experiences on Life at Kettering. If you’d like to write a guest blog post, e-mail phayes(at)kettering(dot)edu. Read his first post here. …

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Aug 22

$10,000 Carrier Scholarship

Elizabeth McLean

Elizabeth McLean has been awarded a $10,000 Willis Carrier Scholarship, which honors the man who installed the world’s first scientifically designed air-conditioning system. She is a junior from Warrens, Wis., majoring in Mechanical Engineering. More on ASHRAE Scholarships

Aug 21

Kettering University named ‘Best Midwestern College’ again

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Kettering is one of 153 institutions receiving the Best in the Midwest designation in The Princeton Review’s 2013 Best Colleges: Region by Region.  Kettering has been on the select list each year since 2004. Read more about this exciting news here.

Aug 14

The Real World Meets Me: A perspective on the world through a freshman’s eyes

Chaz Mancino

Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog post by Kettering freshman Charles ‘Chaz’ Mancino. Chaz, who is from Fredonia, NY, and is majoring in Mechanical Engineering, will occasionally post his thoughts about his freshman year experiences on Life at Kettering. If you’d like to write a guest blog post, e-mail phayes(at)kettering(dot)edu. By Chaz Mancino Note: This …

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Aug 06

Summer Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series speakers announced

The Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series returns this week. Here are details for the next two speakers: Thursday, August 9th: Montserrat Rabago-Smith from the Chemistry/Biochemistry department presents: Research in the frontier of Chemistry and Biology This talk will include of a variety of advances in research at the frontier of chemistry and biology accomplished here at …

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