ANGOLA â Trine University honored faculty members with its annual year-end awards during a special ceremony in Fabiani Theater on Monday.
Several faculty received the McKetta-Smith Excellence in Teaching Awards, established by trustee emeritus and 1937 alumnus John J. McKetta in 1989.
The honors went to the following:
⢠Andrea Mitofsky, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was awarded the Prof. Gerald H. Moore Overall Excellence in Teaching Award and the Charles & Sue Ragan Gelet Excellence in Teaching Award.
⢠Martin Dygert, lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Physics, received the Helen Smith McKetta Excellence in Teaching Award.
Michael Staude, assistant professor in the Department of Science, received the Robert Ewing & Gail Stewart Smith Excellence in Teaching Award.
The university also has named Distinguished Students from each of its academic schools.
Alexander Pessell
The Robert B. Stewart Award is presented to the graduate who most clearly exemplifies the traditions and values of Trine University through achievement in scholarship, leadership and citizenship. Each academic school at Trine nominates a graduating senior for this award; Pessell represented the Allen School of Engineering and Computing.
Pessell maintained a 4.0 grade point average during his time at Trine. He completed a research experience for undergraduates during the summer of 2019 at the University of Maryland, and has been involved with research for Blaire Biomedical, a local company developing a handheld device that performs blood tests when linked to a smartphone.
ANGOLA â A business raising show goats and a device that prevents pants tears for those with lower limb prosthetics took the top prizes at Trine Universityâs annual Innovation Challenge, held Thursday in the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts.
Presented by the universityâs Trine Innovation 1 and Fifth Third Bank, the annual contest provides cash prizes to top business and technology ideas. Awards are funded by a gift from Fifth Third Bank, Greater Indiana.
The $3,000 first prize in the business division went to Acacia Ranch Show Goats, presented remotely by DeKalb High School students and siblings Sydney and Matthias Hefty. The business provides high-quality, cost-effective goats for the growing number of 4-H members throughout the region seeking to show the animals.
Playhouse adds music therapy device
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There s no wrong way to play the new instruments at GiGi s Playhouse Fort Wayne – even if the methods seem unconventional.
“You can lay on it. You can bop it. You can bounce it on the table, and you ll get sound out of it,” said Dave Nelson, who is helping GiGi s with its new music therapy program using the Skoog instrument.
The initiative is supported by a grant from AWS Foundation, according to a news release.
“Each of us has experienced the power of music in our life,” Patti Hays, CEO of AWS Foundation, said in a statement. “It spurs our imagination, helps us express emotion and can bring people of all abilities together.”
ANGOLA — Students returning to Trine University for the spring semester will find the Career Center in a new, more convenient location, with new staff in place to help students