Category: March 2 2021

Kettering DECA Team Earns Multiple Awards

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A team of 32 Kettering University students participated in the DECA State Career Development Conference Feb. 20-21. Seven other universities also participated.

The team, which consists of business, engineering, science, technology and math majors, took home 15 first-place awards, 11 second-place awards, five third-place awards and one finalist medallion.

For the first time in 27 years, everyone on Team Kettering was announced as a winner.  All team members are eligible to compete in the International Career Development Conference in April.

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A team of 32 Kettering University students participated in the DECA State Career Development Conference Feb. 20-21. Seven other universities also participated.

The team, which consists of business, engineering, science, technology and math majors, took home 15 first-place awards, 11 second-place awards, five third-place awards and one finalist medallion.

For the first time in 27 years, everyone on Team Kettering was announced as a winner. Kettering had the largest participating team, with half of its members participating in collegiate DECA for the first time.

All team members are eligible to compete in the International Career Development Conference in April.

The other seven universities that competed were Clearly University, Davenport University, Delta College, Eastern Michigan University, Michigan State University, Northwood University and Oakland University.

DECA promotes professionalism through business and entrepreneurship at both the collegiate and high school levels throughout the world.

 

Professor Delivers Several Speeches During Winter Term

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Professor Dr. Raghu Echempati participated in several professional events during the Winter 2021 term, including delivering keynote or invited speeches at international conferences, workshops and lectures, while promoting University undergraduate and graduate programs. Audiences included faculty and students from various engineering colleges, including the University’s partner school in China, the Wuhan University of Technology.

Lecture topics were:

  • “Global Perspectives and Challenges of Education”
  • “Frugal and Reverse Innovations in Engineering”
  • “Advances in Lightweight Materials and their Applications to Mobility Systems”
  • “Fundamentals of Finite Element Methods and Analysis”
  • “Linkages and Geartrain Mechanisms Design”

Celebrate Women’s History Month

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Alpha Chi Sigma Delta Mu B-Section is celebrating Women’s History Month with a “Women in Chemistry” social media series.

The series features TEDTalks and podcasts about women in chemistry to educate people about the impacts women have made in chemistry and their experiences in STEM fields.

New content will be shared each Wednesday and Friday of March on Alpha Chi Sigma’s Instagram and Facebook pages.

Sign note

Instagram is @alphachisigma_kub

Facebook is @KUAXS

 

Donate to Virtual Food Drive

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Student Affairs is having a Virtual Food Drive to benefit the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.

Your donation provides meals to families in Flint and Genesee County, as well as 21 other counties throughout the state. A donation of $1 equals six meals, and a $20 gift can feed a family of four for more than a week.

To make a donation, click here.

KDS March Special Events

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Sign a thank message to KDS staff, tomorrow, March 3 on a banner in the Great Court as part of National Employee Appreciation Day.

The following are other special events in March:

  • This Thursday, March 4: Eat in the Streets Asia in the Sunrise Cafe
  • Next Tuesday, March 9: Biggie Burger Day in the Sunrise Cafe
  • Next Thursday, March 11: Wonder Woman Theme Day
  • Thursday, March 17: St. Patrick’s Day in the Sunrise Cafe and BJ’s Lounge
  • Tuesday, March 23: National Chips and Dip Day in the Sunrise Cafe and BJ’s Lounge
  • Wednesday, March 24: Reading Day
  • Saturday, March 27: Sunrise Cafe open for breakfast and lunch

For more information, email catering@kettering.edu.

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Sign a thank message to KDS staff March 3 on a banner in the Great Court as part of National Employee Appreciation Day.

The following are other special events in March:

  • March 4: Eat in the Streets Asia in the Sunrise Cafe
  • March 9: Biggie Burger Day in the Sunrise Cafe
  • March 11: Wonder Woman Theme Day
  • March 17: St. Patrick’s Day in the Sunrise Cafe and BJ’s Lounge
  • March 23: National Chips and Dip Day in the Sunrise Cafe and BJ’s Lounge
  • March 24: Reading Day
  • March 27: Sunrise Cafe open for breakfast and lunch

For more information, email catering@kettering.edu.

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Now Accepting Teaching Award Nominations

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Students can now nominate faculty members for the following Kettering Teaching Awards:

Outstanding Teaching Award: This award is meant to honor faculty who have demonstrated outstanding teaching and support for students. Typically, three faculty members receive the award every year.

Tutt Award for Innovation in Teaching: This award recognizes the accomplishments of an individual faculty member or a group of faculty members who work together to demonstrate excellence in teaching-related innovation. This can include new classroom techniques and activities, pedagogical scholarship, developing new courses or programs and developing new facilities or resources for teaching. 

Faculty Distinguished Citizenship Award: This award is given to a faculty member who serves the university through sustained engagement in activities such as leadership in departmental or university committees, participation in activities that contribute to the strategic mission of the university, activities that contribute to the recruitment, retention, and satisfaction of Kettering students, and performance in leadership positions in local, regional, state, national, and/or international professional organizations.

Nominations can be submitted here by June 30, 2021. 

A complete description of the awards can be found at CETL Awards 

Professor Speaks at World Math Event

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Professor Dr. Leszek Gawarecki presented at the Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations (SIMIODE) Expo.

The theme of the virtual event, which took place Feb. 12-13, was using data in mathematics courses. It focused on teaching differential equations with modeling. Participants attended from around the world.

Dr. Gawarecki presented in a general session on modeling. He described innovative approaches to teaching statistics at Kettering in a presentation, “Adventures in the ‘Islands’ — Enhancing Student Engagement in Teaching Statistics.”

SAE Scholarship Deadline March 15

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SAE International is accepting applications for the Dan and Vicky Hancock Scholarship for Mechanical Engineering Excellence. Strong preference is given to Kettering University students.

To qualify, students must:

  • Be a U.S. resident
  • Be pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • Have a 3.5 high school GPA or 3.0 cumulative college GPA
  • Have two letters of recommendation
  • Demonstrate a service in a leadership role inside or outside of school
  • Have completed a FAFSA form

For more information, click here or email scholarships@sae.org. Applications are due by March 15.