60 Grant County students receive degrees from IWU
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A total of 1,505
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60 Grant County students receive degrees from IWU
Marion Chronicle Tribune –
A total of 1,505
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A total of 1,505 The graduations will be at: · 10 a.m. for undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences on IWU’s Marion campus and for students receiving associate’s degrees and bachelor’s degrees in nursing from the College of Adult and Professional Studies. · 2 p.m. for students receiving bachelor’s degrees from the · 6 p.m. for all students receiving graduate degrees. The Rev. Kerry Kind, general director of education and the ministry for The Wesleyan Church, will speak at the ceremonies. He has served as a Wesleyan pastor and a missionary to Africa where he was the principal of Kind is a graduate of |
Published: December 11, 2006 Quick Shots: Preps Massey commits to Massey committed Saturday to play tennis for Massey will play for 16-year coach Terry Porter, who has led the Wildcats to a 245-23 record in 15 years. Last year’s team won the Mid-Central Conference championship and finished the season ranked 14th nationally. |
Muzzarelli sets record Rockford Guilford junior diver Andrew Muzzarelli set a new pool record last week at Winnetka New Trier. His score of 312.75 (six dives) surpassed the old record of 305.90, which was also held by a Muzzarelli’s record was impressive because New Trier’s Natatorium plays host to the IHSA state championships every other year, so the state’s top divers have all competed there. Muzzarelli, led by coach Gene Cassioppi, is a two-time IHSA state qualifier who finished third in last year’s finals. Locals ranked among state’s best baseball players Three local players were named to this year’s Class of 2007 Player Rankings by Prep Baseball Report. Rockford Boylan’s Jake Smolinski (INF/OF/RHP) leads the group with a No. 3 ranking, Multiplier rule effective or not? Dire predictions about the IHSA’s 1.65 attendance multiplier for private schools appear to have been unfounded. A record six private schools reached title games in the state football playoffs this year and former Class A power “That demonstrates the multiplier has not put schools in a position where they cannot compete,” IHSA executive director Marty Hickman said. “That has played out in virtually every tournament we’ve had: volleyball, golf, football, girls basketball. Every tournament has had non-boundaried schools participating all the way through it.” Hickman said a few schools that don’t “deserve to be multiplied” have been forced up a class and that the IHSA may add a waiver system for them. The IHSA dropped its original waiver system after private schools sued to challenge the multiplier. State schools then voted for a multiplier without waivers. “The people who filed the lawsuit wanted a vote by our membership, and they got exactly what they wanted,” Hickman said. “Had we not had a lawsuit, we would have a waiver process.” Staff reporter Matt Trowbridge contributed to this article. Emily Tropp’s Quick Shots on prep sports runs Mondays. Contact her at 815-987-1385 or etropp@rrstar.com. |
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Custom Engineering & Fabrication Inc.
Custom Engineering & Fabrication Inc. recently announced that Mark Eck of
Eck has 18 years’ experience in professional project and product management. After receiving an undergraduate degree from Defiance College in communications and marketing, Eck earned an MBA with distinguished honors from Indiana Wesleyan University.
November 21, 2006 10:23 AM Eastern Time
PROVO, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Raser Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: RZ) (“Raser”), a technology licensing company established to develop and license advanced electric motor, controller and related technologies, today reported that the company has hired James A. Spellman as Director – Business Development – Transportation. In this new role, Spellman will direct Raser’s efforts to commercialize the company’s Symetron™ technologies in transportation markets.
Spellman, 49, joins Raser after a 27-year career with Remy International, formerly the Delco Remy division of General Motors. As Director of Hybrid Technology, Spellman organized a group to lead Remy’s entry to the hybrid motor and energy storage market. Spellman was a leader of teams in the
“Raser’s alternator innovations offer immediate benefit in heavy duty transportation applications, and the ISA technology offers great improvements for electric motors and controls for hybrid electric vehicles and mobile power generation,” said Spellman. “I look forward to applying my experience in the transportation markets to commercialize these exciting technologies.”
“Jim is an outstanding addition to the Raser team,” said Raser President Patrick J. Schwartz. “His groundbreaking work with the world’s largest automotive manufacturer is a perfect fit for Raser’s ongoing development of alternator and integrated starter-alternator (ISA) technologies. The U.S. Army recently funded continued development of our P-50 ISA, and Jim’s technical and market knowledge of the hybrid space will help Raser continue that R&D momentum into commercial applications.”
About Raser Technologies
Raser is a publicly traded technology licensing company focused on improving the efficiency of rotating electro-magnetic and heat transfer applications within the Transportation, Industrial and Power Generation markets. Further information on Raser may be found at: www.rasertech.com.
Cautionary Note
This press release contains certain information regarding James A. Spellman which was provided to the Company and which the Company, upon information and belief, believes to be true. This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s beliefs about its technology, and the value of such technology; the status and enforceability of the Company’s intellectual property; the allocation of capital and the company’s commitment to the development and testing of its technologies; its applications, performance characteristics and the business prospects for such technology and the Company; the Company’s belief about the strength of its existing and potential business relations.
Any such forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, including but not limited to, our operating history and history of losses, our inability to compete effectively in the marketplace, our inability to improve or the strength of our patents and other intellectual property; our inability to project the value of the hybrid market and such other risks as identified in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and all subsequent filings, which contain and identify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.
Contacts
Porter LeVay & Rose, Inc
Michael J Porter, 212-564-4700
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Atlas World Group promotes Priebe to VP of human resources (For Immediate Release: Nov. 21, 2006 )
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Atlas World Group, Inc. – parent company of Atlas Van Lines, Inc. – has promoted Nancy Priebe to vice president of human resources. Previously, Priebe was human resources director for Atlas Van Lines. Priebe will now maintain human resources responsibilities for all Atlas World Group companies.
Priebe has 25 years of experience in human resources and has spent the past two years with Evansville-based Atlas. Before joining Atlas she spent six years with American General Financial Services, also headquartered in
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Atlas Van Lines is the largest subsidiary of Atlas World Group, an Evansville, Ind.-based company that posted record revenues of $949 million in 2005. Atlas World Group companies employ more than 700 people throughout
Media Contacts:
Sara DeWitt, Atlas Van Lines, 800.638.9797, Ext. 2951
dewitts@atlasworldgroup.com
A.J. Schneider, Hetrick Communications, 317.262.8080
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(BCN)
Charlene Thornton, 52, took over her new assignment as special agent in charge of the regional office Tuesday.
She will supervise 382 agents who investigate federal crimes and terrorism in 15 counties in northern and central coastal
The field office has nine satellite offices in
The new chief was previously assistant director of the FBI’s inspection division, evaluating FBI programs and investigating employee misconduct, at FBI headquarters in
In the
Agent Joseph Schadler, a spokesman for the field office, said the organization focuses on investigation in three areas.
The first is violations of federal criminal law on subjects ranging from securities fraud to mail and wire fraud, public corruption and organized crime.
The other two areas are terrorism and counter-intelligence, or the investigation of spying by foreign operatives.
She was named chief of the FBI’s field office in
She was promoted to the inspection division in
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Some Lawrence Township races too close to call
Democrats appeared ready to take Lawrence Township’s Assessor and Trustee offices, but the races are too close to call as election workers continued to count ballots this morning.
By Ryan Heath
Ryan.Heath@Topics.com
November 9, 2006
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP — Democrats appeared ready to take Lawrence Township’s Assessor and Trustee offices, but the races are too close to call as election workers continued to count ballots this morning.
With 115 of 118 precincts reporting, Democratic challenger Jeff Hill led 10-year incumbent Republican Paul Ricketts by 272 votes for the assessor’s office.
Democrat Mike Hobbs led the race for township trustee over his Republican opponent Dino Batalis. The 24-year-old U.S. Marine led the 48-year-old firefighter by a margin of 499 votes.
Republican Brian Bulger appeared to have Democrat Byron Grandy beat by 1,478 votes for township constable.
The closest township race was small claims court judge. Republican James Joven led Democrat Stan Hirsh by 28 votes.
Marion County Clerk Doris Anne Sadler said recounts were possible in the race for Lawrence Township assessor, according to a report in the Indianapolis Star. Calls to the clerk’s office this morning were not immediately returned.
As Lawrence Township voter Sandy Vanorshoven made her way out of the polling site at East 91st Street Christian Church Tuesday evening, she said national issues inspired her to vote in the midterm election.
Vanorshoven, who’s lived in the township for about 23 years, wasn’t familiar with the more local township races.
“It was really more national than local,” she said. “I sometimes miss midterm elections, but I felt it was important for me to come out today.”
Lawrence Township voters Dave and Marshia Mingee voted for a different reason.
“We have a civic responsibility,” Marshia Mingee said.
The couple said local issues didn’t play as big an influence on their vote as national issues such as health care, women’s rights and the war in Iraq.
Poll workers at the East 91st Street Christian Church site, where four township precincts voted, said about 23 percent of registered voters had visited the polls by noon Tuesday.
At Berkshire of Castleton, a retirement community and voting place for two township precincts, poll workers had a different story to tell.
Poll inspector Jeff Vest, a ninth-grade social studies teacher at Lawrence North High School, said his precincts are lucky to see a 20 percent turnout for a midterm election. Vest has worked the polling site for 22 years,
At 5 p.m. Tuesday, Vest reported a 14 percent turnout. He attributed the low interest to a transient, apartment-dwelling constituency and the aging population in the retirement village. The precinct has about 1,300 registered voters.
“I don’t care if Christ was on the ballot, we never get over 15 percent,” Vest said.
Vest, 44, said he experienced a few problems setting up the electronic machine that counted the paper ballots, and he had to turn away three or four senior citizens because they didn’t have proper identification.
Vest also complained about inadequate training Indiana poll workers receive. He appreciated the help he received from local high school students, he said, but they didn’t have the proper knowledge to perform the job.
“It’s difficult to vote in Indiana and it’s difficult to be a poll worker in Indiana,” he said.
Call staff writer Ryan Heath at (317) 444-5575.
Wittenberg Professor Caps Distinguished Career With Japan And The World ConferenceNov. 7, 2006
SPRINGFIELD , Ohio – Before Wittenberg bids farewell to H. Orth Hirt Professor of History James L. Huffman (’63 from IWU) at the close of the 2006-07 academic year, the university will host an academic conference in his honor titled “Japan and the World.”
The conference, scheduled for Nov. 10–11, includes themes of journalism and media in Japan, Japanese Imperialism and people’s history of Japan. All are topics that have long engaged Huffman, who has taught at Wittenberg for 26 years, in his specialized area of study – the history of Japan’s Meiji era.
Last year, Huffman was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Grant, which he used to conduct research in Japan from January through July 2006. It was his third Fulbright Award, and the latest in a long line of teaching honors Huffman has garnered in his distinguished career. Huffman also has been awarded the Ohio Academy of History’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Wittenberg’s most prestigious faculty honor, the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching.
In addition, Huffman was awarded honorary alumnus status at Wittenberg in 2006.
Huffman has written and published five books in his career. Two of his more well-known titles are A Yankee in Meiji Japan and Japan: A History in Documents. Huffman has also published articles in both Newsweek and The New York Times.
Although Huffman expressed appreciation for the conference that will be held in his honor, he declined to present a paper, saying he would rather participate as any other guest.
“I don’t like having attention,” he said. “It’s just my personality. But [the conference] is deeply touching.”
A native of South Bend, Ind., Huffman completed his undergraduate degree at Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan). Huffman earned an M.S.J. at Northwestern University and an M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. Huffman’s involvement in education has included both his commitment to Wittenberg students and the education of area youth through his service on the Springfield City Board of Education.
Concerning his retirement, Huffman expressed mixed feelings.
“The time is right,” he said. “Retirement will essentially be a new career.”
He plans to spend time on new research, writing and becoming more of an activist. However, he laments leaving Wittenberg, a place he has called home for nearly 30 years.
“ Wittenberg really is my life,” Huffman said. “I’m appreciative to my colleagues and deeply indebted to my students. [Students] give me an energy that I live for.”
By: Rachel Morgan
SOURCE: http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2006/11_07a.html