March 16, 2016
MARCH 16 – Trine University’s School of Professional Studies is proud to announce that Katie Parrish has been awarded the 2015 American Business Women’s Association (ABWA), Women of Magnitude chapter, Woman of the Year distinction.
Parrish is the senior enrollment specialist at the Fort Wayne School of Professional Studies. She also acts as the vice president of programming for the Women of Magnitude chapter of the ABWA.
To be selected as the Woman of the Year, applicants must demonstrate ways in which they went above and beyond to improve personally and professionally and to support the mission of ABWA over the course of the previous year. Categories the applicants were scored on included mentoring and assisting co-workers and community members, leadership skills and ABWA involvement, community involvement, business advancement and education.
In addition to receiving the Woman of the Year award, Parrish also received a Protégé Award. Six out of 43 members were recognized with this honor, which recognizes women for actively supporting the mission of the ABWA. Recipients were required to be in good standing, to have recruited at least one new member, to have completed one year of membership with Women of Magnitude, to actively participate in meetings and activities and to have used leadership skills to assist in achieving league goals.
The ABWA aims to bring together business women of a multitude of occupations and to provide opportunities for personal and professional growth through leadership, education, networking support and national recognition. For more information, visit abwa.org.
Two Trine University students — Chloe Laird, a chemical engineering major from Warsaw, Indiana, and Makenzie Amich, a forensic science major from Thorntown, Indiana — recently had the opportunity to connect with thousands of chemistry professionals and students from across the country at the American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting in Chicago.
The Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society recently named Trine University pre-med biology student Lauren Hillin of Charlotte, North Carolina, its Foy-Sagabiel Undergraduate Scholar Leader of the Year.
Steuben County community members are invited to join Trine University students and alumni and local businesses for Breaking the Silence Together, the university's inaugural mental health walk, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.