
Trine students earn prizes in sales competition
The Trine Sales and Marketing Association held its second annual KSB Collegiate Sales Cup on Jan. 29, giving Trine University students from all majors the opportunity to show off their sales skills.
October 26, 2018
Above, Tony Layson, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, uses a chemical reaction
to produce acetylene gas, causing a carved pumpkin to burst into flames. The activity,
held Oct. 25, was part of events held throughout the week by Trine University’s American
Chemical Society (ACS) chapter to celebrate National Chemistry Week, which is Oct.
21-27. Events included using a chemical reaction to make stress balls, decorating
cupcakes with symbols from the periodic table, and using liquid nitrogen to make ice
cream.
At right, from left, are Michael Smith, a senior chemistry major from Rensselaer, Indiana; Robert Dick, a senior chemistry major from Lawrence, Michigan, who is vice president of the American Chemical Society (ACS) chapter at Trine; Meghan McGonagle, a sophomore chemical engineering major from Frankfort, Illinois; Layson; and Noelle Matasovsky, a senior forensic science major from St. John, Indiana, president of Trine’s ACS chapter.