December 14, 2018
Trine University's Multicultural Student Organization delivered presents it had collected
for a local family in need on Friday, Dec. 14.
The organization collected more than 25 presents for a mother and four children at Carlin Park Elementary School in Angola.
In the top photo, from left, Sybil Kurian, a sophomore from Elkhart, Indiana; Pauline Odambo, a junior from Nairobi, Kenya; and Deb McHenry, executive director of student success and retention, load the presents into a van for delivery. In the photo at right, Odambo, Yancy Paola Hansford Bejarano, a junior from Honduras who is president of the Multicultural Student Organization, McHenry and Kurian give the presents to Molly Floyd, principal at Carlin Park.
A Trine University senior design team developed a custom pediatric walker for Sophia Dillon, who cannot use common gait trainers or walkers due to multiple medical conditions.
Trine University has named Eric Yoder, who most recently served as chief executive officer of the YMCA of Steuben County, as its new vice president for operations, beginning in June.
Two amputations haven’t stopped Ben Masten from working as a paramedic, but he still faces challenges every day. A team of Trine University biomedical engineering majors worked this spring to help him overcome one of them.