May 30, 2019
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, second from left, talks with Trine University software engineering majors Tyler Carpenter, seated back, a junior from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Lucas Wagler, seated front, a senior from Fort Wayne Indiana during a visit to the Trine campus on Thursday, May 30, as part of his Northern Indiana Jobs Tour.
The Senator was touring the Jim and Joan Bock Center for Innovation and Biomedical Engineering with Jason Blume, left, executive director of Trine innovation 1, and Earl D. Brooks II, Ph.D., center, Trine University president. The Senator, who has an extensive background as a business leader, learned how the university and Trine innovation 1 support regional businesses and industries through student projects and providing graduates prepared for employment.
Photo by Dean Orewiler
Mitch Daniels, former governor of the state of Indiana and former president of Purdue University, shared advice with graduates he said were entering a world he described as “the most promising and most uncertain and treacherous” as Trine University held Commencement ceremonies on May 2.
Michaela Doiron hopes to one day design prosthetics for children or veterans, and the Trine University biomedical engineering major has made two big strides toward that dream.
Trine University’s annual Trine Day, a celebration of the university as well as an opportunity to support its mission, set records for number of donors and funds raised, bringing in more than $160,000 for scholarships, academic and athletic needs, and student organizations.