September 20, 2019
More than 1,400 area elementary school students visited the Trine University campus for the 2019 Walk Into My Future event on Sept. 19.
Students participated in activities operated by Trine athletic teams and academic departments in the Keith E. Busse/Steel Dynamics Inc. Athletic and Recreation Center (ARC). They also gathered for lunch in the MTI Center, where they participated in cheers and watched a musical chairs competition between area principals and other administrators.
“Walk into My Future” is an annual event through LaGrange County Promise and Steuben County Promise designed to introduce students to the idea of a college education.
Second-graders from Westview Community Schools, Lakeland Community Schools and Prairie Heights Community Schools in LaGrange County participated in the morning, and first- through third-graders from the Metropolitan School District of Steuben County, Fremont Community Schools and Hamilton Community Schools were part of an afternoon session.
The Promise programs also include helping students start CollegeChoice 529 savings accounts and encouraging families to contribute regularly to the accounts to help begin preparing for the cost of college.
More photos from Walk Into My Future are available on SmugMug.
Photos by Dean Orewiler
Football - A Steuben County elementary school student participates in the football station at Walk Into My Future.
Musical chairs - Fremont Elementary School principal Eric Bryan beats out Pleasant Lake Elementary School principal Rosie Brandt in a game of musical chairs during Walk Into My Future.
Civil Engineering - Students work to build a tower at the Civil Engineering station during Walk Into My Future.
Matthew Jimenez is a senior design engineering technology major at Trine University. Throughout his time as a student, Jimenez has had three internships and recently accepted a job offer at Rolls-Royce, where he will serve as a Graduate Manufacturing Engineering Intern.
Amanda Malefyt, Ph.D., professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, secured $5,142 from INSGC to continue her research into cancer-targeting monoclonal antibodies.
James Kamm, Ph.D., professor in the Wade Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received his first INSGC grant of $15,000 to replicate two historic wind tunnel balances used by the Wright Brothers.