April 17, 2025
The award honors a teacher with exceptional dedication to inspiring students to pursue mathematics, science and engineering careers. It includes a $250 stipend and a commemorative plaque.
Orlowski was nominated by Connor Large, an electrical engineering major from Plymouth, Indiana.
Large commended Orlowski for her unwavering commitment to her students' success. Notably, when the school faced a vacancy in its physics department, she proactively pursued certification and assumed responsibility for teaching the subject.
Her dedication has been instrumental in making clear the interconnectedness of mathematics and physics with the engineering field, inspiring young minds to explore these crucial disciplines.
Students and faculty from Trine University’s Reiners Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering traveled to the University of Notre Dame for the annual American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Indiana-Kentucky Student Symposium, with two Trine teams finishing in the top three of their respective events.
Four members of the Thunder Aces, Trine University’s bridge club, will compete in the North American Bridge Championships, which will be held July 31-Aug. 2 in Philadelphia.
Taking the baton from last year’s team, five Trine University mechanical engineering seniors renewed their partnership with Dexter Axle’s Albion, Indiana, facility to complete a custom-built pallet squeezer—an industrial machine designed to realign heavy stacks of manufacturing pallets.