March 19, 2025
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Lisa Clemens, DMSc, PA-C, dean of Trine University’s Brooks College
of Health Professions, is among the professional and community leaders recognized
among the Class of 2025 for the greater Fort Wayne area’s Forty Under 40 awards.
“Dr. Clemens is an innovative leader who has helped support the success of our Brooks College of Health Professions programs,” said Tony Kline, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs. “She is selfless and creative, and demonstrates a strong commitment to excellence. We are grateful for her dedicated, passionate approach in all she does to positively impact the faculty and students at Trine University.”
The 20th annual event, presented by Howard Bailey Financial, will take place from 5:30-8:30 p.m. March 27 at Ceruti’s Summit Park Diamond Room, 6601 Innovation Blvd., Fort Wayne.
The Forty Under 40 is an evening of celebrating and recognizing 40 of Northeast Indiana’s best and brightest individuals who are doing amazing things in business and for their communities. Winners were selected from a pool of 300 nominations, and the expected event turnout is 400 attendees. The evening will consist of networking, a buffet-style dinner and a 45-minute awards ceremony.
The guest speakers, brothers Jake and Jes Farris, both Forty Under 40 alumni, are co-owners of Studio 13 Tattoo in Fort Wayne. They have organized several community events, including Tattoo Fest, which toured 22 cities, including Fort Wayne. Recently, they announced Big Fort Fest, a new festival replacing the Three Rivers Festival.
Forty Under 40 is produced by Fort Wayne Newspapers and Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, one of only two business journals in Indiana.
The Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society recently named Trine University pre-med biology student Lauren Hillin of Charlotte, North Carolina, its Foy-Sagabiel Undergraduate Scholar Leader of the Year.
Two Trine University students — Chloe Laird, a chemical engineering major from Warsaw, Indiana, and Makenzie Amich, a forensic science major from Thorntown, Indiana — recently had the opportunity to connect with thousands of chemistry professionals and students from across the country at the American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting in Chicago.
Steuben County community members are invited to join Trine University students and alumni and local businesses for Breaking the Silence Together, the university's inaugural mental health walk, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.