48 hours of Volleyball: The brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha will host its annual 48 Hours of Volleyball Friday, July 25, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, July 27, at 6 p.m. at the Lambda Chi house, 2801 Sunset Dr., first house after the bridge. All proceeds and donations go to United Way of Genessee County. Everyone is invited at any time during this event! Food and drink available at various times throughout the weekend. There will be a 4-on-4 tournament Saturday, July 16, at 1 p.m. Cost per team is $20. Teams RSVP to Steve Boylston by 2nd Wednesday, (616) 821-5943 or boyl7997@kettering.edu. A silent auction will be held during the tournament (we're even auctioning off Casey Hurst!). Come join the brothers of Lambda Chi, take a break from classes, play volleyball, bring friends, have fun!
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Orientation for our new students was a great success. - The four days of COMPASS wouldn't happen without the many students that contribute their time, energy and knowledge to welcome the new students to Kettering University. Unit Buddies, Move-in Buddies from the Greek community, and RA's please accept my sincere appreciation for all your assistance with Orientation. COMPASS Crew: Katie Sadowski, Kristen May, Jake Rambeau, Andrew Rudzki, Safia Naqui, Mike Berezny, Corey Crawford, Aditya Badarinath, Samantha Best, Stephanie Wilt, Colette Cox, Kelly Christensen and Joy Jeyaratnam. Thank you for the many volunteer hours you spent planning and implementing all of the events during Orientation and Camp COMPASS. I am honored to work with such an awesome group of Kettering students. Thank you. Deborah Stewart, Director of Orientation & Special Programs.
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A well deserved award! - Enrollment Management is proud to announce that Lisa Phillips, Co-op Manager, has been awarded the Michigan Council for Internships & Cooperative Education (MC-ICE) 2008 "Don Hunt Service Award" for her significant contributions in promoting and sustaining the internship and cooperative education philosophy in Michigan.

Being Green just got easier! - Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI), North America's leading provider of comprehensive waste management services, today launched ThinkGreenFromHome.com, a streamlined online service for the recycling of universal household waste including compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), batteries, and eventually other household electronics. ThinkGreenFromHome.com offers consumers convenient mail-in solutions to safely store and recycle heavy metal containing household devices, as well as resources to encourage household sustainability. Read the full press release.

CETL announces faculty award finalists! - Dr. Jackie El-Sayed is pleased to announce the finalists for the Outstanding Teaching Award and the Faculty Distinguished Citizenship Award. Drs. Liberty and Harris will present the awards at the University Conference on September 24, 2008. The finalists for the Kettering Outstanding Teaching Award are Dr. Jennifer Aurandt, Lecturer Nancy Ernst, Dr. Bassem Ramadan, Dr. Stacy Seeley, and Dr. Yuri Sikorski. The finalists for the Faculty Distinguished Citizenship Award are Dr. Petros Gheresus, Dr. Bhag Guru, Dr. Henry Kowalski, Dr. Bahram Roughani, and Dr. Laura Sullivan. Congratulations to the finalists!

Rocky’s Pizza now in the neighborhood: Take your Kettering photo ID with you for a 10 percent discount at our neighbor, Rocky’s Pizza, on the corner of Court & Corunna. Rocky’s has old Sicilian-style pizza, strombolis, specialty sandwiches, salads, wings, wraps and more. Why bother? Because Rocky’s is the first business to move to the Kettering neighborhood due to the efforts of Marsha Lyttle and her Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Office here at Kettering. Call Rocky’s at 233-4700, tell them you’re at Kettering, and support a neighbor!!!

Weather fan: When he’s not teaching Mathematics, Dr. Kevin TeBeest is one of 477 registered Personal Weather Station owners in Michigan who supply the real-time, onsite data for Weather Underground, the internet's original weather Web site. He was featured Page 1 in the Flint Journal on Saturday. See: http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/index.ssf/2008/07/kettering_mathematician_kevin.html and see more on his website at: www.wxbeacon.com.

Since when does zero equal 2,500? - During “zero section” of course. While you were out IT increased student user storage on the Windows system from 136 Gigabytes to 2,500 Gigabytes (or 2.5 Terabytes), which increased student storage quotas from 100 Megabytes to 1000 Megabytes or 1 Gigabyte. In addition to more space, IT rolled out a new user file recovery feature. So, if you have ever deleted a file by accident or saved changes to the wrong file on a file that you saved to your Windows network storage area, you will be able to fix your mistake. The new system will let you restore a previous copy of the file in seconds. Information on how to use this recover feature can be found in the help sheet section of the IT web page. If you have questions about these changes, feel free to call or email the Helpdesk at ext. x8324 or helpdesk@kettering.edu.

From lab to “fab”! - Several Windows computer labs on campus got an extreme makeover this “zero section” to improve networking and usability. In 3-501/503 General PC Lab all of the furniture and computer equipment (every last item in the room) was removed in order to replace the carpeting that was over 20 years old. Networking cable was replaced to support higher networking speeds. All of the 40 student workstations were upgraded to 22-inch widescreen monitors. In the Loeffler Lab in the Mott building all of the 36 student workstations were upgraded to 22-inch widescreen monitors. In the Applied Mathematics Lab in the Academic building 20 student workstations were upgraded to 22-inch widescreen monitors.

New Department Heads named!! - Dr. Michael Harris is pleased to announce the appointment of new department heads for Business, Chemistry / Biochemistry, IME, Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. Read the letter from Dr. Harris.

Kettering University presents: the “Kettering University ‘Reel Life’ Video Contest” - Students, tell us “What happens in a day in the life of a Kettering University student” or “What defines your generation” and you could win a hundred dollar gas card and be posted in the Video Vault on Kettering University’s website! We want to hear your story. Shoot a video on one of the themes, make it less than 2 minutes, and then upload your video to the “ReelKettering” YouTube group to be considered for judging! Use this opportunity to share your story with others and get creative! 1st prize: $100 gas card and your video posted on KU’s website, 2nd prize: $50 gift card to any store in the Genesee Valley Mall, and 3rd prize: $25 gift card for the Kettering University Bookstore. Contest starts July 14, 2008, contest ends August 4, 2008. Winners announced August 11! All entries must include a completed entry form, which you can find on blackboard. Keep it clean, and keep it fun! Check out the Facebook group! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9592569978. Upload your video to the YouTube group! http://youtube.com/group/reelkettering. Please see Blackboard for official rules and regulations.

2009 GOLD CARDS are available for $5 for discounts at local area restaurants. - They can be picked up in the Student Life Department - 3-110 CC.

Mock Interview(s) - Are you ready to interview? Do you know what to say? Need practice? Want a refresher? Don’t fret! Sign up for a “mock interview” with one of our co-op managers in The Cooperative Education & Career Services Office. The mock interview process will help prepare you for interviewing and provide important feedback so you can improve and stand out above the rest. Mock Interview(s) are conducted by appointment only. Schedule your interview, preferably, between 3rd and 5th weeks. To schedule your appointment, contact the Co-op Office at (810) 762-9846.

It is time to verify your health insurance coverage – Verify your coverage by July 30, 2008 - Kettering unveiled a new procedure for verifying student’s health insurance coverage, on July 1, 2007. The University now requires students to submit proof of insurance through a third party, The Maksin Group. Students who fail to provide proof of insurance by the end of the waiver period will automatically be enrolled in Maksin’s Student Accident and sickness Insurance Plan at a cost of $476 semi annually. All students both A and B sections will be able to complete the next waiver period starting May 1, 2008. The deadline to complete the waiver process is July 30, 2008 (coverage is from July 1 - December 31, 2008). (View the Complete Announcement)