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 “Kettering In The News” is a sampling of news stories recently published on Kettering University, its employees, alumni, students and friends. “Kettering in the News" is published monthly by the Office of PR & Communications at Kettering University in Flint, Mich. Send questions to Patricia Mroczek at pmroczek@kettering.edu and visit the Kettering University PR & Communications news archives at: http://www.kettering.edu/visitors/recentstories.jsp.
December media hits set an all-time high at 1,714 for the month. The total was driven by the $1.2 million estate gift from Earl Riopelle ’37; a promotion for Derica Rice ’88 to executive vice president at Eli Lilly; and an honorary degree for Henry Juszkiewicz ’76, the CEO for Gibson Guitar.
Media hit totals for 2009 set an all-time high at 9,407, up from 3,448 in 2008. Here are this month’s media highlights:
At least 200 media/news servers around the country announced the $1.2 million gift from Earl Riopelle ’37, Dec. 21-24
Automation Alley
BusinessWire: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091222005056&newsLang=e
CBS News MoneyWatch: http://finance.bnet.com/bnet/?GUID=11226324&Page=MediaViewer&Page=MediaViewer&ChannelID=3191
EuroInvestor (United Kingdom)
Forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/businesswire/2009/12/22/businesswire133157337.html
Houston News (Texas)
Miami Herald
MorningStar
UPI
Wall Street Select
WJRT TV 12 video: http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=7182708
WNEM TV 5
WWJ Radio (Detroit)
At least 300 media/news servers around the world announced the promotion of Derica Rice ’88 to executive vice president at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Dec. 18-21
Arizona Republic
Boston Business Journal
Dallas Business Journal (Texas)
Dayton Business Journal
Denver Business Journal
Earth Times (New York City)
Inside Indiana Business Journal
KVBC TV 3 (Las Vegas)
Long Beach Press Telegram (California)
Nashville Business Journal
Orlando Business Journal
Pacific Business Journal (Honolulu)
Phoenix Business Journal
Portland Business Journal
Reuters (New York City)
Seattle Post Intelligencer (Washington)
Smart Money Interactives (New York City)
South Florida Business Journal
Trading Markets (Los Angeles)
Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20091218-903734.html?mod=crnews
Wichita Business Journal
Yahoo!Finance (Australia): http://au.us.biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091218/de28443.html?.v=1
South Bend Tribune, Dec. 20
Dr. Janet Brelin-Fornari: http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20091220/News01/912200426/-1/googleNews
Detroit News, Dec. 17
Dr. Janet Brelin-Fornari: http://www.detnews.com/article/20091217/BIZ/912170404/1001/biz
Automotive News (Europe), Dec. 15
Walter Borst ’85, GM Treasurer, is the new supervisory board chairman at the automaker's Opel/Vauxhall unit. Before becoming GM treasurer in 2003, Borst was Opel's chief financial officer from 2000 to 2003. A U.S. native, Borst is married to a German and speaks German. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Michigan, in 1985 and a master of business administration degree from Stanford University in 1987. http://www.autonews.com/article/20091215/COPY01/312159976/1308
Time.com
Peter Marks, CEO of Robert Bosch LLC, the North American arm of the world's largest automotive supplier, named Kettering University among the state’s best colleges. In an interview posted on The Detroit Blog at Time.com, Marks was asked “what does Michigan bring to the table?” He said, “There are many fine universities here: University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Kettering, Michigan Tech.”
At least 175 media/news servers announced that participants from the Michigan Championship for FIRST LEGO will tour Kettering prior to the state finals Dec. 12
CBS TV 2 Chicago
Columbus Dispatch
Crain’s Detroit Business
FinanzNachrichten.de (Germany)
Forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/businesswire/2009/12/09/businesswire132587007.html
Kansas City.com
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Morningstar
Ontario Daily Bulletin
Salt Lake Tribune
The Idaho Statesman
Wall Street Select
WCBS TV 2 (New York)
Wichita Eagle
WWJ/Great Lakes IT Report (Detroit)
At least 200 media/news servers announced that Henry Juszkiewicz will offer the Commencement Address just prior to graduation, Dec. 9-11
BusinessWire
MarketWatch
CBS TV 2 (Chicago)
CBS TV 3 (Philadelphia)
Crain’s Cleveland Business
Crain’s Detroit Business: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/crainsdetroit/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091209005148&newsLang=en
DigitalMediaWire.com
FinanzNachrichten.de (Germany)
Kansas City Star
Kiplinger.com
Money Show
Morningstar
Pittsburg Tribune Review
Salt Lake Tribune
San Bernardino Sun
UPI.com
Wall Street Select
Washington G2 Reports
At least 70 media around the country, especially business reporters, announced that Paul Bascobert ’87 becomes president of Bloomberg BusinessWeek on Jan. 4. In his previous role, he is credited with helping the Wall Street Journal become the newspaper with the most paid circulation in the U.S.
AOL Money & Finance
Atlanta Business Chronicle (Georgia)
Aviation Week
Baltimore Business Journal
Boston Business Journal
Business First – Louisville
Business Journal – Phoenix
CNBC (New York)
Dallas Business Journal
Dayton Business Journal
Denver Business Journal
Houston Business Journal
Interest Alert (California)
Jacksonville Business Journal
Kansas City Business Journal (Missouri)
KGO TV 7 (San Francisco)
Los Angeles Business Journal
Milwaukee Business Journal
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Memphis Business Journal
Nashville Business Journal
Orlando Business Journal
Pacific Business News (Hawaii)
Philadelphia Business Journal
Sacramento Business Journal
San Antonio Business Journal
South Florida Business Journal
Tampa Business Journal
Yahoo! Finance Australia
Yahoo! Finance Canada
Flint Journal, Dec. 6
Dr. Janet Brelin-Fornari and child car seat safety: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/12/research_at_kettering_universi.html
Small companies still offer jobs: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/12/small_companies_can_be_excepti.html
Gibson Guitar CEO to speak at Commencement, Dec, 1
Associated Press
Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia)
Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)
Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20091202/SCHOOLS/912020378/1026/schools/Gibson-Guitar-CEO-speaks-at-Kettering-commencement
Examiner (Denver)
Flint Journal
Grand Rapids Press
Myrtle Beach Sun (South Carolina)
News & Observer (North Carolina)
Oakland Press
WAAY TV 31 (Huntsville, AL)
WECT TV 6 (Wilmington, N.C.)
WILX TV 10 (Lansing)
WLNS TV 6 (Lansing)
WLOS (Ashville, N.C.)
WMC TV 5 (Memphis, TN)
WNEM TV 5 (Saginaw)
WRAL TV 5 (Raleigh, N.C.)
WSVJ TV 28 (South Bend, IN)
WTVF TV 5 (Nashville, TN)
WWJ Radio/Great Lakes IT Report
Media hits in 2009, by month: December, 1,714; November, 951; October, 672; September, 1,043; August, 1,064; July: 470; June: 737; May: 580; April: 487; March: 886; February: 562; January: 241. The 2009 record-setting total is: 9,407. The 2008 media hit total was 3,448.
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