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July 29, 2013
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Volume 111
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Provost Simpson Gives Notice of Retirement By Matthew White Editor-in-chief
transparency, and better fiscal management. Dr. McMahan notes these changes as having a long-lasting, positive impact on the school in the years to come. In a letter from Dr. Robert McMahan, president Biology, an area for which Dr. Simpson (himself of Kettering University, posted July 24, 2013 on Keta trained biologist) is very fond, is also called out in tering's Facebook page, the news that Dr. Robert the letter, mentioning the Applied Biology program Simpson, Senior Vice President and Provost, was set that the provost had helped to create. Finally, Dr. to retire at the end of the 2013–2014 school year. Simpson was thanked for helping the university preDr. Simpson is in the unique position of having pare for the "critically important" Higher Learning been provost twice. He first served in the role for the Commission reaccreditation happening early next 2006–2007 school year, whereupon Dr. Michael year. Harris took the position. Dr. Harris left a vacancy in More details on the future of the provost's posi2010, which was taken up by Dr. Simpson yet again tion will be coming soon, says Dr. McMahan, and a at the conclusion of a search process. search committee is being formed to identify potenThe letter identifies the contributions Dr. Simptial candidates. son has made in the past three years, starting with Left: Dr. Simpson poses next to a cut-out of Charles his efforts to improve and strengthen the academic Darwin. Note the similarities between the two men. component of the university through new hires, Photo courtesy of Kettering Communications.
What’s Inside
True Kettering What does it all mean?
Deca Excels at Conference
From Kettering Communications Six members of the Kettering University deca team competed in the National Collegiate deca Conference in Anaheim, Calif., in April, taking home two awards overall at the event. deca is an international business organization that helps prepare high school and college students for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. The conference, which was April 17-20, featured more than 1,700 students from around the country. Students who participated are Donald Klein (senior Business major), Allison Putnam (sophomore Business major), Ashlea Reiter (junior Business major), Jacob Sherwood (sophomore Mechanical Engineering major) and Michael Woznicki (senior Business major). Second Place winnersKlein won a second place award in the Project Management category and Putnam and Reiter took second place in the Advertising Campaign category. Karen Cayo, faculty member in the Department of Business and the faculty advisor to the deca team, received the Collegiate deca Advisor of the Year award. “Kettering students do well in Collegiate deca because the competitive events mirror their everyday academic and co-op experiences,” Cayo said. “The only difference is instead of competing against other Kettering students like they do in those settings, they are competing against students from schools throughout Michigan and across the nation.” Photo courtesy of Kettering Communications
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Opinion
Deca Lounge gone, students upset
Student Voices 6
Thoughts about kds and co-op
Dr. Cleamon Moorer
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KSG Budget It's your money, but how is it used?
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Kettering Library Hosts Mac
By Erin Boyse Online Editor
By Matthew White Editor-in-chief
Dr. Cleamon Moorer believes he has come full circle, from attending Kettering as a student to now being a new professor in the Business Department. Moorer grew up in Detroit and attended Kettering, graduating with a bs in Management with a concentration in Information Systems in 1999. He was then hired on full-time at his co-op with Ameritech in Chicago. He continued in his education by receiving his mba and ms in Management from Benedictine Un i v e r s i t y, and later earning his PhD in Business Administration with a focus in Leadership and Information Systems from Argosy University. Moorer has previously taught at Saint Xavier University in Chicago and Dominican University. He declined a tenured position at Dominican because he wanted to put his time and energy into a place where he could make a bigger impact. After receiving a Distinguished Alumni award in 2011, Moorer returned to Kettering and started thinking about returning to teach. He noticed that some of the biggest changes on campus from the past decade include new infrastructure, more programs, and more environmentally friendly features.
Walking into a computer lab at Kettering and finding a machine running Microsoft Windows is so ordinary it is expected. Trying to find a computer that runs a distribution of Linux or even Solaris is not hard. Until recently, however, the only Mac OS systems were located in the Electrical & Computer Engineering department in a laboratory environment for mobile phone programming. Joining a suite of newly-updated computers in the Kettering Library is a Mac OS desktop purposed for content creation. Featured on the left side, where the café used to be, this media machine comes replete with professional-grade tools to develop audio-visual content. Tools from the Adobe Creative Suite on the computer include After Effects, Illustrator, Audition, Encore, Flash, Premiere, and Photoshop. Also of note are iMovie, GarageBand, and Camtasia Studio. Use of the computer is open to all students during library hours. Reference guides for some of the programs are also available.
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