GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University has been granted $3,000 to award credit for a large number of low- or no-cost online courses offered through the Alternative Credit Project.These courses include disciplines such as business, critical thinking and writing, foreign language, humanities, mathematics, and natural and physical sciences. The ACP adds to an already broad portfolio
HOUGHTON - Three Michigan universities have been accepted to a two-year program to develop aggressive and measurable goals to increase the number of women filling the more than 16,000 job openings in computing. Those jobs are commonly referred to as STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. Michigan Technological University, Michigan State University and
TROY - Davenport University offers a 20 percent tuition discount to all Automation Alley members and their employees. The application fee is also waived. Additionally, if a member organization is also a part of a Chamber of Commerce, those employees can qualify for up to $1,500 per year in scholarship funding. Davenport offers more than
FARMINGTON HILLS - One of the most important skills an Angel investor needs is the ability to do due diligence on a potential investment. If this is a skill you need to hone, you should attend Great Lakes Angels half-day Due Diligence seminar on Feb. 10. Registration is now open. Understanding how to prepare for
SOUTHFIELD - Jan. 29 is the application deadline for the third $100,000 E-Challenge for Energy Efficiency, to showcase innovative energy efficiency technology in advanced control systems. The challenge is sponsored by DTE Energy, and in partnership with The Engineering Society of Detroit. It encourages demonstration projects that integrate energy efficiency solutions through collaborations, bring under-utilized
GRAND RAPIDS - After years of negotiations an agreement has been reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Encompassing 12 countries, this is the largest free trade deal ever negotiated. The TPP must still be ratified and implemented, meaning there is still a long road ahead. In the meantime, join Grand Valley State University on February 5th
FERNDALE - Amanda Lewan, one of the three members of Diva Tech Talk, appears on M2 TechCast on Monday Feb. 1 at 3 pm to interview Monica Wheat, who runs a non-profit program helping girls get into STEM - called Digerati Girls - and Chritina Mathes, who runs client experience at Rocket Fiber. We’ll also
FERNDALE - What a M2 TechCast show on Jan. 25. Drone law expert Enrico Schaefer updated what’s happening with the new FAA regulations that require hobby drone operators to register their drones heavier than a half pound. Cybersecurity experts Dan Lohrmann and Richard Stiennon discussed the threat by Anonymous to launch cyberattacks against Michigan government and
LANSING - A report issued Tuesday says the Michigan University Research Corridor - an alliance of Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University - contributed $17.5 billion to Michigan’s economy in 2014, up from $16.8 billion the previous year and $12.9 billion in 2007, the first year the report was published.
GRAND RAPIDS - Information technology consultant Open Systems Technology Tuesday announced it has acquired longtime partner, Visualhero Design. Terms were not announced. OST said in a press release said that the acquisition extends OST’s capabilities, provides new methods of problem solving and expands its solutions, from research through production. “The acquisition of Visualhero Design allows
