TROY - Charlotte Stowe has joined Billhighway as Marketing Lead, Higher Education and Digital. Stowe will help strengthen Billhighway?s brand equity and business growth in nonprofit higher education markets. Stowe will also coordinate digital marketing programs and market research for the company. Stowe is a recent graduate of the Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan
LANSING ? Five West Michigan businesses has granted grants, loans and other economic assistance Wednesday from the Michigan Strategic Fund that will generate up to $15.7 million in private investment and add 465 new jobs. ?These new investments show once more Michigan?s highly competitive business climate and tremendous workforce capabilities mean real opportunities for leading
LANSING ? The Michigan Economic Growth Authority Wednesday approved work plans for four brownfield redevelopment projects expected to generate $39.4 million in new investment and create or retain 512 direct jobs. ?These projects will help transform blighted, contaminated or functionally obsolete properties into a variety of new uses that will add jobs and diversify Michigan's
DETROIT - A Wayne State University researcher has introduced computer technology that makes it easier for people who need wheelchairs to select one that best suits their needs. In "Remote Decision Support for Wheeled Mobility and Seating Devices," recently published online and set to appear in the June edition of Expert Systems with Applications, Kyoung-Yun
LANSING - A package of bills unveiled Tuesday in the Senate would allow low-income families to seek assistance paying their heating bills before they receive a shut-off notice. Under the bills (SB 1134 , SB 1135 ), families earning 115 percent of poverty or less would be eligible for assistance as soon as they get
TROY ? Automation Alley is hosting a conference June 14 designed to create an awareness among companies whose trade secrets and other confidential data may be compromised by hackers who infiltrate their networks. Last year alone, cyber thieves cost U.S. companies $400 billion in intellectual property (IP) while severely undermining our nation?s global competitiveness and
TROY - Automation Alley announce that Alysia Green was recently promoted to director of talent development, Genna Piscopo was promoted to supervisor of member experience and Jennifer Chinn was promoted to manager of events. Green oversees all Automation Alley talent initiatives, including the Technical Talent Development Program, IT Career Pathways program and modeling, simulation and
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder Tuesday urged eligible Michigan veterans to apply for a new federal program that will cover the cost of up to one year of training for in-demand jobs. To participate, a veteran must be between 35 and 60 years of age, unemployed, and enroll in training for one of more than
KALAMAZOO - Kalamazoo Valley Community College is offering its first Production Technician Academy May 29 which will provide free training to prepare for careers in Advanced Manufacturing. An informational session about the new Academy is set for May 23 at 5:30 at M-TEC at the Groves Campus of Kalamazoo Valley Community College, 7107 Elm Valley
MOSCOW - Kaspersky Lab is developing a secure operating system platform. The target market: Utilities, nuclear reactors, financial systems, and other companies that need to defend their IT systems from so-called cyber warfare and cyber terrorism attacks. Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky briefly described the secure operating system project during a keynote this morning at