KALAMAZOO ? GLIMASouthwest Vice President Paul Nevills and his team from MPI Research helped raise more than $1000 to benefit Goodwill Industries and the Fragile X Syndrome, the leading cause of inherited mental retardation. Team MPI Cleared 4 Take-off towed a 100,000 pound Boeing 727 12-foot at the Kalamazoo County Airport. The competition involved two
FLINT ? You could say Steve LeBel is a very Able guy. The GLIMAEast board member is a savvy Internet marketer who understands the importance of name recognition for search engines. All ten of his Internet web sites start with the word Able. There?s AbleTeam.Com. AbleHost.Com. AbleServers.Com. AbleColocation.Com. AblePromote.Com. AbleMailservers.Com. You get the idea. ?When
DETROIT ? The new Compuware headquarters in downtown Detroit will be the venue Thursday for Automation Alley?s Summer Member Networking Event. It?s open to members only. The speaker will be Compuware Senior Vice President Steve Scheidt. Also on the agenda is the opportunity for Automation Alley members to meet potential new suppliers, partners and customers.
TROY -The Automation Alley Technology Center, in collaboration with United Solar Ovonic in Auburn Hills, received a $550,000 grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) for the installation of a building-integrated solar power electric system with integrated energy management and battery backup systems. The energy-efficient system will be installed in Automation Alley's 11,000 square-foot
TROY ? Automation Alley is presenting another in its CompanyCrafters Seminar series, this segment called the 12 Keys to Building a Successful Startup Team and Company Culture. The seminar is scheduled for July 19 at 8 a.m. at Automation Alley?s headquarters at 2675 Bellingham in Troy. The cost to attend is $25 for Automation Alley,
TROY ? Any Automation Alley member companies interested in participating in this fall?s trade mission to Eastern Europe can participate in a video conference call this Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Automation Alley headquarters in Troy. The trade mission will go to the Czech Republic, Hungry, Poland and Slovakia from Oct. 16-26. It is
EAST LANSING - GLIMA Mid-Michigan is holding a 5:01 social get-together on Bastille Day - July 14 at 5:01 p.m. - on the deck of Harpers Brewpub on Albert Street in East Lansing. All IT professionals interested in a collegial atmosphere and informal networking with others in telecom, Information Technology, software development and media services
KALAMAZOO ? GLIMASouthwest board member Bonnie Tefft has joined the organization as a result of its alliance with the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce. Tefft is in charge of both Membership and Events for the Chamber and her participation on the Board will help strengthen GLIMA?s mission of becoming the Chamber's IT Arm in Greater
PORT HURON ? GLIMABluewater has elected a new chairperson, Robert Cruickshank, a seasoned technology professional who works as a Technical Service Engineer at the SBC Business Communications Service Center in Port Huron. In other board changes, Tom Kephart of Kephart & Associates has resigned as Chairperson of the Communications Committee. He has been replaced by
FLINT ? The greatest enrollment growth during the spring quarter for Baker College, a member of GLIMAEast, was in the number of students who took campus-based classes, including some Web-enhanced coursework. Baker College reported a 24.3 percent increase in online student enrollment for spring quarter 2005, with a 6.4 percent increase in spring quarter enrollment