August 10, 2018
Trine University received more than $22,000 in grants from the Steuben County Community
Foundation at the foundation’s annual meeting Aug. 9 in Club Z inside the MTI Center.
Steven Nicolet, director of annual giving, accepted checks totaling $22,341 from funds designated to Trine and managed by the foundation from Jennifer Danic, president and CEO of the foundation. Some of the funds are designated for student scholarships, while others will support the Trine Fund.
The foundation awarded more than $300,000 to more than 50 local nonprofits at the event.
Lurch wasn’t sporting a Thunder jersey and there wasn’t a white tiger in the set decor, but the recent Gaslight Playhouse production of “The Addams Family” still had a strong Trine University presence throughout.
Coming out of her freshman year at Trine University, Julia Dickinson initially had a hard time finding a summer internship, but she was able to secure one in the sweetest place of all.
Trine University mechanical engineering students will soon have some extra help preparing presentations for industry.