December 19, 2019
Trine University staff members delivered Christmas trees and toys to nonprofit organizations and families throughout the area on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
Faculty and staff donated 100 toys during a toy drive the first week of December. Those toys were donated to Toys for Tots of Steuben and DeKalb County.
Academic departments, staff, student organizations and athletic teams decorated more than 50 Christmas trees that were delivered to local nonprofits and under-resourced families in the community. Trees were distributed as follows:
Photo: Chuck Stommel, event coordinator/audio visual assistant, unloads a tree. (Photos by Jennifer LaRose)
The Blessings Barn - From left, Chuck Stommel, event coordinator/audio visual assistant, Katie Bontrager, The Blessings Barn, and Wendy Kipfer, event services/ASTRA.
Toys for Tots - From left, Dan DeLong, Mike McClain , Jesse Engle, Rod Dunifin and Chris Klink from Trine’s Campus Operations staff with the toys donated by faculty and staff for Toys for Tots.
Project Help - Robert Lapham and Sherri Frank of Project Help of Steuben County with some of the donated trees.
Two amputations haven’t stopped Ben Masten from working as a paramedic, but he still faces challenges every day. A team of Trine University biomedical engineering majors worked this spring to help him overcome one of them.
Trine University has named Eric Yoder, who most recently served as chief executive officer of the YMCA of Steuben County, as its new vice president for operations, beginning in June.
As we celebrate National Nurses Week, the nursing workforce is under pressure across the country. Staff shortages, high patient acuity and increasing complexity of care delivery are besetting our healthcare systems. Nursing education programs are being asked to provide graduates who will step directly into practice - faster, more efficiently and with the ability to cope at an increasingly fast pace with changing environments.