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CAMPUS NEWS Impressive Rankings Continue ettering University continued to in a CNN Money article looking at the top Kreceive national attention for its 10 colleges in the country for ROI. leading curriculum and alumni outcomes in Kettering was also featured in a December national rankings this year. 2014 Automobile Magazine article looking In the 2015 U.S. News and World Report at the best universities for students hoping ‘Best Colleges’ rankings, released in to work in the auto industry. Kettering September, Kettering was ranked No. 14 was one of five universities profiled in in the country among non-Ph.D. granting the article, highlighted in particular for engineering programs. The Mechanical the long legacy of producing leading Engineering program ranked No. 4 in automotive engineers. the country among non-Ph.D. programs. In a December 2014 MLive.com article entitled, “Kettering Kettering also ranked 20th in the Midwest among all regional University continues to put Flint in national spotlight,” Flint universities. Mayor Dayne Walling said, “Kettering’s success has created a In March of 2015, PayScale.com ranked Kettering No. 12 in positive draft that has pulled our entire community forward. the country in Return on Investment. Kettering, which was Kettering is one of the global hubs of talent for science, also No. 1 in Michigan and the Midwest in ROI, was featured technology, engineering, management and entrepreneurship.” New ‘Opportunity Lab’ Opens on Campus ettering University hosted a The T-Space will begin as a place for light students. That mindset is the innovation Kgrand opening for a student-led prototyping with access to whiteboards, and entrepreneurial mindset.” collaborative and creative space called moveable furniture, music creation, The opening also featured an the ‘T-Space’ in December. communication devices and a green entrepreneurship roundtable that The Kettering T-Space is constantly room for animation and multimedia included Kettering President Dr. Robert evolving its mission and offerings, but production. In the near future, the space K. McMahan, Provost Dr. James Zhang currently provides students access to 3D will contain servers that will provide and alumni Dave Stenson '86 (CEO of printing, laser cutting, soldering and other students with access to software that may Inventev), Dr. John Suh '90 (executive utilities to work on small electric and not otherwise be common on campus. The director, Hyundai Ventures), Paul mechanical prototypes. tools currently provided are ample for Glomski '99 (CEO of Detroit Labs), Jesse computer scientists and mechanical and Alleyne '07 (enterprise account executive electrical engineers to experiment. at Microsoft), Kristina Kamensky '09 “The end is not to encourage our students (entrepreneur), Matt Gaidica '10 (Silicon to create businesses,” said Dr. Massoud Valley entrepreneur and doctoral student Tavakoli, professor of Mechanical at University of Michigan), Dan Kurin Engineering and faculty director of the '11 (entrepreneur) and Alex Barath '13 T-Space. “That they can do on their own (engineer with General Motors). later in life. The underlying motivation Read more: www.kettering.edu/ for all of this is to get our students to news/new-t-space-allows-kettering- adopt a mindset that might be alien or university-students-space-think- uncomfortable to engineering and science tinker-thrive 4 KETTERING MA G AZINE