Seven Trine students and CCH staff member Jessica Allen BSBA 2016 traveled to Haiti from May 11-18 to work with Haitian Christian Outreach.

Eleven exercise science majors accompanied Shane Steele, DPT, chair and assistant professor of Trine's Department of Exercise Science, to the Next Olympic Hopeful, a talent transfer event held April 13 at the Turnstone Center in Fort Wayne. The group conducted field tests, analyzing about 20 athletes' movements and body mechanics to assess the effectiveness of their performance.

For more than 200 at-risk students, the Mountain Mission School in Grundy, Virginia, offers an opportunity to begin a new life. Over Spring Break, a group from Trine University's Christian Campus House (CCH) did what they could to help those students on their way.

A team of five Trine University engineering students along with Tim Tyler, Ph.D., professor in the Reiners Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, made a follow-up trip to a remote Ecuadorian village in September to help improve its water system.

Trine University senior elementary education majors enrolled in the Math and Science Methods course presented Monster Math Night at Hendry Park Elementary School on Oct. 30.

Sarah Botts and Maisey, a 3-year-old golden Labrador retriever, recently became certified as a therapy dog-handler team by the Alliance of Therapy Dogs (ATD).

Eight male students competed in this year's Big Man on Campus, which raised more than $12,000 to fight breast cancer. Brittani Smith, a biomedical engineering student from Indiana, chaired the event.

Several Trine University education majors took part in Outreach to Teach, an event sponsored by the Indiana Student Education Association (ISEA) on April 8.

Five Trine University students are helping low- to moderate-income Steuben County residents with taxes through the university's MGT 493 Voluntary Income Tax Assistance class this semester.

The 17th annual Big Man on Campus (BMOC), sponsored by Trine University's chapter of the Theta Phi Alpha sorority, raised more than $11,000 for the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer.

O'Shea Owens, a senior majoring in criminal justice and psychology at Trine University, was a finalist for the first Emerging Leader Award presented by the Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana.

Emily Wilson, an Alexandria freshman majoring in biology, volunteered to help with Trine University's first Giving Day. During the Nov. 19 event, Emily helped by accepting donations at the Rick L. and Vicki L. James University Center.