Trine University, founded in 1884, is known for producing career-ready graduates who are prepared to succeed, lead and serve. Trine faculty and staff encourage and celebrate students for their achievements. Excelling On and Off the Field – It’s A Trine Thing.
(see more)Trine University, founded in 1884, is known for producing career-ready graduates who are prepared to succeed, lead and serve. Trine faculty and staff encourage and celebrate students for their achievements. Excelling On and Off the Field – It’s A Trine Thing.
Trine wins ASCE regional competition
Students from Trine University's chapter of the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) took top honors at the organization's 2019 Great Lakes Regional Conference held at Valparaiso University on April 12-13.

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2019 May 1
Trine team wins ITE District Traffic Bowl
A Trine University team took top honors at a district competition for the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).

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2019 Apr 29
Trine ChemE Car team places 4th at regionals
A Trine University team tasked with designing a car that can start and stop using only chemical reactions placed fourth in regional competition on April 13, qualifying for the national level.

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2019 Apr 15

Trine Bridge team places 14th
The Thunder Aces, the competitive team from Trine University's Bridge Club, finished tied for 14th in an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) competitive event on April 7.

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2019 Apr 9
Trine students take 5 awards at ACJA nationals
Trine University students and faculty recently attended the 2019 American Criminal Justice Association-Lambda Alpha Epsilon (ACJA-LAE) National Conference hosted by Region 4 of the ACJA.

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2019 Mar 19
Trine's Bridge Club growing, becoming more competitive
Though often associated with older generations, Bridge is gaining a following on the Trine University campus. The university's Bridge Club, competing as the Thunder Aces, took part in the 2019 College Bridge Online Club Special Team Tournament on Feb. 17, sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The competition included 31 colleges and universities, with Trine winning five out of eight matches - defeating two teams from the University of Chicago and teams from Alabama, Vanderbilt and Cal Tech - and tying for 19th overall.

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2019 Mar 18
Big Man on Campus
The 19th annual Big Man on Campus (BMOC), sponsored by Trine University's Theta Phi Alpha sorority, raised $5,932.37 for the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer.

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2019 Feb 14
Awards presented for Trine's second STEM Symposium
Trine University presented its second STEM Research and Design Symposium on Dec. 7 in the Jim and Joan Bock Center for Innovation and Biomedical Engineering.

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2018 Dec 10
Trine honors Cunningham winners
Trine University presented awards to the winners of its 10th annual Walter Cunningham Writing Contest at a ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 28, in Wells Theater.

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2019 Mar 1
Trine wins 29 awards at ACJA competition
Trine University's Tau Alpha Omicron (TAO) chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA-Lambda Alpha Epsilon) won 29 of 72 possible awards at the organization's regional conference.

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2018 Nov 12
Top prizes awarded for Innovation Challenge
Trine University students were among those awarded at the fifth annual Innovation Challenge hosted by Trine University's Innovation One and Fifth Third Bank on April 20.

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2018 Apr 23
National award at ACJA competition
Students from Trine University's Tau Alpha Omicron (TAO) chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA) won two awards at the ACJA's national conference March 18-23.

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2018 Apr 5
Trine wins 22 awards at ACJA competition
Trine University's Tau Alpha Omicron (TAO) chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA-Lambda Alpha Epsilon) won 22 of 89 possible awards at the organization's regional conference in October.

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2017 Nov 2
Cunningham Writing Contest winner
Trine University has announced the winners of its ninth annual Walter Cunningham Writing Contest.

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2018 Feb 19
Trine Chem-E Car team 6th at international competition
A team of Trine University chemical engineering students placed sixth at an international competition to build a car that starts and stops using only chemical reactions.

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2017 Nov 1
Homecoming royalty
The 2017 Trine University Homecoming king and queen were crowned Friday, Sept. 15, at a Homecoming pep rally and recognized at the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Sept. 16.

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2017 Sep 19
Innovation Challenge prize winner
Top prizes were awarded at the fourth annual Innovation Challenge presented by Trine University's Innovation One and Fifth Third Bank on April 21.

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2017 May 4

AIChE competition
A group of chemical engineering students from Trine University took part in competitions at the North-Central Student Regional Conference of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

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2017 May 1
Cunningham Writing Contest winners included in printed volume
A printed book containing the 2017 winning entries of the Cunningham Writing Contest in Trine University's Department of Humanities and Communication is available for $5 at Amazon.com.

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2017 Apr 17
Awarded at American Criminal Justice Association regional conference
Trine University's Tau Alpha Omicron (TAO) chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA) won 18 awards at the association's recent 2016 Lambda Alpha Epsilon Region 6 Conference.

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2016 Nov 9
Winner of student design competition
Students in MAE 202 competed to see which group could best design a house heated by passive solar energy.

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2016 Dec 7

Trine teams win AIChE safety award
Two student teams from Trine University were named the winners of the Safety and Health Division Student Design Competition Award for Safety given by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

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2016 Oct 10
Trine names homecoming court, crowns royalty
Trine University recognized its homecoming court and crowned its 2016 homecoming king and queen.

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2016 Oct 4

Sheperd wins AIChE safety award
In addition to winning the AIChE Student Design competition, Michael Sheperd has won the safety award given by the AIChE Safety and Health Division.

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2016 Sep 30
Participated in Basic Utility Vehicle competition
Trine University competed in this year's Basic Utility Vehicle competition.

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2016 Apr 29
Sheperd wins AIChE Student Design Competition
Michael Sheperd of Bryan, Ohio, a 2016 chemical engineering graduate of Trine University, has been named the winner of The A. McLaren White Award for taking first prize in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Student Design Competition - Individual Category.

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2016 Sep 28
Trine students earn top honors at 2016 AlChE conference
Trine University chemical engineering students recently travelled to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, for the 2016 AIChE Student North-Central Regional Conference.

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2016 Apr 27

Trine students participate in 2016 AIChE car competition
Trine students designed a remote control sized car that runs and stops using a chemical reaction. The Trine vehicle stopped 1m away from the target, landing the team in 5th place among 18 teams after two rounds of competition, qualifying them to compete at nationals.

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2016 Apr 20

Students earn first place in 2016 AIChE Jeopardy competition
Trine Chemical Engineering Students travelled to Miami University in Oxford, OH, for the 2016 AIChE Student North-Central Regional Conference. Trine's Jeopardy team ran away with top honors, finishing first in a bracket style competition out of 15 schools.

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2016 Apr 18

Trine senior awarded second place in research poster contest
Trine Chemical Engineering Students travelled to Miami University in Oxford, OH, for the 2016 AIChE Student North-Central Regional Conference. Senior Jennifer Jackemeyer was awarded second place in the poster competition for her honors research project titled "Lactic Acid Production: Using Lactobacillus to Redesign a Lab Experiment."

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2016 Apr 18