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Seniors Madison Munger (Indianapolis, Ind. / Franklin Central) and Jacqueline Baughman (Lake Orion, Mich. / Lutheran Northwest) of Trine University's volleyball team were both named to the 2021 iterations of the All-MIAA teams, the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) announced Saturday, April 24.

Trine University cheerleading traveled to Florida to compete in this year's Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) College Cheerleading Nationals in the Open Small Coed division and returned home with an impressive runner-up finish.

Five members of the Trine University men's soccer team were recognized for their individual efforts this past season as All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association selections.

Trine University men's basketball player, Nick Bowman (Angola, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) continues to add to his list of postseason awards by being named first-team All-American by D3hoops.com.

Trine University women's outdoor track and field members Haley Livingston (Fort Worth, Texas/Everman) and Megan Theismann (Ossian, Ind./Norwell) were named this week's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Outdoor "Field Athlete of the Week" and "Track Athlete of Week."

Senior Neil O'Brien (Whiteland, Ind./Roncalli) and junior Theodore Samra (Lansing, Mich./DeWitt) of the Trine University men's outdoor track and field team have been named this week's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Track & Field "Athletes of the Week."

The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) has announced the conference All-Academic teams.

Trine University junior men's basketball player Nick Bowman (Angola, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) has been named first-team All-Great Lakes Region by D3hoops.com.

Trine University junior women's basketball player Tara Bieniewicz (Chesterfield, Mich./Dakota) has been named second-team All-Region by D3hoops.com for her individual performance this past season.

Trine University football players Alex Price (Reading, Mich./Reading) and Isaac Zager (Lincoln, Neb./Lutheran) have been named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Offensive and Defensive "Players of the Week."

Freshman Adrienne Rosey (Schoolcraft, Mich. / Schoolcraft) has been named this week's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) softball pitcher of the week.

Trine University senior Adam Wheaton (Kalamazoo, Mich./Hackett Catholic Prep) has been named this week's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Baseball "Pitcher of the Week."

For the second time this year, Trine University's Valerie Obear (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) has been named this week's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Outdoor Field "Athlete of the Week."

For the second year in a row, a team of Trine University design engineering majors has won a major award at the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC).

A business raising show goats and a device that prevents pants tears for those with lower limb prosthetics took the top prizes at Trine University's annual Innovation Challenge, held April 15 in the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts.

Trine University's High Voltage Dance Team finished third during its first trip to the National Dance Alliance Collegiate national championship, held April 8-9 in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Freshman Jadyn Davis (Angola, Ind. / Angola) has been named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week, the association announced Monday, April 12.

Following in the footsteps of Nobel Prize winners and other prominent scientists, a Trine University senior has been selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).

Trine Universtiy senior Madison Munger (Indianapolis, Ind. / Franklin Central) has been named this week's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) volleyball Player of the Week.

Trine University men's lacrosse player Jack Konicek (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) has been named this week's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association "Defensive Athlete of the Week."

Senior Mercede Daugherty (Watervilet, Mich. / Watervilet) has been named this week's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) softball position player of the week.

Trine University students now have another option for enjoying the beautiful spring weather.

Four Trine University seniors pitted their sales skills against collegiate teams from around the nation in the 2021 National Collegiate Sports Sales Championship, held Feb. 24-March 10.

To advocate for herself and others suffering from headache disorders, Chloe Vruno took part in the 14th annual Headache on the Hill from March 23-24.

Emily Wampler, a Trine University elementary education/special education major from Bloomington, Indiana, was one of 30 students named as "Realizing the Dream" recipients by the Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).

A year later than originally planned, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" will take the stage at Trine University's T. Furth Center for Performing Arts.

Ruth Luebcke, a Crown Point, Indiana, student at Trine University who will graduate with a bachelor's degree in management and an MBA this spring, has been named the recipient of the Trine University Law Scholar Award from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Jake Garlits, a Trine University senior from Huntington, Indiana, is part of the 6 percent of top-tier college seniors selected to join Orr Fellowship this year.

The Theta Phi Alpha sorority at Trine University raised $7,584.68 for Vera Bradley's Foundation for Breast Cancer at this year's Big Man On Campus (BMOC) event.

Jenna Anderson didn't expect that when she visited Trine University with her son RJ she would eventually become a student at the school herself. "Even though we live within a half-hour of Trine, I really knew nothing about it until we went for a college visit his junior year of high school," the Kendallville, Indiana, resident said. RJ is in his second year at Trine as a design engineering technology major, and Jenna recently started the Bachelor of Science in organizational leadership (BSOL) program through TrineOnline. From that initial visit, RJ said he was drawn to Trine by its small size and the quality of its engineering program. "To our delight, we discovered an amazing opportunity for him," Jenna said. A while after RJ started at Trine. Jenna was promoted to a leadership role at the Kendallville Public Library. She holds an associate degree in broadcasting and decided it was time to look for opportunities to complete a bachelor's degree. "I have been taking informal leadership training for several years, but finally decided it was not too late to go back to school," she said. "Once I found out that a couple of my 'local heroes' have degrees in organizational leadership, it sealed the deal." She said she didn't initially think about Trine as a possibility until TrineOnline's BSOL degree program came up in an online search. "I thought about Trine primarily as an engineering and teaching school; I didn't think about there being an online degree in organizational leadership," she said. "These days, it's tough to tell which online schools are trustworthy, but because I knew Trine, I felt comfortable attending online." "Through my experience with the college, RJ's professors and his advisors, I have really developed a trust and an admiration with the university. Once I found out that Trine has an online organizational leadership degree, it was not hard to make a decision on where I would apply." "I was happy when my mom told me she was attending Trine," RJ said. "She knows how much I like Trine and she decided to attend herself." RJ was able to give Jenna some early pointers on using Trine platforms like the myPortal and Moodle systems. "I walked her though the basic functions and just let her explore," he said. "It allowed me to jump right into the class, because I was already familiar with the format," Jenna said. "It was a big help in getting started!" Jenna said at this point she is only able to take one class at a time, so it's unlikely she will march across the platform in Trine's 2023 Commencement with RJ. But she intends to finish no matter how long it takes. "I will appreciate RJ's help when I have to take College Algebra," she said. Jenna hopes the BSOL degree will help her gain the leadership skills to be a "coach" rather than a "manager." "I hope this degree will help me move even further in that direction, and open up career opportunities in the future," she said. "I am happy where I am at. However, if life changes, a degree will certainly be a help in launching a new career."