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Computing & Information Systems Alum Awarded Fellowship to Study Immune Systems Evolution

August 5, 2020

Katherine Skocelas, Computing & Information Systems (CIS) alumna (now a PhD student at Michigan State University), has been awarded a three-year National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship.

School of Engineering Hosts Virtual Engineering Design Conference

August 3, 2020

This year's Engineering Design Conference was unlike any other with virtual sessions and a socially distant Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony.

Engineering Students Adapt to Complete Ski Seat Project Despite COVID Complications

July 29, 2020

Engineering students had to improvise, adapt, and overcome in order to complete their final senior projects in a semester up-ended by COVID-19. The ski seat project of one student team provides many examples of the innovative problem-solving required.

PCEC Dean Named a Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus

July 14, 2020

Dr. Paul Plotkowski, Dean of the GVSU Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, has been named a Distinguished Alumnus for 2020 by the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. 

GVSU Joins West Michigan in Mourning Death of Seymour Padnos, engineering and science leader

July 9, 2020

Seymour K. Padnos, one of Grand Valley's top supporters and chair of Padnos Iron and Metal Company, died July 9. He was 99.

STEPS Camp Featured Among GVSU Summer Camps Finding Ways to Continue Despite COVID

July 6, 2020

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, the STEPS camp is among those from GVSU who have continued virtually, providing educational opportunities to students and continuing to enrich our communities.

School of Engineering Launches Redesigned First-Year Curriculum

June 30, 2020

The School of Engineering is pleased to announce a reorganization of the first year engineering curriculum designed to provide an intuitive and flexible topical breakdown that promotes student success.

PCEC Employees Present at ASEE Virtual Conference

June 29, 2020

Last week, several GVSU Padnos College of Engineering & Computing employees presented at the ASEE virtual conference "At Home with Engineering Education" on a variety of topics related to education and the evolution of technology.

First Innovation Fund proposal will increase computing graduate assistants, grow talent epicenter

June 23, 2020

The first proposal to the Innovation Fund, one of President Philomena V. Mantella's initiatives to propel Grand Valley forward, is underway and seeks to increase enrollment in computing programs.

Society of Women Engineers creates educational videos for students learning at home

June 15, 2020

When COVID-19 interrupted conventional learning for students across the country, Grand Valley's Society of Women Engineers worked to help create resources to facilitate online learning.



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