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It’s never too early to start planning for retirement, as proven by a group of ��Ӱֱ�� State business students who recently traveled to Rochester to learn about best practices, mistakes to avoid, and more.

The students had access to more than 30 trainings on financial planning topics and were able to interact with hundreds of financial planners and financial companies from across the nation. They were also able to have formal and informal interviews with many different companies.

For his role in developing a new environmentally friendly cooling system, Dr. Jon Owejan, an assistant professor in ��Ӱֱ�� State’s Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology Department, has recently been nominated as a Campus Connector for the 2016 Upstate Venture Ecosystem Awards.

The minor is intended to expose students to existing courses and experiential credits (internship or practicum experiences) at ��Ӱֱ�� State that focus on and/or include leadership topics. These students will be introduced to the Social Change Model of Leadership and mentorship opportunities.

One of the reasons that ��Ӱֱ�� State is such a terrific place for studying cyber security is the fact that students aren’t just learning the theory. They’re putting it into practice building networks, firewalls, access control lists, and more.

As assistant professors and co-founders of a group to encourage female student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), Dr. Danielle Bond and Dr. Tabitha Sprau Coulter are igniting the imaginations of young women by showing students how rewarding and interesting engineering can be.

Dr. Jon Owejan, assistant professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology, and Nathan DeMario, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering technology, have invented an advanced cooling system that doesn’t require a chemistry degree to understand how it works; it uses water instead of refrigerants to carry heat out of buildings.

The Community Design Center of Rochester, the region’s only non-profit, citizen-driven organization dedicated to promoting healthy, sustainable communities, recently appointed two new members to its Board of Directors, including ��Ӱֱ�� State Professor of Architecture William Dean, AIA, NCARB, LEED® AP.

“Those of us in the Civil Engineering Technology Department are very proud of our seniors,” said Erin Vitale, department chair. “For many years, they have outperformed, scored well, and excelled. And this year they’ve exceeded our expectations even further when comparing their scores with peers.” 

For the third time, the ��Ӱֱ�� State Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV) Team came out on top in a national competition.