EAST LANSING - Michigan State University welcomed dozens of girls from ages 12 to 18 this summer to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in new ways at the Miss Media Michigan summer camp. The all-girls tech camp is an immersive program that features game design, interactivity, computing, web development, 3D modeling, electronics, mobile app
MIDLAND - The law firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP will host an Environmental Law Briefing Aug. 6 in Midland where attorneys from the firm?s Resources, Energy and Environment Practice Group will provide updates on state and federal laws and regulations. Jon Lauderbach, a partner in the firm?s Midland office, will welcome attendees at 1:30
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network and New Horizons Computer Learning Center announced Thursday a collaboration to offer the entire catalogue of professional development course offerings to Merit Members at a 20 percent discount. Through this unique agreement, Merit is now aligned with one of the largest independent IT training providers. New Horizons Computer Learning has
ROCKFORD - Are you looking for a volunteer experience that REALLY makes a difference in someone?s life? Do you have a gift for working with people? North Kent Community Services is looking for seven volunteers to act as empowerment coaches for the 15 participants in Thrive, a new program to help people get back on
TROY ? A $1 million grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund closed the deal on a new Michigan call center for S&P Data Michigan that will spend $4.4 million and hire 420 new workers. S&P Data Michigan LLC is a new subsidiary of S&P Data LLC which has operated since 2006 in Ontario, Cleveland, and
DETROIT - David Kircos of Grosse Pointe and Hunter Rosenblume of Syosset, New York, won the $5,000 grand prize for building the top app for the Detroit Public Library at the #hackDP competition earlier this month. Both are interns at Detroit Venture Partners. The event was sponsored by Automation Alley. The app building competition was
DETROIT - For the first time, Detroit residents voting by absentee ballot will be able to register for the ballots online, the city clerk said Wednesday. Janice Winfrey, joined by Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lon Johnson, at a press conference in Detroit announced that the clerk's office would accept applications for absentee ballots online. Applications
CASCADE TOWNSHIP ? Medbio decided to stay in Michigan, after reviewing options in South Carolina and Alabama, after the Michigan Strategic Fund awarded the company a $180,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant. The company will now spent $3.4 million in private capital to expand its operations and add up to 45 new jobs, the
LANSING ? Michigan has been rated the Most Improved State for 2014 in an annual Top 10 Pro-Business States report. Overall, Michigan ranked no. 3 among the nation?s top 10 most populous states and no. 2 among the eight Great Lakes states, contends The American Economic Development Institute and Pollina Corporate Real Estate. The state?s
WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Communications Commission has extended Wednesday?s deadline for filing comments on its controversial Net neutrality proposal due to a last-minute wave of traffic that's crashing its site for some. "The deadline for filing submissions as part of the first round of public comments in the FCC's Open Internet proceeding arrived today,"