ANN ARBOR ? Aug. 15 is the deadline to submit your business plan to the $1 million Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition open to any early stage business from anywhere in the world. Top prize is $500,000 in cash. Eligibility Technology Note: These are not rigid criteria, they're guidlines. Innovative and proven (past proof of concept)
ANN ARBOR - Four Michigan companies have received a combined total of $200,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program this past quarter, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to more than $2.5 million. The companies received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. ?From a company doing high tech manufacturing to
ANN ARBOR - Logic Solutions and Digital Edge Learning announced the release of digiCoach, an iPad-based formative coaching system for K-12 school administrators and instructional leaders. digiCoach combines modern mobile technology with proven educational research to drive effective professional development decisions and provide teachers with instant feedback. Administrators use digiCOACH while conducting classroom walkthroughs to
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has expanded its MeritLicensing Service and is now offering Secure Sockets Layer certificates to Merit Members at discounted prices. Merit is an authorized Comodo SSL certificate reseller and can provide Merit Member organizations with standard, wildcard, extended validation, and multi-domain SSL certificates. "The MeritLicensing Service has been a valuable, cost-savings
ANN ARBOR - William Cardenas, PMP, has been named by Fulcrum Edge as a Principal and appointed to head of its new office in Tampa, Florida, which expands on Fulcrum Edge offices in metro-Detroit and Cleveland to better serve clients. Cardenas has a deep background in project management and working with governmental and multinational organizations
DETROIT - Butzel Long has been named one of the Top Ranked Law Firms in the Midwest and will be featured in the August 13 issue of The National Law Journal. The Firm achieved this distinction by having at least one of three lawyers in the Firm rated AV by Martindale Hubbell. Butzel Long is
LANSING - On the school report cards issued Thursday by the Department of Education, 286 schools ranked as Reward Schools, but 146 were Priority Schools and 358 were Focus Schools needing some level of intervention. The report also showed adequate yearly progress measures took the hit officials expected they would. Changes to the cut scores
LANSING - A bill that would spend the state's portion of a national foreclosure settlement on restitution for victims of wrongful foreclosure, aid to displaced students, blight elimination and legal counseling for those dealing with foreclosure was signed by Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday. HB 5015 (PA 296) passed the House and Senate in mid-July.
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 announced Susannah Spellman as Executive Director of the United States Unified Community Anchor Network. She will report to Vice President for External Relations and General Counsel John S. Morabito, in the Washington, D.C. office. ?Susannah?s experience with the nation?s government and business leaders in broadband service and community anchor institutions will
LANSING ? Rock and Roll is coming to Michigan International Speedway, the fastest track in NASCAR. Recording artist, and Michigan resident, Kid Rock has been named this year's Pure Michigan 400 Grand Marshal. Known for his award-winning music and philanthropic efforts, Kid Rock will say the most famous words in racing, ?Gentlemen, start your engines,?