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Davenport Wins $3,000 Grant To Award Credit For On-Line Courses

GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University has been granted $3,000 to award credit for a large number of low- or no-cost online courses offered through the Alternative Credit Project.These courses include disciplines such as business, critical thinking and writing, foreign language, humanities, mathematics, and natural and physical sciences. The ACP adds to an already broad portfolio

By |2016-01-30T18:56:29-05:00January 28th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

Davenport Offers 20 Percent Tuition Discount For Automation Alley Members

TROY - Davenport University offers a 20 percent tuition discount to all Automation Alley members and their employees. The application fee is also waived. Additionally, if a member organization is also a part of a Chamber of Commerce, those employees can qualify for up to $1,500 per year in scholarship funding. Davenport offers more than

By |2016-01-28T19:01:08-05:00January 28th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

Free Trade Agreement Update: Trans-Pacific Partnership

GRAND RAPIDS - After years of negotiations an agreement has been reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.  Encompassing 12 countries, this is the largest free trade deal ever negotiated. The TPP must still be ratified and implemented, meaning there is still a long road ahead.  In the meantime, join Grand Valley State University on February 5th

By |2016-01-29T22:04:39-05:00January 27th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

OST Acquires Human Centered Design Partner Visualhero

GRAND RAPIDS -  Information technology consultant Open Systems Technology Tuesday announced it has acquired longtime partner, Visualhero Design. Terms were not announced. OST said in a press release said that the acquisition extends OST’s capabilities, provides new methods of problem solving and expands its solutions, from research through production. “The acquisition of Visualhero Design allows

By |2016-01-29T15:09:30-05:00January 26th, 2016|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Comedy Central Picks Detroit To Shoot New Series Detroiters

DETROIT - Comedy Central has selected Detroit as the backdrop for its upcoming series, Detroiters, a comedy series that follows the travails of two small-time advertising men who produce low-budget, off-beat commercials with an eye toward a bigger dream. Filming is scheduled to begin this summer with pre-production as early as April. The series, which

By |2016-01-25T22:25:04-05:00January 25th, 2016|Featured, New Products / Contracts, News|

West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Feb. 8 Luncheon On Food Management, Organic Waste

GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon on sustainable food management and organic waste February 8 at Aquinas College. Featured speaker is Susan Mooney, Chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 5 Municipal and Industrial Materials Section. Mooney will introduce various EPA programs and tools that businesses can use

By |2016-01-19T17:51:27-05:00January 19th, 2016|Clean Update, New Products / Contracts|

Bloomfield Hills High School Students Takes Third Place In FCA US Drive For Design Contest

AUBURN HILLS - The FCA US LLC Design team today announced four winners in this year’s Drive for Design contest and one of them was from Bloomfield Hills High School. The FCA US Drive for Design contest challenged U.S. high school students in grades 10-12 to design a Dodge SRT Hellcat for the year 2025.

By |2016-01-19T17:16:25-05:00January 19th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

Ann Arbor Art Center Offer Mid-Winter School Break Activities For Kids

ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Art Center will turn the mid-winter school break - from Feb. 15 to Feb. 19 - into a week of hands-on art prove that involve collaboration, experimentation, critical thinking and problem solving. Its theme for the week will be an explosion of color! Kids will learn new ways to use

By |2016-01-17T16:04:02-05:00January 17th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

Appia Communications Delivers Cloud Computing For Business

TRAVERSE CITY - Appia Communications announced the availability of its Cloud desktops that deliver a Windows desktop experience that includes Microsoft Office 2013 Standard, with options to upgrade to Professional Plus, add hosted Microsoft Exchange, and add line of business applications. For more than 15 years, Appia has provided Cloud voice, cellular, colocation, call center,

By |2016-01-14T16:29:30-05:00January 14th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

Kettering Spin-Out Technology Could Be Used At Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plant In Detroit

SOUTHFIELD - Environmental and Technical Controls Inc. hopes to build a $24 million plant on Detroit’s east side to supply hydrogen fuel cell power systems pending land approval from the Detroit City Council. The 150,000 square foot plant would manufacture fuel cells and components as well as research and development, warehousing and distribution. GEI’s technology

By |2016-01-15T10:12:41-05:00January 14th, 2016|Clean Update, New Products / Contracts|