On February 24th, the College of Engineering will honor Douglas L. Bowers (BSAAE'72) Janice E. Voss (BS Engineering Science'75) and Dennis E. Warner (BSAAE'73) (MSME'76) as three out of seven Engineering Alumni who are distinguished in their engineering careers. The College of Engineering has over 82,000 living alumni. The distinction of DEA has been bestowed upon 479 of these outstanding individuals.

The Friday Zone is WTIU's children's show for 7-12 year olds. It's now in its 12th year and is currently the only regular kids' show produced in Indiana.

John P. Sullivan, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and director of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing, was recently elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. AIAA fellows are chosen for making notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.

Former head of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Dr. Henry T. Yang, chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science.

The American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has honored Bill Gerstenmaier, BSAAE '77; OAE '03; DEA '07, associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate with the Von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics welcomes Staci Dudley as part-time events coordinator and secretary.

PhD Students Don Fry and Jacob Haderlie, were invited by Beihang University in Beijing, China to present at the 2011 International Postgraduate Academic Forum in late October, 2011.