February 17, 2025
The Trine Sales and Marketing Association held its second annual KSB Collegiate Sales Cup on Jan. 29, giving Trine University students from all majors the opportunity to show off their sales skills.
Twelve students competed for cash prizes in a 15-minute role-playing exercise. Todd Haidous, owner of the Angola Dairy Queen, role-played as the buyer.
Winners, in order of placement, were Michael Pacer, a marketing major from Maumee, Ohio; Brock Barger, a marketing major from Westfield, Indiana; Matthew Rankin, a golf management major from Grass Lake, Michigan; Josh Hartman, a sport management major from Whitestown, Indiana; and Aidan Hochstetler, a marketing major from Goshen, Indiana.
Judges for the event were Nick Lenzo and Ryan Martin of Federated Insurance, Tyler Benner of Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance and David Quinn of Vestil Manufacturing.
The Trine Sales and Marketing Association is a student-led club in the university’s Ketner School of Business. It is designed to provide students who have an interest in learning more about marketing and sales with opportunities to build and strengthen their skills.
Mia Diaz, a Trine University sophomore from Goshen, Indiana, majoring in exercise science on the 3+3 direct entry pathway for physical therapy, was one of 29 first-generation Indiana college students named as a “Realizing the Dream” recipient by Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).
The Trine University Chamber Orchestra, directed by Music Department Director Brad Jopek, DMA, will hold its spring concert on Sunday, April 13, at 3 p.m. in the Ryan Concert Hall of the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts.
Trine University has announced the schedule for Storm Into Summer, the university’s first conference for K-12 educators.