MORROW, Ga. — Clayton State University (CSU), a unit of the University System of Georgia, recently celebrated the topping out of the campus’ new Science Building. Once completed, the $19.8 million energy efficient Science Building will provide the school with 64,000 square feet of new high tech instruction and research space.
The District of Columbia Society of Professional Engineers (DCSPE) recently named Lorraine Fleming Ph.D., interim dean of the Howard University College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences, its 2014 Engineer of the Year. Fleming has led numerous research and intervention initiatives to engage and retain African American talent in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines.
Code Blue Corporation, a leading manufacturer of emergency communication solutions, has integrated its ToolVox X3 systems management platform with Milestone Systems’ XProtect video surveillance software to monitor the health of emergency speakerphones. The ToolVox X3 will integrate with XProtect to monitor the status of each ToolVox, the connection between XProtect and ToolVox, and the activity of Code Blue phones connected to each registered ToolVox.
KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA, which produces a full range of crawler excavators, announced the appointment of Matt Csoka as national account sales manager. Csoka brings more than 10 years of experience in diverse management roles. Most recently, he served as KOBELCO’s southeastern sales representative, where he expanded KOBELCO’s distribution locations through dealer recruitment and development in the region.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Construction crews recently topped out the new Martin Luther King Jr. School in Cambridge, Mass. The 169,000-square-foot school has been designed to target Net Zero energy consumption, and will serve an estimated 740 students.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A dedication of the new 30,000-square-foot College of Health Sciences (CHS) building at Jacksonville University was held on Sept. 4.
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona has announced its selection of GLHN Architects & Engineers, Inc. of Tucson and national design firm Gould Evans to complete a $3 million addition to McClelland Hall. The addition will require infilling two levels of the hall’s existing courtyard, creating a new space that will house the Eller College Professional Development Center.
PIQUA, Ohio — Construction on both new Springcreek and Washington primary schools (K-3) in Piqua is almost 87 percent complete, while construction on the new Piqua Central Intermediate School (4-6) is about 53 percent complete. The consolidation of Piqua City School District schools into the three facilities will help save the district money in electrical, plumbing, heat and air-conditioning costs.
Following a nationwide search, Concordia University Portland announced the addition of Jilma Meneses as chief operating officer (COO). Meneses has served as Portland State University’s chief diversity officer since 2010, serving on the president’s executive committee at the vice presidential level. She has over twenty years of administrative, legal, and business experience, including ten years at Oregon Health & Science University and eight years at Tri-Met.
Ideal for schools and universities looking to increase security or control access, the idScan OCR Driver License scanner by ScanShell is the only ID card scanner on the market which recognizes various and newest versions of licenses from all 50 states as well as selected international identification cards. ScanShell can extract the full card image, face image, signature image and full text data of the ID card, and uses three different technologies for verification of authenticity.
