Inspire, Winter 2004

Inspire 9 Carol began her career as a contracting officer for the Air Force, procuring communications for the Department of Defense. Carol currently resides in Fairfax, Virginia, with her husband, Todd ’84, and children, Christina (10), Joseph (8), and Daniel (3). White House Chief of Staff Speaks to Students White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card visited the Cedarville University campus on October 21. In a speech in the Recital Hall, Secretary Card told students about some of the qualities of George W. Bush that have become apparent to him as he works with the President each day. Secretary Card also shared his memories in serving alongside the President on September 11 and 14, 2001. He advised students to continue to pray for our President. act as a planing hull. In the low-speed endurance race, the weight was shifted forward, causing the hull to act like a canoe. The hull’s ability to play whatever role was most efficient and necessary in the race gave Cedarville the championship. Brian and his wife, April, currently reside in Jackson, Michigan, where he works for SeaLandAire Technologies, Inc., developing innovative ocean- and land-based sensor systems for the military. rosters, eligibility and election of honors members, annual attendance at the National Convention, votes on constitutional amendments, annual chapter survey, and on-time payments of new member fees. The current members of Ohio Nu will select an incoming member to receive the scholarship. Dr. Harwood Hegna, chapter advisor and professor of mechanical engineering, said, “I have been blessed to work with excellent groups of student members of our chapter from the classes of 2001 through 2004. Their diligence over three academic years earned this scholarship. Their effort is even more noteworthy because they selflessly worked for a newly elected student member who was not known to them.” Alum Takes Second Place at International Engineering Competition Brian Montague ’04 won second place at the November 15 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Old Guard Oral Presentation in Anaheim, California. Brian’s presentation described his hull design for Cedarville University’s solar/electric boat. The boat won Solar Splash ® 2004, the world collegiate championship of solar/electric boating, in June 2004. As Brian explained in his presentation, his hull was able to “change” design based on where weight was placed in the boat. In the sprint race of the Solar Splash ® competition, weight was placed in the back of the boat, causing the hull to Carol Douglas Rivetti ’84, former U.S. vice president and general manager for Westcon Group North America, spoke at Cedarville University as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series of the Depart- ment of Business Administration on Nov. 15. Carol spoke about distribution channels within the technology arena and also encouraged students to have a plan for how they will integrate career change decisions with their personal/family lives. Westcon Group is a global specialty distributor of networking and communications equipment, specializing in the convergence of voice, data, and video applications and technologies. Carol came to Westcon Group from Lucent, where she served as a global account manager and national sales manager for the North America Service Provider Division. She has also worked for AT&T, where she served in various roles, including sales management, project management, and strategic planning. Brian Montague ’04 is shown here with (left to right) Leonard Anderson, vice president for Region V of ASME; Dr. Larry Zavodney, chair of Cedarville’s Elmer W. Engstrom Department of Engineering; and Dr. Bob Chasnov, ASME student chapter faculty advisor at Cedarville. Alumna Presents at Distinguished Speaker Series