Northwestern College; University of Northern Iowa

NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE

ORANGE CITY ? Danielle Fry, daughter of Greg and Lora Fry of Fairfield, is serving as a tutor for the 2011?12 school year at Northwestern College in Orange City.

Tutors offer support to students in a variety of academic disciplines, including math, science and writing. Tutors are selected by professors for their content knowledge and ability to assist other students with the material. They also are trained by academic support professionals. In addition to providing one-to-one services, tutors facilitate study groups and test review sessions.

Fry is a senior and is majoring in athletic training at Northwestern College. She offers tutoring services in Biblical studies, kinesiology, science and nursing.

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA

CEDAR FALLS ? The University of Northern Iowa Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering student chapter robotics team, including Sean Quarles of Fairfield, recently won the ATMAE 2011 Student Robotic Competition in Cleveland, Ohio.

The goal of the competition is to retrieve color ping pong balls placed on a table, sort them based on colors and deliver them to designated destinations on the table within five minutes. The robot with the greatest amount of ping pong balls sorted by like color and in the designated areas in the shortest time wins.

UNI, with its robot, Panther-Collect Analyze Transfer, placed first in overall score, as well as best poster design. The team won $800, robot kits, software for team members and three days worth of robotics training.

A total of eight teams participated in the competition this year, including East Carolina State University, Iowa State University, Jacksonville University, Mississippi State University, Morehead State University, Morrisville University and Sam Houston University.

In addition to Quarles, other UNI robotics team members included Jeremy Ganfield of Cedar Falls, Rick Ruport of Denver, Iowa, Peter Dekluyver of Ottumwa, Jeff Rick of Waverly, Mattew Wason of Humboldt; and Rodney Jones of Detroit, Mich.

The team advisor is Jin Zhu, assistant professor in industrial technology.

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