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���ϲ�����'s student business venture team took first prize in the Sixth Annual Midwest Enterprise Creation Competition at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., over the weekend.

���ϲ�����'s entry – Solum Monitoring Systems, Inc. – received a check for $7,500 in seed capital for the business and introductions to several venture capital sources to pursue potential funding of the enterprise. The national competition is co-hosted by Ball State, Syracuse University and Ernst & Young, LLP.

Twelve ���ϲ����� students received David K. Winter Character Through Student Leadership Awards during a ceremony on campus March 19.

The students – four first-year students, four sophomores and four juniors – will receive $2,000 to go toward tuition for the 2003-04 academic year. The juniors receive an additional $250 to give to a charity of their choice. The winners were chosen for their service to others through various leadership positions.

After 127 debates, 70 speeches and 179 judging assignments, the finals of ���ϲ�����’s 6th Annual Expressions Speech and Debate Tournament came to a close March 5 with victories by sophomore Josh Cox for the debates, freshman Brad Wiegel for persuasive speaking and junior Clark Morgan for interpretive speaking.

Lisa Beamer, wife of 9-11 victim Todd Beamer and author of “Let's Roll,” the heroic story of United Flight 93, will address ���ϲ�����'s class of 2003 at commencement ceremonies 10 a.m. May 3 on Russell Carr Field. Commencement is open to the public; however, seating is limited.

Lisa Beamer's book, “Let's Roll, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage,” chronicles the last hours of Todd Beamer's life and the acts of those courageous individuals on Flight 93 who decided to take action to stop terrorists from using their plane as a weapon.

The Fletcher Jones Foundation has given $500,000 to Westmont for the acquisition of new science equipment.

This grant is the lead gift toward a $2.3 million effort to equip the new David K. Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics with state-of-the-art science equipment and to upgrade the observatory.

Robert Ludwick, a 1974 ���ϲ����� graduate, is the new chairman of the ���ϲ����� Foundation Board of Directors, accepting the gavel from Gerd Jordano, who served as chair for two years.

Robert Ludwick, a 1974 ���ϲ����� graduate, is the new chairman of the ���ϲ����� Foundation Board of Directors, accepting the gavel from Gerd Jordano, who served as chair for two years.

The foundation is comprised of community members who seek to cultivate healthy ties between the community and ���ϲ�����.