University of Cincinnati SPE student chapter celebrates 25 years

(MVSPE) was celebrating its 55th year of existence, it also presented a recognition plaque to the University of Cincinnati Student Chapter of the SPE for its excellence in academic achievement and attainment of 25 consecutive years as a student section. The award was presented on the University of Cincinnati campus, and was followed by a presentation from Stephen Clarson on the past 20 years of the student section, and a poster session presented by students on academic areas of study in the plastics industry.

Today, the UC student chapter has its largest membership roster in its history. Clarson noted, “The positive environment here at the University of Cincinnati is very exciting and the State of Ohio truly is in the center of many of the new developments in plastics technology. Here at the University of Cincinnati, we anticipate continued student growth, given the involvement of many local plastics-related industries.”

Bob Rajkovich, MVSPE president, said, “Our chapter started meeting in the old Engineers Club in Dayton, OH in 1943 and became a part of SPE in 1946. Today we meet every year at Christmas at the Engineers Club in the same building where both of the Wright Brothers met and engineered the beauty of flight years ago. The great innovations and leaders in plastics technologies that have come from our chapter are simply remarkable. It is truly a great heritage and the UC Chapter as well as all of our student chapters are part of that heritage.—[email protected]