On Saturday, May 11th Triangle Day at the Track returns to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event will once again be hosted by John and Mary Ann Storm, and will feature Emerging Technology Day, access to the Pits and Garage Area, and access to the Celebration of Automobiles Exhibition. Triangles from around the area are invited to join us from 9am-6pm with a $50 donation to the Triangle Education Foundation. Please see attached invitation for more details. View the Triangle Day at the Track invite HERE
Congress Renews IRA Rollover Provision
The IRA Rollover Provision & Triangle Education Foundation Recently, Congress took us to the edge of the cliff and then passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. While many of us have concerns with the efforts in Washington, Congress did provide a bit of a silver lining for non-profits such as the Triangle Education Foundation. As part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 Congress approved an immediate and retroactive implementation of the IRA Rollover provision.
This allows taxpayers over 70½ on or before December 31, 2012 to make tax-free distributions from their traditional and Roth IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts) directly to charity in 2012 and 2013.
Triangle Mourns the Loss of Dr. Wayne F. Echelberger Jr. sdm54
The entire brotherhood and staff of Triangle Fraternity and Triangle Education Foundation mourns the loss of a great man and true brother, Dr. Wayne F. Echelberger Jr., P.E., BCEE sdm54 who passed away the morning of January 19, 2013 at age 78. Brother Echelberger was initiated in the South Dakota Mines chapter on May 2, 1954 and has been one of the Fraternity’s strongest supporters.
Wayne was proud to be a Triangle and served the Fraternity well, most recently as a Director of the Triangle Education Foundation. Prior to his service with the Foundation he had served as the Chairman of the Fraternity’s Approved Courses Committee.
Al Ver ar65 captivates at Scobie Leadership School
Al Ver ar65 of Ford Motor Company gave his inspirational presentation, A Personal Journey Towards Leadership to the participants of the Herbert Scobie Leadership School on July 15, 2012. As young Triangles look to create success in their careers and lives, the stories of his experiences and advice underscored what they had learned over an intense, high-energy weekend of leadership training.
The presentation is a life-long work developed from the rich experiences and lessons he has learned over an impressive career where he served as the vice president and CEO and COO, Automotive Components Holdings (ACH). Prior to this, he served as vice president for Ford's Advanced Manufacturing Engineering organization. He joined Ford in 1972 as a manufacturing process engineer at the Mt. Clemens (Mich.) Paint Plant. He has held a number of engineering and manufacturing positions within Ford and its component operations during his career.
Report Proves Triangle Education Foundation is Changing Lives
In a comprehensive research project started in December of 2007 the Triangle Education Foundation is pleased to say that the years of investments in educational and leadership programs are paying off and changing the lives of young engineers as planned. The research project took over 12 months to complete and is the first step in the formal evaluation process of the various programs the Foundation funds each year.
In cooperation with the Fraternity the Foundation hired Dr. Tom Jelke, an expert in higher education assessment, to provide quantitative and qualitative assessment of its programs and participants since their inception in 2001. Both the Fraternity and Foundation were enormously pleased with the final results.
The results of the data analysis indicate that the leadership programs are meeting or exceeding the vast majority of their desired outcome goals when it comes to providing participants with the leadership skills needed to run and elevate chapter programming. Participants believed their Triangle leadership training experiences made a significant contribution to their development as leaders during college, and after college - in their workplaces and communities.
The Future Begins With Us:
The entire brotherhood and staff of Triangle Fraternity and Triangle Education Foundation mourns the loss of a great man and true brother, Dr. Wayne F. Echelberger Jr., P.E., BCEE sdm54 who passed away the morning of January 19, 2013 at age 78. Brother Echelberger was initiated in the South Dakota Mines chapter on May 2, 1954 and has been one of the Fraternity’s strongest supporters.