Two Groups, Twelve Students, Four Kids, and a Cyclotron

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P1010896 Earlier this month, the Eastern Michigan SolidWorks User Group and the West Michigan SolidWorks User Group held a joint meeting at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University.  The meeting was attended by nearly 70 people – SolidWorks Users, Students, Faculty, and even a few kids aged 8, 10, 12, and 17.  I had to ask EMSWUG Group Leader Dan Bovinich…was it because some parents couldn’t find a sitter?

Turns out these particular parents really just wanted their children to share in the Cyclotron tour.  I can see why – NSCL has a terrific program designed just for K-12 grade students and teachers.

Lots of effort went into the planning and scheduling of this meeting.  Congratulations to Dan and Jason Raak for pulling the whole thing together.  Dan also credits Gary Lowell, David Darbyshire, and Darin Grossier of DASI, along with John Olivia of NSCL for helping out.  Food, clean-up, and car-pooling duties were handled by Michael Beem, Jared Laba, and Dan Bartlett.

The Cyclotron might have been the star, but a young student named Zach really stole the show.  Dan tells me that he had everyone laughing during his 45 minute presentation, and it was the best Cyclotron presentation he has ever heard.  Sounds like we have an up-and-coming SolidWorks superstar in the making.

Richard Doyle

Richard Doyle

My official title is Senior User Advocacy & SolidWorks User Groups - but most people just call me "The User Group Guy". I've been a SolidWorks user since 1997, and was one of the founding members of the SWUGN Committee. Since starting the Central Texas SolidWorks User Group in 1999, my career path has led me to DS SolidWorks and a dream job supporting the SolidWorks User Group Network worldwide.
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