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Hello, my name is Cheyne Westerman.  As you read this, you are probably wondering how to pronounce my name.  Often times, I hear "Cheyenne," but the proper pronunciation is actually "Shane."  

I am currently a student at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.  I am 20 years old, and a sophomore in class standing.  My major is mechanical engineering.  However, the parts that I am really more passionate about are my concentration and minors.  I am undertaking a concentration in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, which is geared towards engineering.  My dual minors are: 1) Business;  2) Innovation & Entrepreneurship (which is geared towards business).  I choose my major to be mechanical engineering because it is possible the broadest of engineering degrees and I believe that to work in any position in a company which sells products, one must be able to understand the core ingredient of success: the product itself.  My real goal in life is to land an upper management position at a great company or to create my own company with a group of intelligent individuals which brings great value to target customers.  

One of my passions in life is learning more about entrepreneurship and the ways in which successful people innovate.  Whether this be innovation in a company's products or in society as a whole.  On the flipside, I also enjoy relaxing with friends, participating in intramural sports at school, and engaging myself in fraternity events.  I am a brother of the Sigma Chi Fraternity in the Zeta Theta A chapter at Kettering University.  I currently hold the position of Scholarship Chair and Assistant Magister (assistant pledge educator).  I have a passion for people to find passion for/in education.

Recently, I have been given the great opportunity to be President of the Kettering Entrepreneur Society at my university.  The Society meets once a week and "grows" ideas among students.  Essentially, anyone is invited to come and voice their ideas and we as a group can discuss and give advice to such ideas.  If certain students want to take their ideas to the next level, we provide money or "grants" for the students to first engineer their product.  If the prototyping goes well, it is possible for the students to pitch their business and marketing plans and receive a separate grant for the next step of the process: exposure.

I am excited to continue in my passion for innovation and entrepreneurship with the University Innovation Fellows!