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Speaking Opportunities This Week

  By AT | February 19, 2014 - 11:08 pm |
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Alice began the week with 3 His Wheels Speaking engagements scheduled for the year. But by tomorrow afternoon it will be 4 for the week. Yesterday HWI had a Skype meeting with 6 Jr. Engineering students at Taylor University. Today Alice did a pre-recorded broadcast with WBEZ. Public Radio Chicago that will air tomorrow during the 12:30P-1:00P hour. Tomorrow AM Kevin and Alice will Skype again with the Engineering students about project ideas they have come up with for the trike. Tomorrow Alice also is the ministry practitioner speaking for a History and Philosophy of Christian Education class at Wheaton College.

Olivet Nazarene University Trike Project Update

  By AT | February 12, 2014 - 11:42 pm |
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This update is from January 31, 2014. “ONU His Wheels Team has been making some progress after our long break.
Over the past 2 weeks, Ben and Britny have met a few times to take measurements of the trike to see where parts have room to be placed (i.e. motors, batteries, wiring, circuit board), and have designed a hopefully simple design for these. We have detached the hand pedals and the chain to free up the front end and are making plans to cut the front end soon to transform this into a caster wheel.
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Follow Up from Taylor University Visit

  By AT | February 12, 2014 - 11:35 pm |
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Here is one very exciting thing that came from His Wheels International’s trip to Taylor University in December. John, a 13 year old friend of HWI, an engineering guru, who lives in Upland and who attended the December meeting was able to audit a January Engineering course at Taylor. Here is a HWI video that John did for us.

Resurrection University Commencement Speech December 14, 2013

  By AT | January 22, 2014 - 11:57 pm | ,
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(L) Alice Teisan, (R) Beth Brooks, Res U President

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Alice Teisan delivering Commencement Speech

Title: A Paradox

Dr. Brooks, board of directors, faculty, family, friends and, most importantly, graduates; it is a great honor to share in this momentous occasion with you on the brink of my 30th class reunion in May when Resurrection University celebrates its 100th anniversary.

For you, class of 2013, this is both Commencement and Graduation. A paradox of beginning and ending, all wrapped into one. It is a day where all sorts of polar opposites are happening at the same time. (more…)

A Look Back at 2013

  By AT | January 22, 2014 - 10:40 pm |
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Here is a copy of the most recent His Wheels International update. You can read of all the opportunities we had in 2013. January 2014 Letter

Happy New Year 2014

  By AT | January 2, 2014 - 11:56 pm |
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It is hard to believe that in May 2014 His Wheels will enter its 10th year of ministry.

The New Year has just begun but already today many exciting new opportunities are beginning to percolate.

1. After our last newsletter one of our readers suggested a possible engineering program nearby that we should look into to see if they were interested in our University Trike Consortium. One thing we’ve never done much of is cold calling. (more…)