As alumnus of Michigan Technological University's Graduate School, take pride in being a member of our alumni family! Reconnect with old classmates, stay current on Michigan Tech related news, share your story—where has life's journey taken you since leaving campus? And please, if you can, give back by supporting our hard-working Graduate Students!
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Carol Grove
'99Karol L. Grove is a professional land surveyor and certified floodplain manager, licensed in Michigan since 1993. She is the owner of Alpine Land Surveying, Inc., based in Highland, Michigan, which she has led since 1995. With more than three decades of experience, Grove has been a committed leader in the profession. She has served nearly 30 years on the Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors (MSPS) Board of Directors . . .
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Jayson Ripke
'97, '00Jayson received his B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering and PhD. In Chemical Engineering all from Michigan Tech. Jayson's extensive industrial experience began with Northshore Mining as a Process Engineer in the Iron Ore Pellet Plant with Cliffs Natural Resources (formally Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.) and was soon promoted to Chief Metallurgist at CCI’s Wabush Mines Concentrator in Labrador, Canada. . . .
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John Furton
'87John Furton graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. After working for Kraft Foods, he co-founded Peapod, an online grocery shopping service and one of the nation’s first Internet companies. He was inducted into the College of Computing Honor Academy on October 4, 2023. Furton then ran Sourcelight Technologies, a predictive analytics start-up building . . .
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Boost the New Graduate Emergency Fund

Our industrious Graduate Student Government has seeded the newly created Graduate Student Emergency Fund with donations raised from a laser tag event. Please help them build this fund to give meaningful help to a graduate student who finds themselves in sudden need of help.
