Alumni Resources

Terre Lane completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering at Michigan Tech in 1982. Her career journey began at Livengood Joint Venture as a project engineer. Later, Terre held many different positions at various companies: Lacana Gold, American Mine Services, Kelsey Engineering (President), General Minerals Corporation (Consultant), Gustavson Associates (Principal Mining Engineer), Intercontinental Potash . . .

Alums Team up to Engineer a Better Beer Chas Thompson '91, computer science, had a good reason for becoming a brewer. "I was thirsty," he says, pouring beers from the Schmohz Brewery counter at the recent Grand Rapids alumni tailgate party. Jim Schwerin '87, owner and brewer at Schmohz (pronounced shmoes), had a similar reason. "I couldn’t find a beer I liked," he says. So, he bought an old building near . . .

Daniel Branagan grew up in southern Michigan, but in high school he kept hearing how difficult it was to get a degree at Michigan Tech and that there were many easier colleges nearby. However, he was motivated by the challenge and the adventure of living so far up north in a remote area with all kinds of outdoor recreational activities. It was many years later that he realized the special and high quality of education . . .