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Alumni and Friends Stories

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  • Watercolor rendering of Chang K. Park Center for Student Wellness

    Chang Park '73 Funds Center for Student Wellness with Largest Gift in Michigan Tech History

    The Board of Trustees for Michigan Technological University voted to approve construction of the Chang K. Park Center for Student Wellness. This facility will provide students with approximately 90,000 square feet of modern campus wellness programming and holistic care. Alumnus and philanthropist Chang . . .

  • Jonene Eliasson and Roger Hewlett

    Roots Run Deep

  • The exterior of the John and Melissa Besse Center at Bay College, featuring a modern glass and steel entrance.

    Besse Foundation Scholarship Endows Access to Michigan Tech for Bay College Transfer Students

  • Ellen Hedfield

    Wild at Art: Hedfield '85 on Life After Engineering

  • 2025 Alumni Award Winners

    Introducing the 2025 Alumni Award Winners

  • 2025 James Bryant Conant Award recipient Amiee Modic '84 is presented her award by ACS President Dorothy J. Phillips (First Left), and sponsor representatives from the Journal of Chemical Education and ChemEd X.

    The Chemistry of Teaching: Modic ’84 Earns National Recognition

  • Geoff and Terri Weller

    Manufacturing a Legacy: Geoff Weller’s Drive to Give Back

  • Tina and Gary Schmiedel

    Philanthropy Starts at Home: Gary and Tina Schmiedel Pay It Forward

  • Jeff Thompson '12 and his parents

    Shaggy's Copper Country Skis

  • Tugboat Ronald J. Pearce

    Full Steam Ahead: Great Lakes Tugboat Named After Tech Alumnus Ronald J. Pearce ’51

  • Larry Leinweber

    Leinweber Foundation Launches New Computer Science Scholarship at Michigan Tech

  • George and Judy Mackey

    Legacy in Action: Children Establish Scholarship in Memory of Alumnus Father

  • Stan Smart

    Making Waves: Stan Smart '69 Remembers Early Days of "Wiggle" WGGL-FM

  • Eric Roberts works at a computer.

    Eric Roberts: How to Succeed in Business by GSD (Getting Stuff Done)

  • Tech alumnus Kalvin Hartwig ’10 pictured in studio voicing his lines as Red Leader in Star Wars (Anangon Miigaading): A New Hope. (Image credit: Dr. Cary Miller)

    Husky Makes History with Voice Role in Ojibwe Dubbing of Star Wars

  • Four representatives stand and celebrate after cutting ceremonial ribbon.

    Steve Danis Conference Room Dedicated at Ford Center and Forest

  • Ribbon cutting for CITGO Senior Design Studio

    Chemical Engineering Dedicates CITGO Senior Design Studio

  • Alumni Gateway Arch dedication

    Alumni Gateway Arch Dedicated During Commencement Weekend

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