• Gene Klippel and Dean Johnson shaking hands in front of the Husky statue

    From the Dean

    Michigan Tech is not the biggest school around. Houghton is not a major city. And the Academic Office Building is not a sprawling structure. But size isn’t what you need to make the biggest impact. In this issue we see the benefits of being hands-on in education and having professors and students who work side-by-side. The world of business is about relationships, and we work hard in the School of Business and Economics to demonstrate that to our students every day.

On the cover: Size isn’t what you need to make the biggest impact.


Impact is published annually by the School of Business and Economics and University Marketing and Communications at Michigan Technological University.

  • Dean: R. Eugene Klippel
  • Creative: Upper Penninsula Marketing Department Inc.
  • Authors: Kelly Fosness, Karyn Olsson, and Laurel Hoitsma
  • Principal Photographer: Sarah Bird
  • Contributing Photographers: Patrick Flood, Allan Sinclair, Jeff Glenn, Soonkwan Hong, Danny Santos II
  • Please send correspondence to impact@mtu.edu.