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Raphael Mudge

Raphael Mudge

'03

Alumnus: Honor and Duty, Faith and Work

Raphael Mudge has had two salient experiences in his adult life: service in the military and success as an entrepreneur. His service lent him pride; his work “self-actualization.” Mudge , 30, who was in Tech’s ROTC program, graduated in 2003 with a bachelor’s in computer science. He served in the air force until March of 2008. He speaks in a heartfelt way about “the honor of putting on the . . .

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Brian Vancoorst

Brian VanVoorst

'91, '93

After graduating from Michigan Tech with a bachelor's and a Master's degree in computer science in 1991 and 1993 respectively, Brian VanVoorst has already had a successful career and has certainly earned a place in our alumni spotlight.

VanVoorst, who calls Traverse City, Mich. his hometown, grew up as an only child with his mother following the death of his father when he was in the seventh grade. He was interested in computers at a very young age, and while he was . . .

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Stacey Morrison

'88

Stacey Morrison earned a Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, in computer science from Michigan Tech in 1988 and earned a Master of Science degree in computer science from the University of Houston - Clear Lake in 1993. After graduating from Michigan Tech, she joined NASA as a mathematician at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. She was a graduate of Gwinn High School, Gwinn, Michigan, in 1984.

Morrison held many positions in different . . .

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Schmohz

Chas Thompson

'91

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 the airport in Grand Rapids and extended his love of homemade beer into his own . . .

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