Campus Life

Veteran volleyball coach Orlando Gonzalez has been named head coach of Michigan Tech's volleyball program.

Emergency responders practice firefighting, handling hazardous materials.

Tech Talks, gospel music, chili, basketball, pasties, canoeing, biking, hiking, waterfalls . . . 

Change is in the air—and on the grounds—of Michigan Tech thanks to an innovative new construction project. 

We had the pleasure of talking with alumnus Jim Cooper, visiting from Arizona, who earned a degree in metallurgy in 1939 and parlayed it to worldwide achievement. Jim spent nearly 40 years in the mining industry, much of it in Mexico, and at one time his operation was the most efficient in the world. “That,” he says without a touch of swagger, “was probably, in the business sense, as outstanding as you can do.”

Proud parents watch as their sons learn the fundamentals of hockey at Michigan Tech's hockey camp. 

Tech’s Portage Lake Golf Course hosted the Upper Peninsula Ladies Golf Association championship for the first time. 

Eight students from the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership at Michigan Tech had a thrill of a lifetime--meeting President Barack Obama when he visited Ghana. 

Michigan Tech has received federal funding to address a persistent problem on campus: high-risk drinking, which is a critical issue nationwide.

Jacob "Jake" Parkhurst, a community coordinator and resident in Wadsworth Hall, died Saturday evening in a car accident on US 41 near Copper Harbor, just north of the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge.