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Michigan Tech students will soon benefit from two gifts from alumni designed to support teaching and learning.

Alumni Gifts Fund Two Major Learning Initiatives at Michigan Tech

May 3, 2013
By Marcia Goodrich

The Wahtera Center for Student Success and the William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning

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Michigan Tech Receives $100,000 from General Motors

March 1, 2013
By Jennifer Donovan

Michigan Tech receives $100,000 from long-time supporter General Motors. 

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Yun Hang Hu, the inaugural Charles and Carroll McArthur Professor at Michigan Technological University

Yun Hang Hu Appointed to McArthur Professorship

February 25, 2013
By Marcia Goodrich

Honored for research productivity and teaching excellence

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Dennis Wiitanen, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering

Endowed Professorship to Honor Longtime Michigan Tech Faculty Member

December 4, 2012
By Marcia Goodrich

A $1 million endowment funds the Dennis Wiitanen Professorship in Electric Power Systems

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Dallas Smolarek tests the properties of parts in the DENSO Student Design Center at the Keweenaw Research Center.

DENSO Student Design Center Expands Horizons of Michigan Tech Engineering Students

December 15, 2011
By Jennifer Donovan

A grant from the DENSO North America Foundation is supporting invaluable hands-on design experiences for Michigan Tech engineering students.

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James Trethewey cites Tech's unique culture as one reason for the generosity he and his wife, Dee, display toward the University.

Tretheweys Create Endowed Professorship for Portfolio Management Program

October 19, 2011
By Marcia Goodrich

The gift supports the real-life student investment program launched by Dean Johnson in 1998.

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dedication crowd

Business School Dedicates LSGI Trading Room

October 12, 2011
By Dennis Walikainen

The new LSGI Trading Room is now home to Michigan Tech's Applied Portfolio Management Program, which invests $1 million of real money in the stock market. 

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Franklin St. John

St. John Family Provides Another $1 Million Estate Gift to Michigan Tech

June 8, 2011
By Marcia Goodrich

To support scholarships, endowed chair

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Artist's rendering of the new Paul and Susan Williams Center for Computer Systems Research

Alumni Gifts Underwrite New Computing Research Center

January 31, 2011
By Marcia Goodrich

A space where Michigan Tech’s computer scientists and engineers can put their heads together

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Peace Corps Master's International student Mariah Maggio addresses an international service symposium at Michigan Tech.

Michigan Tech Helps Those Who Help Others

December 17, 2010
By Dennis Walikainen

Michigan Tech's new National Service Graduate Fellowship program offers tuition aid to graduate students who have served in the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps or the military.

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