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Taking Stock: Applied Portfolio Management Program Nears Three Decades of Hands-on Learning
People who know Michigan Tech know that hands-on learning is a Husky hallmark. What they might not know is that one of the longest-running experiential-based programs on campus came to the University 29 years ago as part of a non-negotiable package deal. The Applied Portfolio Management Program didn't yet have a name when Dean Johnson, then fresh out of grad school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, applied for a faculty position at Tech. He hit the higher-education job market with a newly minted PhD and a determination to create a student investment program wherever he landed.
On the cover: From Wall Street to the streets of San Francisco, Business Huskies go places. We caught up with students in the Applied Portfolio Management Program in Lower Manhattan’s legendary Financial District during the program’s annual trip to New York City. (Photo by Megan Thompson.)
Impact Magazine is published by the Michigan Tech College of Business Fall 2025
- Executive Editor: Dean Johnson
- Managing Editor: Cyndi Perkins
- Writer: Mary Ahkin
- Production Manager: Will Schuett
- Copy Editor: Jessie Tobias
- Design: Jen Withers
- Contributor: Megan Thompson
- Comments to the editor: cmperkin@mtu.edu
