Have questions about college experiences?
Ask your peers! Contact your peer mentors on a broad range of activities in chemical engineering and beyond, such as:
- courses
- co-ops and internships
- academic organizations
- research
- study abroad
- extracurriculars
Read more engineering student stories.
Lina Espejo Ramirez
Email: lpespejo@mtu.edu
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia
Year: Fourth
Interests: scuba diving, volleyball, hiking, painting
Experiences: research, varsity athlete, ChemE organizations
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English
I transferred from Midland College, Texas. Since I got to Michigan Tech, meeting other students has been helpful to take advantage of all the opportunities the university has to offer. As a peer mentor, I want to help students that are in the same position I was once.
Madeline Johnson
Email: mgjohns1@mtu.edu
Hometown: Duluth, MN
Year: Fourth
Interests: hiking, camping, dancing, broomball, snowboarding, and nordic skiing
Experiences: co-op, resumes, student organizations, campus resources, Enterprise, resident assistant
(RA)
Michigan Tech offers its students many different opportunities to grow and make the most of their college experience. I have completed an eight month co-op with Amcor and have been involved and participated in different organizations and events across campus. I was also an RA for three semesters in Wadsworth Hall. I am very excited to meet the incoming students this year, and share my experience. As a peer mentor, I am looking forward to helping students succeed in their time at Michigan Tech and encourage them to take advantage of the many opportunities on campus.
Riley Smith
Email: rtsmith@mtu.edu
Hometown: Kalamazoo, MI
Year: Fourth
Interests: kayaking, running, piano, cooking, dogs
Experiences: transfer student, pre-med, co-op, undergraduate research, undergraduate grader, resident
assistant, ChemE Student Advisory Board
Through my experiences at Michigan Tech, I feel that I have seen many different aspects of campus, including Residence Education as an RA, Career Fair as a prospective co-op, inside the laboratory as an undergrad researcher, and more. Michigan Tech has a lot of resources that students don’t always know to utilize. As a peer mentor, I hope to help students find those resources as well as help them learn more about their own interests.
Allison Swanson
Email: avrinkel@mtu.edu
Hometown: Novi, MI
Year: Fourth
Minor: Statistics
Interests: cooking, ice skating, hiking
Experiences: co-op, internships, resumes, ChemE student organizations, campus employment
Michigan tech has so many resources and opportunities for students to take advantage of and being a part of the peer mentorship program, I want to help students navigate through their time here at Michigan Tech and within the chemical engineering program. Feel free to contact me with any questions regarding the chemical engineering program or Michigan Tech!