Alumni and Friends

Erin received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Michigan Tech in 1998. She then went on to earn a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Connecticut in 2004, where she graduated at the top of her class. After graduating from Michigan Tech, Erin begin working at Dow Corning Corporation as a development chemist in the healthcare industry. After spending two years in that role, . . .

Lina Tormen Taskovich ’52 studied chemistry and chemical engineering at Michigan Tech almost thirty years before Sally Heidtke, and she has some words of wisdom for women students too: "Study a field you like—you have to spend all your life working in it. And go for the top degree in the field of your choice. Also, do not go for the most lucrative job, but for the job you would love to do." When Taskovich . . .

Kim Hilton, also known as Chemical Kim, earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Secondary Education Certification at Michigan Technological University in 1991. During her time at Tech, she was an active member of the student chapter of the American Chemical Society, a sister of Alpha Sigma Tau sorority, a lab assistant, a chemistry tutor and a participant in cross country and track. Her extracurricular activities . . .