As alumnus of Michigan Technological University's Graduate School, take pride in being a member of our alumni family! Reconnect with old classmates, stay current on Michigan Tech related news, share your story—where has life's journey taken you since leaving campus? And please, if you can, give back by supporting our hard-working Graduate Students!
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Peter Perla
'38Mr. Peter G. Perla, a 1938 civil engineering graduate of Michigan Tech, is the retired president of Perla and Stout, P.C. Upon graduation, Peter became a village engineer for Kingsford, Michigan. From 1941 to 1957, he was assistant engineer for Traverse City, Michigan, a career that was interrupted by four years of WWII service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1957, he founded his own civil engineering and land . . .
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Gari Mayberry
'99Gari Mayberry earned a BS in Geology from Wesleyan University in 1997, and an MS in Geology from Michigan Tech in 1999. Her Master’s research at Michigan Tech focused on using satellite imagery to investigate the evolution of a volcanic ash cloud generated from the December 26, 1997, Boxing Day eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat. "It was pretty easy to come up with various theories," she recalls, . . .
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James Emerson
'60James Emerson, originally from Omro, Wisconsin, completed his baccalaureate degree in civil engineering 1960. Mr. Emerson is President of B amp; E Engineers of Arcadia, California. Following graduation he accepted an engineering position with the County of Los Angeles. In his thirteen years with L.A. County, he worked on development plans of coastal facilities, mountain road location studies, and supervised the land . . .
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Boost the New Graduate Emergency Fund
Our industrious Graduate Student Government has seeded the newly created Graduate Student Emergency Fund with donations raised from a laser tag event. Please help them build this fund to give meaningful help to a graduate student who finds themselves in sudden need of help.