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Coby-Dillon English

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  • College Marketing and Communications Manager, University Marketing and Communications
  • College Marketing and Communications Manager, University Marketing and Communications

Biography

Coby-Dillon is a writer and editor from the Great Lakes. Prior to joining Michigan Tech, they received their MFA in creative writing from the University of Virginia, where they were a Henry Hoyns Fellow in Fiction and served as editor-in-chief of Meridian. Their writing has been published in Baltimore Review, Salt Hill Journal, Cream City Review, and elsewhere.

About Coby-Dillon

  •  Coby-Dillon leads communications strategy and editorial efforts for the College of Engineering.
  • A former teacher, they previously taught university courses in college composition and creative writing.
  • As a short story writer and essayist, their work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the PEN/Dau Prize.

Recent Stories 

Students, faculty, staff, and community members walk around the atrium in the Van Pelt Opie Library near a sign that reads “Senior Design Teams” with a map of the room.

Design Expo Celebrates 25 Years of Experiential Learning Innovation

More than a thousand students on Enterprise and Senior Design teams showcased their collaborative projects during Design Expo on April 15. Their projects represent years' worth of work, study and interaction between team members, faculty advisors and industry. Sponsored by Michigan Tech's Enterprise Program and the College of Engineering, Design Expo continues to be a national beacon of hands-on, experiential education. The event parallels the life cycle of a Michigan Tech student, from presentations by first-year Engineering Fundamentals students to capstone Senior Design projects, along with Enterprise teams composed of students at all stages in their studies at Tech. Read More

A microscopic image of a snowflake, featuring a unique geometric structure artificially colored blue, purple, and white.

MTU Lab Demonstrates Cutting-edge Equipment with Microscopic Snowflake Images

The Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory, known as ACMAL, is one of the most unique facilities at Michigan Technological University. When the lab's researchers went looking for a material that could demonstrate the capabilities of its scanning electron microscope, the natural choice was a one-of-a-kind resource that abundantly blankets campus every winter. The resulting snowflake imagery is an artful invitation to researchers on and off campus to discover the lab's resources. Read More

Connor Tokie smiles in the Dow machine shop wearing a black polo that reads “Steel Bridge Team at Michigan Tech”

Building Bridges to Success: Connor Tokie Reflects on his Husky History

April is a busy month for students at Michigan Technological University, who are known for their high levels of involvement in and out of the classroom. Graduating senior Connor Tokie is no exception. Together with his fellow members of Michigan Tech's chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Tokie will be hosting the Eastern Great Lakes ASCE Student Symposium at MTU on April 10-12. The symposium is the regional competition for ASCE teams including Steel Bridge, Concrete Canoe and Timber Strong. The event will bring more than 15 universities and 400 competitors from across Michigan and Ohio to Houghton. Read More