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MTU Students Receive Diplomas

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More than 950 Michigan Tech students received bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees Saturday.

The commencement ceremony at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena featured an address by student speaker Brooke Tienhaara of Calumet, who admitted the road to her degree hadn’t been a straight one…

Last year, I was supposed to be where you are, but I, instead, found myself not in school, definitely not graduating, and applying for summer jobs.

While her momentum was temporarily halted by the COVID-19 shutdown, Tienhaara was able to regroup, return to Tech, and earn her diploma…

Thankfully, Michigan Tech creates an environment of inclusivity, strength and community. Every single classmate and professor helped me regain the bits and pieces of the Husky Spirit that I had lost.

Author and MTU Trustee John Bacon acknowledged that it’s tough to earn a degree at Tech…

Your story starts in 1885, and I guarantee you, when the founders got together in Houghton, they did not say, “You know what? This’ll be fun!” Mining copper is hard. Engineering all that is hard. Business is hard. Forestry is hard. Everything here is hard. Nothing here is easy. That’s the point.

The challenges, he said, are designed to prepare graduates for the next step…

“Today, we are not releasing a pack of domesticated puppies out into the wild. We are releasing full-grown Huskies.

With graduation over, and students leaving campus, Michigan Tech will shift to its summer hours today. Most offices will be open from 8:00 until 4:00 on weekdays. 

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