Happy "85th"!!!!! Kettering University will celebrate its 85th anniversary in October. The event will be part of Convocation -- the ceremonial beginning of the new academic term. Convocation will begin at noon, Wednesday, Oct. 13, in McKinnon Theater in the Academic Building. Everyone is then invited to come to the Great Court in the Campus Center for 12:50 p.m. to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the founding of the school. A large birthday cake will honor the occasion.