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The longest mission

Published: November 17, 2009
Bruce L. Lowe '48 interrupted his education to serve in the Air Force during World War II and wound up a prisoner of war on his first mission. This is the story of his experience.

Financial Summit

Published: October 07, 2009
Kettering University will host a Financial Summit Oct. 10 that features alumnus Harry Lange of Fidelity's Magellan Fund.

Medical Physics comes to Kettering

Published: October 05, 2009
Kettering University alumnus Victor Hosfeld '05 will be walking the halls again this term, but this time he'll be giving the lessons in the first Medical Physics course offered on campus.

New Trustee chair

Published: September 16, 2009
Gary Cowger, group vice president for General Motors and a 1970 graduate, is the new chair of Kettering University's Board of Trustees. He is joined by Charles Kettering III of Denver as the new vice chair.

Bulldog roundup

Published: September 15, 2009
Bulldog Alumni Reunion Weekend at Kettering University was almost more fun than ought to be allowed. Hundreds of alumni returned to campus to remember their youth and share their life stories with old friends.

Tribute to alumnus Richard Sanders '74

Published: September 10, 2009
Alumnus Richard Sanders '74, national forensic pioneer and UC Denver professor, won't be with his classmates at Reunion Weekend this year, but he left his mark on the field of audio/video forensics.

Physical therapy for co-op

Published: September 09, 2009
Sam Perlmutter '06, Mechanical Engineering graduate of Kettering University and current Ph.D. fellow in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences at Northwestern University, created a one-of-a-kind professional cooperative education program that students would pay him to join.

Running with the Bulldogs

Published: September 02, 2009
Bulldog Alumni Reunion weekend, a special time to honor outstanding achievement of individual alumni and reconnect with the campus, is Sept.10-13.

Breaking records

Published: August 28, 2009
Kettering University alumnus Kyle Schwulst '02 and his team at ElectroJet earned four land speed records during Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Gearhead heaven

Published: August 17, 2009
Classic cars and sunny weather created a car-lovers paradise when Kettering University hosted a reception for alumni and friends at Flint's Back to the Bricks Cruise.

Taking it to Bonneville

Published: July 24, 2009
Testing protocols can be dull - unless you're testing your product on the Bonneville Salt Flats! Kettering University alumnus Kyle Schwulst '02 is doing just that.

Co-op Hall of Fame

Published: July 24, 2009
Kettering University's next class into the prestigious National Co-op Hall of Fame is Neil DeKoker '67, Russ Ebeid '62, Denise Gray '86, Jeff Henderson '88 and William Wildern '92. The National Commission for Cooperative Education will honor them in mid-October.

Peterson awarded honorary doctorate

Published: July 09, 2009
Kettering alumna Marissa T. Peterson '83 was awarded an honorary doctor of Management degree at New Student Convocation.

Brothers in Arms

Published: June 05, 2009
This is the second article in a series that honors the commitment and service of our graduates during WWII, and reminds us of the debt paid to secure our nation's freedom.

In Kettering's name

Published: May 28, 2009
Armen Oumedian '49 presented a gift in Kettering University's name to Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes to teach children about careers in high-growth sectors.

Detecting structural defects

Published: May 15, 2009
Stephen Heinze, a 2008 Mechanical Engineering graduate of Kettering University, uses remote sensing, non-invasive technologies at his job with EnTech Engineering of St. Louis to locate hidden subsurface targets and defects in energy, transportation, manufacturing, electronic and environmental infrastructures.

Shaping young minds

Published: March 20, 2009
Alumna Nichole Maurer earned her degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2004 and went to work for Tenneco Automotive soon afterward. But in 2008, she turned to teaching high school Algebra, a change that allows her to encourage students to study science, technology, engineering and math.

From GMI to WWII

Published: January 30, 2009
A call for stories from alumni who served in WWII resulted in a flood of remembrances from across the country. These two personal accounts are the first in a series honoring Kettering/GMI alumni who delayed their education to support the cause for freedom.

Engineering U.S. preparedness

Published: January 16, 2009
Dennis R. Schrader '76, former deputy administrator of the National Preparedness Directorate for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), said the government is actively improving the federal management of disasters and offered other comments during a recent visit to Kettering.

13 receive Kettering Technology Award

Published: November 05, 2008
Kettering alumni have developed the Kettering University Technology Award to recognize high school students gifted in science and math.

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