Michael M. Wood, who is originally from Flint and is the former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, will offer the Commencement address when Kettering University hosts graduation ceremonies at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 13.  The event is open to the public in the Connie and Jim John Recreation Center.

Kettering will graduate 198 undergraduate and 97 master’s candidates during graduation services.  About 180 undergraduates and 55 graduate students are expected to march at the ceremonies.  University President Stan Liberty will preside and Dr. Henry Kowalski, professor of Mechanical Engineering, will be the grand marshal.  Undergraduate student speaker will be Tyler Finnegan of Elyria, Ohio, who will earn a bachelor’s degree in Management. 

Here are the highlights of the upcoming ceremony:

Saturday, June 13, 2009, 11 a.m.
Connie and Jim John Recreation Center 
No tickets required to attend Commencement 
The event is free and open to the public
Allow 1 1/2 hours for the ceremony 
Presiding: Kettering University President Stan Liberty
Parking is free and available in all campus parking lots 
Information center will be located on the 1st floor of the CC (outside BJ's Lounge, behind the elevators) from 8:30 - 10:45 a.m.
There is no graduation rehearsal
Total graduates: 198 undergraduates, 97 master’s candidates 
Graduates expecting to march: 180 undergraduates, 55 graduate 
Expected number of guests: 1,600 
Faculty will host a light breakfast in the International Room, Fifth Floor of the Campus Center, 8:30-10 a.m. 
Recreation Center doors open at 9 a.m. for visitors to arrive and be seated 
Faculty and staff members assemble for the Processional between 10-10:55 a.m. in the Third Floor, Recreation Center 
Graduates assemble on the first floor of the Campus Center (just outside BJ's Lounge) between 10:30-10:55 a.m.  
Formal processional begins at 11 a.m.

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT: 1
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Michael M. Wood
Former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
Chair, Redwood Investments, LLC 

Michael M. Wood is a son of Flint.  He grew up in the area and attended Flint’s Whittier Middle School.  After graduating from Yale University, he helped found the leading media company for the housing and construction industry.  His national service included organizing a housing industry round table in 1984 for U.S. President Ronald Reagan and representing the United States during the presidential inauguration in Ecuador in 2003.  In 2006, Mr. Wood was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.  

Ambassador Wood was very helpful in developing the international collaboration between Kettering, Linkoping University in Sweden and others that is currently creating a waste-to-energy bio-methane center at Flint's wastewater treatment facility. Mr. Wood was also instrumental in hosting the royal visit of His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, to campus on Sept. 26 last year.  Kettering will award Mr. Wood an honorary doctor of Humane Letters.  Read his bio (http://www.kettering.edu/visitors/storydetail.jsp?storynum=2882) and more about the “Crowning event” that brought a king to Kettering’s campus (http://www.kettering.edu/visitors/storydetail.jsp?storynum=2805). 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER: 1

Tyler Finnegan of Elyria, Ohio, is the undergraduate student speaker and will offer comments on “Resilience and Revolution” to his graduating class.  He will receive a bachelor’s degree in Management.  His co-op was at Delphi Corporation.  He is a 2005 graduate of Elyria Catholic High School in Ohio.     

A student leader and outspoken advocate for cooperative education, he has often represented Kettering in the media, including being interviewed by the New York Times for a national news story on the University.  At Kettering, Finnegan has been involved in Robot Leadership Honor Society, he was president of the Professional Leadership Honor Society, director of KSG Academic Council, a team leader for Student Ambassadors, an RA in Thompson Hall, an active employee at the Recreation Center, a regular contributor to the SuccessZone incoming student portal as the StickMan, College DECA, and a volunteer in the Flint community as part of Junior Achievement and Michigan High School DECA.  He also has served on numerous committees including the Friends of the Library and Archives, Commencement Committee and the WAG-GPA Task Force.   

He has accepted a full-time job at Guardian Industries and will join its leadership development program in Geneva, N.Y. 

OUTSTANDING THESIS AWARD: 1
The Outstanding Thesis Award winner for Spring 2009 goes to Brian L. Dorney of Holly, Mich. He is an Applied Physics major, whose co-op was at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill.  His thesis is "Hydrogen Storage by Adsorption in Polymer Materials.” His faculty adviser is Dr. Yuri Sikorski of Physics.  Dorney will be among those feted during the Commencement Honors Breakfast on June 13. 

PRESIDENT'S MEDAL WINNERS: 4
Willy Joseph, Freeport, Bahamas
Kelly Lynn Okapal, Sylvania, Ohio
Scott Michael Skelton, Belleville, Mich.
Abdrahamane Traore, Bamako, Mali, Africa

SOBEY SCHOLARS: 6
Willy Joseph, Freeport, Bahamas
Kelly Lynn Okapal, Sylvania, Ohio
Jarrad Pouncil, Flint, Mich.
Tracy Schmitz, Shelby Township, Mich.
Abdrahamane Traore, Bamako, Mali, Africa
Angela Tremble, Detroit, Mich. 

ACADEMIC HONORS:
Summa Cum Laude (97.0-100): 9
Magna Cum Laude (94.5-96.9):  18
Cum Laude (92-94.4): 28 

TOTAL GRADUATES, BY DEGREE:
Bachelor's Degrees
Applied Mathematics: 1
Applied Physics: 1
Biochemistry: 1
Business Administration: 4
Chemistry: 2
Computer Engineering:11
Computer Science: 2
Electrical Engineering: 31
Industrial Engineering: 20
Management: 4
Mechanical Engineering: 115
Dual Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics: 1
Dual Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics: 2
Dual Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering: 2
Dual Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering: 1
BACHELOR'S TOTAL = 198

Master's Degrees
Engineering: 23
Engineering Management: 6
Information Technology: 5
Manufacturing Management: 8
Manufacturing Operations: 38
MBA: 9
Operations Management: 6
Dual Engineering Management and MBA: 1
Dual Operations Management and Manufacturing Management: 1
MASTER'S TOTAL = 97

FOR MORE ON COMMENCEMENT, visit:
http://www.kettering.edu/registrar/commencement_information.jsp  

HOTELS/RESTAURANTS: Contact the Flint Area Convention and Visitors Bureau: 1-800-24-FLINT or (810) 232-2211.

CAN WE HELP? 1-800-955-4464, ext. 9585, or 810-762-9585. 

Written by Patricia Mroczek
810.762.9533
pmroczek@kettering.edu

Good companies sometimes fail. It’s a simple reality in today’s global economy. Might not be any rhyme or reason to these failures—anyone can point to the wallowing U.S. economy, the falling value of the U.S. dollar overseas, the pock-marked real estate market and the ripple effect of plunging world markets for an easy, off-the-shelf answer. The bigger question is this: what golden bullet will slow this world free-fall?

Alas, this golden bullet doesn’t currently exist. This may be especially true when it comes to American business professionals and the need to improve their cross cultural competencies, which could ultimately help their organizations compete more effectively in the global economy.

Consider the following: leading researchers in the area of cross-cultural management find that:

• the estimated range of failure for overseas assignments for global companies ranges between 16 and 70 percent;
• the cost of failure at any firm varies from $65,000 to $1 million; and
• the total cost for U.S. firms exceeded $2 billion annually based on research published in 1997.

Kettering University professors David Strubler and Sung-Hee Park believe that companies that develop cross-culturally competent professionals capable of adjusting to a host country’s culture during overseas assignments can significantly reduce operational costs.

Strubler, an associate professor of International Management, and Park, an assistant professor of Business, presented a paper titled “Toward a Prescriptive Research Model of International Adjustment: An Extended Model of Black, Mendenhall and Oddou’s 1991 Framework for International Adjustment (FIA)” at the Midwest Business Administration Conference in Chicago in March 2009.

The paper provides a prescriptive model and the measures necessary to construct this model for companies that place employees in assignments around the world.

“Failures are expensive,” Strubler said, adding that proper selection and preparation of professionals “is both a huge cost savings and a way to improve the success rate of any kind of global business arrangement. With the costs of failed overseas assignments comes a real possibility of long-term effects, including damage to the firm’s reputation, poor relations with local residents and businesses, and the negative impact on the expatriate’s psychological health as well.” 

Strubler’s and Park’s research focuses on the importance of previous studies, which are more descriptive in nature. But to properly respond to today’s challenges, they emphasize a prescriptive, comprehensive theoretical model to provide “an updated, practical guideline for international adjustment issues,” Park said.

Their model centers on adjustment in terms of an increased sense of satisfaction in coping with a new culture because the expatriate learns how to work effectively within the host country. The goal is not assimilation but acculturation—the process through which an individual adapts to the culture of a particular society.

Previous researchers attempted to examine the psychological, social and behavioral concerns of managing overseas operations without achieving much success. However, Strubler’s and Park’s efforts build off J.S. Black’s, M. Mendenhall’s and G. Oddou’s 1991 model titled “Toward a Comprehensive Model of International Adjustment: An Integration of Multiple Theoretical Perspectives.”

This model describes primary competency and cross-cultural adjustment factors that organizations should consider before assigning employees overseas. For example, companies could use specific tests to establish the competencies of staff. Such testing would also help identify training needs and eliminate deficiencies among employees before they left for overseas assignments.  In addition, this testing would help companies locate employees who are ready for overseas assignments.

Furthermore, testing for an employee’s cross-cultural social intelligence and intercultural competency provides companies and individuals insight into the professional’s level of self-efficacy, relation and perceptions skills, which are crucial for adjustment in the host country.

This testing, combined with periodic measures of effectiveness, could provide insights into how well an individual performs and offer ways to enhance approaches designed to select and prepare professionals for overseas assignments. This includes helping them manage daily cross cultural interaction with people from other cultures at home.

“The degree of adjustment a professional must make could be specific to a particular country, organization and individual,” Park said. Some of the adjustment factors organizations as well as individuals must take into consideration include the following:

Anticipatory Adjustment

• Individual preparation for overseas assignment;
• Organizational selection mechanisms (choosing parent country nationals, host country nationals, etc.);
• Interaction effect between individual and organizational factors; and
• Readiness of an expatriate’s family members to adjust to another culture.

In-Country Adjustment

• Individual in-country adjustment (self-efficacy, relation skills, perception skills);
• Job related in-country adjustment;
• Organizational culture and socialization in-country adjustment; and
• Non-work in-country adjustment.

Strubler’s and Park’s work began with an in-depth literature review organized around Black’s FIA.  The result of this effort yielded a number of propositions that the two Kettering faculty members expect to test in the very near future.

“Currently, we’re preparing to distribute surveys to follow up our research and support our propositions,” Strubler said. “In the short-term we will conduct a pilot study and in the summer, author a second paper with colleagues Dr. Atul Agarwal of the Business Dept. and Todd Steel of the Graduate Office. We expect that this study will prove which competency and adjustment factors are the most reliable and valid. These factors will be what industry needs to know to cut costs and improve their success rate,” he added.

This research is just one of many aspects of Kettering’s newly improved Dept. of Business. Under the leadership of Dr. Andy Borchers ’80, interim department head and a 2007-2008 Oswald International Faculty Fellowship winner, the department continues making strides in developing opportunities for students.

The bachelor’s of Business Administration (BBA) degree, for example, is ideal for those interested in international business. Additional applied global studies and research that involve students are also on the increase.

New opportunities to study in China are now available, with the first trip departing June 2009. These activities, combined with the international experience of Kettering Provost Dr. Michael Harris, continue to spur and help the Department prepare for future endeavors.

For individuals or companies interested in participating in the research project and for more information about this effort, contact Dr. Strubler at dstruble@kettering.edu or Dr. Sunny Park at spark@kettering.edu. To learn more about Kettering’s Department of Business, visit http://www.kettering.edu/futurestudents/undergraduate/business.jsp.

Written by Gary J. Erwin

810.762.9538

gerwin@kettering.edu

Commencement is June 14

Innovation and technology will be the theme for Kettering University’s Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, June 14, in the Connie and Jim John Recreation Center.

Kettering President Stan Liberty will preside at the 11 a.m. graduation services for 315 graduates (238 undergrads and 77 master’s candidates).  The grand marshal will once again be Dr. Henry Kowalski, professor of Mechanical Engineering. 

Two technology innovators, who helped propel their industries to new heights, will receive honorary degrees.  They are: Dr. Curtis R. Carlson, president and chief executive officer of SRI International, and the late David W. Hermance, a 1970 graduate of Kettering/GMI, who has been called “the ambassador for green cars” and “a giant in advanced vehicle technologies.”

Two graduates of Kettering’s Academically Interested Minorities program (AIM) are the undergraduate student speakers.  They are Gadryn Higgs and Stephanie Thach.  Higgs is from Freeport, Bahamas, and will receive a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.  Thach is from Flint and will receive a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. 

James Bendert of San Diego, Calif., will receive the Outstanding Thesis Award and a bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics.  His co-op was at Argonne National Labs in Argonne, Ill.  Bendert's thesis title is: "Diagnostics of PEM Fuel Cell Electrolytes by Raman Spectroscopy and AC Impedance Spectroscopy". It covers diagnostic study of cation impurities in PEM fuel cell electrolytes by Raman spectroscopy and AC impedance spectroscopy both in the pure membrane form and within the electrode. He was nominated by his faculty adviser Dr. Bahram Roughani, interim department head of Physics.

Here are the highlights of the upcoming ceremony:

Saturday, June 14, 2008, 11 a.m. 

• Connie and Jim John Recreation Center 
• No tickets required to attend Commencement 
• Allow 1 1/2 hours for the ceremony 
• Presiding: Kettering University President Stan Liberty
• Grand Marshal: Dr. Henry Kowalski of Mechanical Engineering
• Parking is free and available in all campus parking lots 
• Information center will be on the first floor of the Campus Center (behind the elevators), outside BJ's Lounge, from 8:30 - 11 a.m. 
• There is no graduation rehearsal
• Total graduates: 238 undergraduates, 77 master’s candidates 
• Graduates expecting to march: 144 undergraduates, 30 graduate 
• Expected number of guests: 1,600 
• Faculty will host a light breakfast in the International Room, Fifth Floor of the Campus Center, 8:30-10 a.m. 
• Recreation Center doors open at 9 a.m. for visitors to arrive and be seated 
• Faculty and staff members assemble for the Processional between 10-10:55 a.m. in the Third Floor, Recreation Center 
• Graduates assemble on the first floor of the Campus Center (just outside BJ's Lounge) between 10:30-10:55 a.m.  
• Formal processional begins at 11 a.m.

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS: 2
Dr. Curtis R. Carlson

HONORARY DOCTOR OF SCIENCE
President and Chief Executive Officer
SRI International
Menlo Park, California 

Carlson will present the Commencement address.  He helped start and lead the high-definition television (HDTV) program that became the U.S. standard and won an Emmy Award for outstanding technical achievement.  Another team started and led by Carlson won an Emmy in 2000 for a system that measures broadcast image quality.  See his entire bio at: http://www.kettering.edu/visitors/storydetail.jsp?storynum=2765

David W. Hermance ’70

HONORARY DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING (Posthumous Award)
Executive Engineer for Advanced Technology Vehicles
Toyota Technical Center, USA
Gardena, California

Hermance has been called “the point man for an entire technology – the gasoline-electric hybrid.”  He died in November 2006 when his single-engine stunt plane crashed into the ocean near Los Angeles.  Hermance’s wife, Mary, and family members will accept a posthumous award.  See his entire bio at: http://www.kettering.edu/visitors/storydetail.jsp?storynum=2766.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKERS:  2
Gadryn Higgs of Freeport, Bahamas (AIM graduate), Mechanical Engineering
Stephanie Thach of Flint (AIM graduate), Industrial Engineering

ACADEMIC HONORS:
Summa Cum Laude (97.0-100) - 6
Magna Cum Laude (94.5-96.9) - 12
Cum Laude (92-94.4) - 29

PRESIDENT’S MEDALISTS: 5
Gadryn Higgs, Freeport, Bahamas;
Ken Luiten, Tucson, Ariz.;
Kristin Rice, Albany, N.Y.;
Robert Riggs, Spring, Texas; and
Ryan Sullivan, Ada, Mich.

SOBEY SCHOLARS: 4
Gadryn Higgs of Freeport, Bahamas;
Kristin Rice of Albany, N.Y.;
Ryan Sullivan, Ada, Mich.; and Stephanie Welch of Clio, Mich. 

OUTSTANDING THESIS AWARD:  1
James Bendert of San Diego, Calif.  

TOTAL GRADUATES, BY DEGREE: 315
Undergraduate Degrees:
1          Applied Mathematics
4          Applied Physics
1          Biochemistry
2          Chemistry
5          Computer Engineering
4          Computer Science
35        Electrical Engineering
0          Engineering Physics
14        Industrial Engineering
14        Management
150      Mechanical Engineering
4          Dual (Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering)
2          Dual (Computer Science and Computer Engineering)
1          Dual (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics)
1          Dual (Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering)
238     TOTAL

Master’s Degrees:
9          MBA
5          Engineering Management
9          Engineering
1          Information Technology
5          Manufacturing Management
33        Manufacturing Operations
12        Operations Management
2          Dual (Operations Management and MBA)
1          Dual (Engineering Management and MBA)
77        TOTAL  

FOR MORE ON COMMENCEMENT, visit: http://www.kettering.edu/registrar/commencement_information.jsp

HOTELS/RESTAURANTS: Contact the Flint Area Convention and Visitors Bureau: 1-800-24-FLINT or (810) 232-2211.

CAN WE HELP? 1-800-955-4464, ext. 9585, or 810-762-9585.

Written by Patricia Mroczek
810.762.9533
pmroczek@kettering.edu

The results: a program that can develop strong technical skills and business leadership capabilities to manage the technical and business functions of global organizations.

Unlike traditional MBA programs that focus strictly on theories described in textbooks, Kettering's new MBA responds directly to what global organizations and professionals require to succeed, explained Dr. David Strubler, associate vice president of Graduate Studies and Corporate Connections. Specifically, the program develops both the technical and business skills of students through work-integrated learning with an applied capstone thesis project.

When developing this new program, the Graduate Studies Advisory Committee challenged the institution to devise a program that would provide students with the training and skills necessary to be successful in a global technology driven economy. Unlike the theory-laden approach of most MBA programs, Kettering exposes professionals to a program geared specifically to the current and future needs of global organizations.

In other words, Kettering ditched the silo approach used by other MBA programs and created a more interdisciplinary curriculum that relies on the close relationship of faculty and classes. As Dr. Tony Hain, vice president of Graduate Studies and department head of Business described it, "the professors know what their colleagues are teaching in classes and students appreciate the integrated approach to the curriculum."

Additionally, Kettering's Board of Trustees encouraged the University to help develop the behavioral intelligence of students enrolled in the program through projects that utilize work teams. Although theory and application are critical components to Kettering's MBA, Hain said that exposing students to diverse points of view and procedures in team environments are also necessary to assure success in the global economy.

Courses in Kettering's MBA program leverage projects and assignments that will allow students to use their work environment as a laboratory. Projects undertaken by students during their graduate program through Kettering have saved their companies millions in productivity improvements, resource savings, workflow enhancements and other upgrades.

"The Kettering MBA is vastly different than those from other institutions," Strubler said. "Today's industry requires technical professionals to remain aware of the latest technical trends and developments. At the same time, individuals who pursue the MBA want the skills and experiences necessary to help them take on leadership roles at their organizations. Since companies want their technical professionals to stay current, and professionals often want to earn their MBA, there is a tension between the two that can be problematic. But with the Kettering MBA, professionals earn a degree that also focuses on technical education and business theory, which satisfies the needs of companies," he added.

The course work associated with Kettering's MBA is project-based and allows working professionals enrolled in the program to take on assignments related to their current position and work at their firms, Strubler said. Additionally, the program integrates business course work with technical courses to provide students opportunities to see how both are intertwined in today's global organizations. Kettering offers five engineering concentrations for the MBA: Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Design), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Systems Engineering), Manufacturing Engineering and Electrical Engineering (Wireless Communications and Power Electronics and Machine Drives).

Students can also take a concentration in Information Technology as a technical concentration or a general concentration MBA. This general concentration MBA allows students the flexibility to select from a variety of available management and/or technical courses. Strubler also noted that starting January 2008, the institution will introduce a new leadership concentration that is consistent with Kettering's legacy of developing managerial and technical leaders. The University will also add other concentrations in the future. The result is that professionals earn a degree that integrates technical and business theory into application, which satisfied both the company and the student.

A significant aspect of this new MBA program is the capstone project requirement, which is similar to a thesis. Through this project, students integrate their business and technical concentration into a value-added project for the benefit of their organization.

One example of a capstone project, according Dr. Andy Borchers, a 1980 graduate of Kettering/GMI and associate professor of Information Systems who also teaches graduate courses, is an entrepreneurial venture to bring low power LED lighting to villages in Africa. Since many villages in this part of the world do not have reliable sources of electricity, this would be an important project because of its social value.

"The social impact is huge," Borchers said, adding that with LED low power lighting, students can do their school work and village members can accomplish a great deal at night with proper lighting.

Other possible projects that students might undertake in the near future include reclaiming oil from a stamping process; reducing scrap in a manufacturing operation; reducing sprains and strains in employees; improving quality in an assembly process; and reusing components in building prototypes.

One of the most helpful aspects of the Kettering MBA is that it takes advantage of the school's state-of-the-art distance delivery modes, thus allowing participants to work from any location at their own pace. Delivery methods include CD-ROMs, DVDs and internet video streaming formats. All delivery methods provide the same materials as well and course lectures are available online or shipped directly to the student.

Students who enroll in the MBA take 13 classes (48 quarter credit hours) and a vast array of electives to suit their professional needs. Core classes include the study of such topics as business marketing management, financial management, managing an e-business, operations management and international business, among others.

Currently, there are more than 1,000 students participating in Kettering graduate programs. The deadline for the next round of applications is June 15, 2007. For more information, contact Michelle Kryska at (800) 955-4464, ext. 9682, or via email at mkryska@kettering.edu.

Written by Gary J. Erwin
810-762-9538
gerwin@kettering.edu

This website provides PDF copies of conference proceedings published by faculty on recent research efforts, as well as science journalism that has appeared in national media outlets on research activities undertaken by Kettering faculty members. The goal behind this website is to help the University connect in deeper ways with visitors and alumni by posting original research, science journalism and links to interesting websites and books that may be of interest. The Kettering University Technical Publications Website Committee will play a crucial role in ensuring that materials posted on the website provide appropriate citations to copyrighted work and receive permissions to reprint work.

For Bob Werenski, a 1961 graduate of Kettering/GMI and member of the University's Alumni Association Board of Directors, and one of the champions of the new website, this resource would serve as a point of reconnection for many alumni who have not visited the institution since their graduation. "It would help readers experience in a direct way the role our University is playing in their continuing interest in science, math, engineering and business," he said.

The benefits to faculty would include an additional outlet to promote their research efforts, receive additional recognition by their peers, stimulate learning and communication between readers and other researchers, and finally demonstrate the practical aspects of science, engineering, math and business, which are at the root of the Kettering brand of education.

To learn more about this website, contact Judy Howald, associate vice president of Individual Giving, at (810) 762-9759.

Written by Gary J. Erwin
(810) 762-9538
gerwin@kettering.edu

Officials of the two universities signed an academic partnership agreement on Tuesday, March 21, that will blend the strengths of Kettering's internationally known engineering and technical programs with UM-Flint's fully accredited Master of Business Administration degree. Ceremonies were hosted in the William White Building.

The dual program will consist of a master's of science degree in Manufacturing Operations (MSMO), granted by Kettering, and a master's of Business Administration (MBA) degree, granted by UMF. The partnership also entails the potential for coursework to be taken at Kettering for the Lean Manufacturing concentration in UMF's MBA program.

The formal partnership is a continuation of an informal initiative announced in January when the presidents of Kettering, UM-Flint, Mott Community College and Baker College pledged to work together in a variety of ways to better prepare the region's workforce for today's knowledge economy.

Two faculty members helped lead the way in this newest "College Town" partnership. Kettering's Atul Agarwal, associate professor and director of the MSMO program and Yener Kandogan, assistant professor of Business Economics at UM-Flint, worked together to finalize many of the details and are being credited for the positive potential of this collaboration.

For more information on Kettering's portion of this dual degree, contact Dyan Doyle.

University of Michigan - Flint
The University of Michigan-Flint is one of three campuses of the University of Michigan.This year, the University will celebrate 50 years of serving the citizens of the city of Flint and the surrounding region. UM-Flint is committed to thehighest standards of teaching, learning, scholarship, and creative endeavors. With its urban location, the university has the opportunity to provide a University of Michigan education to students with varied life experiences. The community is invested in the University, and together we work to enhance the cultural, economic, intellectual, and social vitality of the city and region. U-M Flint students choose from over100 undergraduate and 27graduate programs in the liberal arts and in a number of pre-professional and professional fields.

Kettering University
Kettering University, formerly called General Motors Institute, is one of the country's premier co-op institutions. It provides 2,500 undergraduate students with career-based education in engineering, applied sciences, mathematics, and business management. Students receive instruction from faculty who are active in research and committed to excellent teaching in the classroom. Founded in 1919, the University also offers graduate programs in engineering and manufacturing management. Kettering has been continuously ranked among the nation's finest specialty schools by "U.S. News and World Report."

NEW! DUAL MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM MSMO / MBA with proposed Lean Manufacturing Concentration (Click here for more information)

Written by Pat Mroczek
810-762-9533
pmroczek@kettering.edu