A planned visit by the Higher Learning Commission on March 8 (9th Monday) will include meetings with individuals and groups across the Kettering campus as well as a forum for student input. According to the Commission's website, the visit will be "focused on resource base for educational programs and plans for maintaining and strengthening that base. (0) comments
The Technician continues to try to bring to light the various goings-on of Kettering's Student Government. Once again, much was discussed in the last few weeks, but only the most prominent achievements will be recapped here. Now, without further ado, here is what the different sects of KSG have accomplished: Applications for Operations Council, Finance Council, and Academic Council are available! This is every student's chance to get involved in helping Student Government make decisions. (0) comments
The thought of such an investigation came to me as I realized that many of the people I knew, both at Kettering and at my co-op, seemed to be, for the most part, conservative. I found this quite intriguing and wondered whether this was coincidence or a consistent characteristic with the engineering community; which brought me to the traditional approach to answering this question, a survey. (0) comments
"If you're going to Ulm, don't swim in the lake there. You can swim in the Rhine river, though!" Students preparing for study abroad attended orientation on 6th Monday with Rebecca Campbell from the Office of International Programs. Advice and reminders ranged from critical information about bank accounts and money management ("Exchange dollars for Euros before taking off, and leave time for your bank to get the foreign currency shipped in") to less essential notes about food and drink ("The greasier the food is, the less likely it is to make you sick"). (0) comments
Over Valentine's weekend, Buckham Alley Theatre presented the Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast at McKinnon Theater. The production was brought to Kettering thanks to Amber Dillard of Buckham Alley Theatre, as well as many students here at Kettering. Buckham Alley Theaters has been performing alternative theater in the Flint area for over 25 years. (1) comment
Kettering University and the surrounding area will soon to be the site of a trifecta of construction projects, aimed at repairing, beautifying, and increasing the efficiency of traffic flow to and around Campus. Specifically, repairing and narrowing University Avenue, continuing the Flint River Trail along the periphery of Campus, and increasing the accessibility of Kettering from the Hammerberg road exit off of I-69. (0) comments
What makes a great club? Awesome food and people of course! That's what the Grill Club is all about, eating delicious food and meeting people who know how to have a great time. The Grill Club meets every Wednesday night in the courtyard of Thompson Hall at 11 PM. (0) comments
The Greener Engineering Organization (GEO), a student run club promoting recycling and environmentally conscious behavior, would like you to participate in an intercollegiate recycling competition, sponsored by The Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission and CBC Recycling. (0) comments
In the past few decades, Flint has become known as a city stricken with crime, poverty, and unemployment. However, Flint provides college courses to over 30,000 Kettering University, University of Michigan Flint, Baker College, and Mott Community College students (3). (2) comments
How can one of the cities with the highest crime rate become a safe college town? Believe it or not, we are getting very close to reaching that goal. I recently heard a speech presented by the mayor of Flint, Dayne Walling, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Sigma Alpha Epsilon. (0) comments
