Category: Awards and Honors

Taking Stock In Our Latest Issue of Impact Magazine

Applied Portfolio Management Program students and faculty mentor Laura Sieders explore Wall Street’s marble canyon during the group’s annual trip to the lower Manhattan financial district. (Image credit: Megan Thompson)
Applied Portfolio Management Program students and faculty mentor Laura Sieders explore Wall Street’s marble canyon during the group’s annual trip to the lower Manhattan financial district. (Image credit: Megan Thompson)

Business Huskies go places. From Wall Street to the streets of San Francisco, they’re putting their Michigan Tech education to work in powerful ways. The latest issue of Impact Magazine spotlights how students, faculty, and alumni are making a difference in classrooms, boardrooms, and communities here and around the world.

From Michigan Tech to Global Innovation: Milwaukee Tool Rookie of the Year Nathan Sodini

Outdoor portrait of Michigan Tech alumnus Nathan Sodini ’22, smiling as he looks toward the camera on campus.
Never one to sit still, Michigan Tech grad Nathan Sodini ’22 turned his Tech experience into a career driving real-world innovation at Milwaukee Tool.

When Nathan Sodini ’22 graduated from Michigan Tech with dual degrees in engineering management and finance, he wasn’t chasing a desk job or a career confined to one city. The College of Business graduate wanted a role that offered international travel, worldwide collaboration, and the opportunity to transform technical expertise into leading-edge solutions.

Mapping the Future: Alumnus Peipei Zhao Recognized for Visionary Leadership in LiDAR Technology

Peipei Zhao ’09 smiling near the Keweenaw Waterway on Prince’s Point on the Michigan Tech campus, in Tech attire.
Michigan Tech alumnus Peipei Zhao ’09 on the Keweenaw Waterway during a visit to campus.

From the snowy roads of Houghton to innovation hubs across the globe, Michigan Tech alum Peipei Zhao ’09 embodies Michigan Tech’s ethos of innovation, resilience, and fearless leadership where technology meets real-world impact.

College of Business Welcomes Alumni and Friends Back to Campus

An interior shot of the Michigan Tech College of Business, with students on stairways and walking the main entrance hall, with conference room 101 in the background.
In addition to honoring two Huskies who have generously donated time, talent and scholarship funding to the College of Business, this week’s Alumni Reunion also includes a fun session Friday afternoon in our conference room detailing our unique Study Abroad program.

Michigan Technological University’s annual Alumni Reunion is always special, but even more so this year as the College of Business prepares to honor two of our own. Robert J. Currey, a 1967 graduate in Business Administration, has been chosen to receive the 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award. David Hartley, a 1971 Forestry graduate who served on the College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council from 2013-24, is being honored with the 2025 Outstanding Service Award.

Business Huskies Compete and Place at International Competition

Four Michigan Tech DECA students attending the Collegiate DECA ICDC 2025 event in San Francisco stand in the center of a reception hall with other students, also wearing lanyards and business attire, registering and networking around them.
Business Huskies get set for international competition in San Francisco. From left, Jaylen Body, Dylan Dunneback, Allyana Grochowski, and Veronica Frystak (All photos courtesy Michigan Tech DECA)

The streets of San Francisco will never be the same—and neither will the four Business Huskies who enjoyed a life-changing international competition and explorations of the city through their membership in Michigan Tech DECA. In April, four College of Business students and members of the Michigan Tech Chapter of DECA Collegiate traveled to San Francisco, California for the 2025 International Career Development Conference hosted by DECA, Inc.