Priorities:MTU University Student Priorities

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Michigan Tech’s campus is poised to be a model for student innovation and entrepreneurship. The State of Michigan has recognized the Houghton / Hancock area as a hotbed of innovation, and efforts to connect the School of Business and the School of Engineering are creating new business opportunities daily.

The problem isn’t ideas. It rarely ever is. Uniquely, Michigan Tech doesn’t suffer from a talent gap. Michigan Tech’s engineers are recruited around the globe for their hands on experience and industry focused education.

We’ll include a story to summarize the problem at Michigan Tech.  One day in early April a VC from Silicon Valley came to Michigan Tech to do due diligence on a new technology being developed in 3D printing. The VC gave a speech and discussed her time at Stanford. She said: “I never thought about being involved in venture capital, but when I got to school everyone was talking about starting a business and I felt like I needed to get plugged into that ecosystem.” Michigan Tech lacks that passion, enthusiasm, and culture. These three strategies are designed to remedy that challenge.