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Kettering University (formerly "General Motors Institute") is a university in Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
, offering degrees in engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
, math, science, and business. The campus is located along the Flint River
Flint River (Michigan)

The Flint River is a river in southeast Michigan, 142 mi long, that flows through the city of Flint, Michigan....
 on property that used to be the main manufacturing location for General Motors. It is named after inventor and former head of research for General Motors Charles Kettering
Charles Kettering

Charles Franklin Kettering was an American inventor and the holder of over 300 patents. He was a founder of Delco Electronics, and was head of research for General Motors for 27 years from 1920 to 1947....
.

The university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 boasts that the majority of its seniors are employed or accepted to graduate schools before graduation (98%) and that one out of 15 alumni either own their own business or are high-level managers in leading companies (see Notable Alumni).






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Kettering University (formerly "General Motors Institute") is a university in Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
, offering degrees in engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
, math, science, and business. The campus is located along the Flint River
Flint River (Michigan)

The Flint River is a river in southeast Michigan, 142 mi long, that flows through the city of Flint, Michigan....
 on property that used to be the main manufacturing location for General Motors. It is named after inventor and former head of research for General Motors Charles Kettering
Charles Kettering

Charles Franklin Kettering was an American inventor and the holder of over 300 patents. He was a founder of Delco Electronics, and was head of research for General Motors for 27 years from 1920 to 1947....
.

The university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 boasts that the majority of its seniors are employed or accepted to graduate schools before graduation (98%) and that one out of 15 alumni either own their own business or are high-level managers in leading companies (see Notable Alumni). Although the school's undergraduate class is small with approximately 2,000 students, it graduates one of the largest mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering

Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of physics#branches of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of machine....
 graduating classes in the United States annually and is consistently ranked by US News and World Report as one of the best schools in the country for an undergraduate engineering education without PhD programs.

History

The history of Kettering University is deeply tied to the development of the American automotive industry
Automaker

The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicles. In 2007, more than 73 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide....
. The school was originally founded as The School of Automotive Trades on October 20, 1919 by Albert Sobey under the direction of the Industrial Fellowship of Flint as a night school, training individuals for careers in industry. In 1923 the school became known as the Flint Institute of Technology
Institute of technology

Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system....
. General Motors acquired the school on July 12, 1926, renaming it General Motors Institute of Technology. In 1932 the name of the school was shortened to General Motors Institute.

GMI focused on creating leaders for business and industry (sometimes called the West Point of Industry) and pioneered many educational firsts including the co-op program (following the development of this program at the University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public university research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio, part of the University System of Ohio....
 in 1907), freshmen level manufacturing courses (Production Processes I & II), and automotive degree specialties. A fifth-year thesis requirement was added in 1945, along with the ability to grant degrees. The first bachelor's degree was awarded on August 23, 1946.

In addition to being admitted to the school academically, the co-op program required applicants to find a GM division to be a sponsor. Work and school were mixed in six-week rotations, dividing the student body into and . At any given time, when A-section was in school, B-section was at work. After six weeks, B-section would go back to school and so on. This resulted in students moving eight times per year and a 48-week school/work year. Because General Motors used the school to train its engineers, tuition was partially subsidized.

In June 1980, with the entry of the Graduating Class of 1985, co-op rotations were expanded to twelve weeks. After General Motors reduced its operations in Flint, the company and the University became separate entities on July 1, 1982, although General Motors continued to hire co-ops from GMI. The name of the institution at that time became "GMI Engineering & Management Institute." The letters "GMI" were retained to allow easy identification with the old General Motors Institute, although officially "GMI" didn't stand for General Motors anymore. As part of this change new co-op employers began participating with the institution, one of the first non-GM sponsors being Magna International
Magna International

Magna International Inc. is a Canada company based in Aurora, Ontario. It is Canada's largest automobile parts manufacturer, and one of the country's largest companies....
 of Canada, and the University began charging a full tuition
Tuition

Tuition means "instruction" or "teaching." In American English, the term "tuition" is often used to refer to a fee charged for educational instruction; especially at a formal institution of learning or by a private tutor usually in the form of one-to-one tuition....
 fee.

On January 1, 1998, the school's name was formally changed to Kettering University. Various reasons for the name change have been offered, including:
  • The desire to create an identity separate from General Motors and the auto industry, especially with corporate partners and funding agencies who naturally assumed that GMI was still a part of General Motors
  • The desire to avoid confusion with General Motors University, a General Motors training center created in 1997.
  • A desire to honor Charles F. Kettering, an early 20th century inventor
    Inventor

    An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find....
    , a proponent of cooperative education, and an early benefactor of the school.


Admissions

Kettering University
Presidents
The freshman class of 2006 was selected from 2,157 applicants where 1,534 were admitted and 398 enrolled. On average, 86% of freshman scored higher than 600 on the math section of the SAT
SAT

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized testing for college admissions in the Education in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service ....
 and 84% scored over 500 on the verbal section. On top of this, students averaged a 3.54 GPA from high school and an average ACT
ACT (examination)

The ACT is a standardized test Achievement test examination for University and college admissionss in the Education in the United States produced by ACT, Inc....
 score of 26.

Academic Programs

Kettering University offers Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science is an bachelor's degree academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years ....
 degrees in Applied Mathematics
Applied mathematics

Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with the mathematical techniques typically used in the application of mathematical knowledge to other domains....
, Applied Physics
Applied physics

Applied physics is a general term for physics which is intended for a particular technological or practical use. "Applied" is distinguished from "pure" by a subtle combination of factors such as the motivation and attitude of researchers and the nature of the relationship to the technology or science that may be affected by the work....
, Biochemistry
Biochemistry

Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules....
, Business, Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering

Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science , with mathematics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms....
, Chemistry
Chemistry

Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....
, Computer Engineering
Computer engineering

Computer Engineering is a discipline that combines elements of both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Computer engineers are electrical engineers that have additional training in the areas of software design and hardware-software integration....
, Computer Science
Computer science

Computer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems....
, Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism....
, Engineering Physics
Engineering physics

Engineering physics is an academic degree, available mainly at the levels of Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Unlike other engineering degrees , EP does not necessarily include a particular branch of science or physics....
, Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering

Industrial engineering is also known as operations management, management science, systems engineering, or manufacturing engineering; a distinction that seems to depend on the viewpoint or motives of the user....
, and Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering

Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of physics#branches of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of machine....
. The university also offers a Bachelors of Business Administration. . The University also offers Master's
Master's degree

A master's degree provides a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of profession. Within the area studied, graduates possess advanced knowledge of a specialized body of theory and applied topics; high order skills in analysis, Critical thinking and/or professional application; and the ability to problem solving a...
 degrees in Business Administration (MBA), Information Technology, Manufacturing Management, Operations Management, Manufacturing Operations, Engineering Management, and Engineering . Although courses differ with major, for most undergraduate programs, completion of 160 credit hours is needed for graduation.

Kettering is one of the few engineering schools that prepares students for the workplace through 100% participation in a co-op
Cooperative education

Cooperative education is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with internship. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic credit for structured job experience....
 program. In addition to classwork, students spend half the year acquiring full-time professional work experience. This is broken into four rotations of 11 week terms. The student body is separated into two sections, A and B. A-Section attends classes from July to September and then from January to March, while B-Section attends classes from October to December and April to June. During the three-month periods between class terms, students work full-time with one of over 600 co-op employer partners. As a requirement to graduate, each student must complete five work terms and a major project for their employer in the form of a thesis. On average a student earns between $40,000 and $65,000 throughout their co-op experience. The curriculum is designed to be completed in four and one-half years, although it is possible to complete it in four years.

Campus

Kettering University consists of six buildings and nearly ninety acres of land. In 1995, Kettering built a park spanning over much of this land. In addition to this, the Connie and Jim John Recreation Center opened on August 5, 1995; it offers students a larger selection of activities. With over 75,000 cubic feet
Cubic foot

The cubic foot is an Imperial unit and United States customary units unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of one foot in length.|-...
, some of the more notable aspects are its Olympic sized pool, indoor track and numerous tennis, basketball and racquetball courts. These enhancements totaled over $7 million dollars to construct.

Kettering offers two of these six buildings for student housing. The school's Campus Center is the location of the Admissions and Public Relations offices as well as the student cafeteria.

The C.S. Mott Engineering and Science Center opened in July 2004 and contains an entire fuel cell
Fuel cell

A fuel cell is an Electrochemistry conversion device. It produces electricity from fuel and an Oxidizing agent , which react in the presence of an electrolyte....
 systems and powertrain
Powertrain

In a motor vehicle, the term powertrain or powerplant refers to the group of components that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air....
 integration labs. This $43 million dollar facility also contains several other laboratories such as emissions
Emission standard

Emissions standards are requirements that set specific limits to the amount of pollutants that can be released into the environment. Many emissions standards focus on regulating pollutants released by automobiles and other powered vehicles but they can also regulate emissions from industry, power plants, small equipment such as lawn mowers...
, bioengineering
Bioengineering

Bioengineering is the application of engineering principles to address challenges in the fields of biology and medicine. As a study, it encompasses biomedical engineering and it is related to biotechnology....
 and various others for the core science courses for most students.

Kettering is also one of the few schools in the nation to have a crash safety center, in which students are able to experience crash test
Crash test

A crash test is a form of destructive testing usually performed in order to ensure safe design standards in Crashworthiness and crash compatibility for automobiles or related components....
ing and develop effective safety equipment. Also located in the Academic Building, Kettering offers a variety of other engineering labs such as machining, welding, polymer processing and injection molding.

Student life

48 percent of students live "on campus" in either the 445 student resident's hall or at the apartment complex adjacent to campus, Campus Village Apartments, capable of housing 211. Kettering students stay active with their involvement in over 15 Greek organizations, student government and recreational activities.

Clubs

sponsors many student club
Club

A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth....
s to promote an atmosphere conducive to social interaction. Most clubs receive money from the University to operate. However, some clubs are self financing, either because they wish to avoid the restrictions placed on the Kettering Student Government (KSG) sponsored clubs or because they are unaware that funding is available. For a full list of clubs, see the list of student organizations at the bottom of the page.

Greek life

The university has a very active Greek system, which is recognized as an excellent source of service opportunities and leadership training. Over one-third of the student body is currently involved in a Fraternity or sorority. Before on campus housing was available, membership was as high as 80%.

Many North-American Interfraternity Conference
North-American Interfraternity Conference

The North-American Interfraternity Conference , is an association of college men's fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began on November 27, 1909....
 (NIC) fraternities have chapters at Kettering as do several National Panhellenic Conference
National Panhellenic Conference

The National Panhellenic Conference , founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 national women's Fraternities and sororities.Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek alphabet society of college women and Alumnus/a....
 (NPC) sororities. The National Pan-Hellenic Council
National Pan-Hellenic Council

The National Pan-Hellenic Council is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international greek alphabet fraternities and sororities....
 (NPHC) has several local chapters that are also affiliated with Kettering. Each group has a school-wide council that its members participate in. These councils are designed to keep communication lines open between the different groups, and to facilitate relations with the University on matters such as school-wide events and membership. In addition to the recognized organizations there are several unrecognized organizations including a local Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 fraternity and a local Christian sorority. For a full list of the Greek letter organizations on campus, see the list of Greek Letter Organizations.

During the first few weeks of school, freshmen are "rushed", a period of recruitment where all of the IFC Fraternities host events and attempt to recruit new members. Fraternities promote their events with signs, calendars, personal visits, and by painting the bull dog, a campus tradition.

Notable alumni


Although Kettering University is a small school, with only 28,000 alumni, a high percentage have experienced extremely successful careers. Some examples of notable alumni include:

NameGraduation YearOccupation
Donald J. Almquist1955Chairman, President, CEO, Delco Electronics
Delco Electronics

Delco Electronics Corporation was the automotive electronics design and manufacturing subsidiary of General Motors Corporation based in Kokomo, Indiana....
Henio Arcangeli1986President, Motorsports Group Company, Yamaha Motor Corporation USA
Yamaha Motor Company

, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company , is part of the Yamaha Corporation. After expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized vehicles on July 1, 1955....
1993NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 Nextel Cup
NEXTEL Cup

The Sprint Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing . It was formerly known as the Strictly Stock Series and Grand National Series ....
 Crew Chief
Crew chief

The term crew chief can refer to several different things:*In auto racing, a crew chief is the head person on a pit stop. The crew chief's primary duties include developing car setups, configuring pit strategies, and receiving feedback from his driver about the car's handling....
1975CEO, Dana Corporation
Greg Deveson1984President-Americas, Magna Powertrain USA Incorporated
1959Retired Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
 Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
1962President, Guardian Glass Group, Guardian Industries
1977President, OnStar
OnStar

OnStar Corporation is a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation that provides subscription-based telecommunication, in-vehicle security, turn-by-turn navigation, and remote diagnostics systems throughout the United States and Canada....
 Corp
1974CEO, Gibson Guitar Corporation
Gibson Guitar Corporation

The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of Steel-string guitar and electric guitars. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer Guitars, Valley Arts Guitar, Tobias , Steinberger, and Gibson Kalamazoo Electric Guitar....
Bob Kagle
Bob Kagle

Robert Kagle is a Director at eBay and a partner at Benchmark Capital, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. In addition to eBay, Kagle sits on the Board of Directors for several companies including: E-Loan, Jamba Juice, Logoworks, Mint.com, Prosper, uShip, and ZipRealty....
1978General Partner, Benchmark Capital
Benchmark Capital

Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups. In 1997, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999....
1984CEO, Digitas
Harry W. Lange
Harry W. Lange

Harry W. Lange was born February 25, 1952 in Gaylord, MI, Lange is a Boston-based investment manager. He is currently the portfolio manager for the Magellan Fund and is a Vice President at Fidelity Investments....
1975Vice President, Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments

Fidelity Investments is an investment company. It consists of two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research LLC , founded in 1946 and serving North America, and Fidelity International Limited , spun off in 1969 and serving the rest of the world....
; Portfolio Manager, Magellan Fund
Magellan Fund

The Fidelity Magellan Fund is a U.S. domiciled mutual fund from the Fidelity Investments family of funds. It is perhaps the world?s best known Active management mutual fund....
1974COO, Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson Motor Company is an United States manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company sells heavyweight motorcycles designed for cruising on the highway....
 Motor Co.
1944Former President, General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
 Corporation
1969Co-Founder, President & CEO, Biomet
Biomet

Biomet, Inc. is a medical device manufacturer located in Warsaw, Indiana. The company specializes in reconstructive products for hips, knees and shoulders, fixation devices, orthopedic support devices, dental implants and operating room supplies....
Stan O'Neal1974Former CEO, Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. is a global financial services firm which was acquired by Bank of America. This article describes both the historical Merrill Lynch and its ongoing operations as a subsidiary of the bank....
William H. Osborne
William H. Osborne

William H. Osborne , is president and CEO of Federal Signal Corporation. Prior to September 2008, he was president and CEO of Ford Canada Limited....
 President and CEO, Federal Signal Corporation
Federal Signal Corporation

Federal Signal Corporation is a global corporation with about 3,500 employees and annual revenue of about US$1.1 billion. Oak Brook, Ill.-based Federal Signal designs, develops and deploys total solutions that protect people, property and the environment under brands such as Federal Signal, Elgin, Vactor, Guzzler and Jetstream....
1964Chairman, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Knorr-Bremse
Knorr-Bremse

Knorr-Bremse is a manufacturer of Brake systems for Railroad car and Truck that has operated in the field for over 100 years. The company also produces door systems for rail vehicles and torsional dampers....
1983Executive Vice President, Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
1960America's first biomedical engineer
 CEO, STERIS Corporation



NameDegreeAwardedOccupation
'62Honorary Doctor of ManagementJuly 2008President, Guardian Glass Group, Guardian Industries
Curtis Carlson
Curtis Carlson

Curtis R. Carlson is currently the president and CEO of SRI International and a prominent technologist....
Honorary Doctor of ScienceJune 2008President, CEO, SRI International
SRI International

SRI International, founded as Stanford Research Institute, is one of the world's largest contract research institutes. Based in the United States, the trustees of Stanford University established it in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region....
Dale E. Kildee
Dale E. Kildee

Dale Edward Kildee has been a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan since 1977, representing Michigan's 5th congressional district since 2003....
Honorary Doctor of Humane LettersDecember 2007Member, United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
Chet Huber '77Honorary Doctor of EngineeringJune 2006President, OnStar
OnStar

OnStar Corporation is a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation that provides subscription-based telecommunication, in-vehicle security, turn-by-turn navigation, and remote diagnostics systems throughout the United States and Canada....
Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak

Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak is an United States computer engineer who founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs. His inventions and machines are credited with contributing significantly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s....
Honorary Doctor of EngineeringDecember 2005Co-founder, Apple Computer
Apple Computer

Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an United States multinational corporation which designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products....
 
Robert Lutz
Robert Lutz

Robert A. "Bob" Lutz is the Vice Chairman of Global Product Development at General Motors Corporation....
Honorary Doctor of ManagementJune 2003Chairman, General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
 North America
Stan O'Neal '74Honorary Doctor of ManagementDecember 2002CEO, Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. is a global financial services firm which was acquired by Bank of America. This article describes both the historical Merrill Lynch and its ongoing operations as a subsidiary of the bank....
MaliVai Washington
MaliVai Washington

MaliVai "Mal" Washington is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is best remembered for reaching the 1996 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles at Wimbledon Championships in 1996....
Honorary Doctor of Humane LettersJune 2002Former professional tennis player
Dean Kamen
Dean Kamen

Dean L. Kamen is an United States entrepreneur and inventor from New Hampshire. Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating....
Honorary Doctor of EngineeringDecember 2001President, DEKA
DEKA

DEKA Research & Development Corporation is a company based in New Hampshire founded in 1982 by Dean Kamen, consisting of nearly 200 engineers, technicians, and support staff....
 Research & Development; Founder, FIRST
FIRST

FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 in order to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields....
; Inventor of Segway
Dave Bing
Dave Bing

David Bing is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association, primarily for the Detroit Pistons from 1966 to 1975....
Honorary Doctor of ManagementJune 2000Former NBA
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
 player
Donald J. Almquist '55Honorary Doctor of EngineeringDecember 1999Retired Chairman, President, and CEO, Delco Electronics
Delco Electronics

Delco Electronics Corporation was the automotive electronics design and manufacturing subsidiary of General Motors Corporation based in Kokomo, Indiana....
F. James McDonald '44Honorary Doctor of EngineeringDecember 1998Former President, General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....


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List of student organizations

  • Allies (Gay/Straight Alliance)
  • The Technician (Student Newspaper
    Newspaper

    A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
    )
  • The Reflector (Student Yearbook
    Yearbook

    A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all United States, Australia and Canada secondary education, most colleges and many elementary school and middle schools publish yearbooks....
    )
  • WKUF-LP FM (Student Run Radio Station)
  • CCC
    Campus Crusade for Christ

    Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christianity organization that promotes evangelism and discipleship in over 190 countriesaround the world....
     (now KU Cru; see below)
  • Christians In Action (now KU Cru; see below)
  • CLIFFHANGERS (Kettering's Rock Climbing
    Rock Climbing

    Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up or across natural Rock formations or man-made climbing wall with the goal of reaching the Summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route....
     Club)
  • SWE
    Society of Women Engineers

    The Society of Women Engineers , founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women....
     (Society of Women Engineers)
  • SHPE
    Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

    The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1974 by a group of engineers employed by the city of Los Angeles....
     (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers)
  • SPS
    Society of Physics Students

    The Society of Physics Students is a Professional body with international participation, granting membership through college chapters with the only requirement that the student member be interested in physics....
     (Society of Physics Students)
  • KUAC (Kettering University Anime
    Anime

    is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
     Club, A-Section Only)
  • Kettering Entrepreneur Society
  • (Campus Crusade for Christ
    Campus Crusade for Christ

    Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christianity organization that promotes evangelism and discipleship in over 190 countriesaround the world....
    , both sections)
  • Gaming Society
  • Ping Pong Club
  • KUPS (Kettering University Programming Society)
  • AREC (Amateur Radio
    Amateur radio

    Amateur radio, often called Etymology of ham radio, is both a hobby and a service in which participants, called "hams," use various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for Public services, recreation and self-training....
     and Electronics Club)
  • The Bulldog Jazz
    Jazz

    Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
     Band
  • Aquaneers Scuba Club
  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
  • International Club
  • A professional development organization for Business students specializing in Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship.
  • SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
  • Black Unity Congress
  • Karate
    Karate

    or , and often mis, is a martial arts developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese martial arts kenpo. It is primarily a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands and ridge-hands....
     Club
  • Kickboxing
    Kickboxing

    refers to the sport of using martial-arts-style kicks and boxing-style punches to defeat an opponent in a similar way to that of standard boxing. Kickboxing is a standing sport and does not allow continuation of the fight once a combatant has reached the ground....
     Club
  • Hockey
    Hockey

    Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a Hockey puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick....
     Club
  • Laser Tag
    Laser tag

    Laser tag is a team or individual sport where players attempt to score points by engaging targets, typically with a hand-held infrared-emitting targeting device....
     Club
  • Off Road Vehicles Club:
    • A-Section, Mud Boggers
    • B-Section, Kettering Off-Road Club
  • FSAE (Kettering Formula SAE)
  • Society of Opinionated Students
  • Muslim Students Association of Kettering University (MSA of KU)
  • THINK
  • Paintball
    Paintball

    Paintball is a game in which players eliminate opponents by hitting them with pellets containing paint , usually shot from a carbon dioxide or compressed-gas powered paintball gun ....
     Club
  • Two Political Organizations
    • (College Republicans
      Republican Party (United States)

      The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
      , B-Section Only)
    • College Democrats
      Democratic Party (United States)

      The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
       (B-Section Only)
  • COMPASS Crew (Campus Orientation Meetings to Prepare for Academic and Social Success)


List of Greek Letter organizations at Kettering


North-American Interfraternity Conference
North-American Interfraternity Conference

The North-American Interfraternity Conference , is an association of college men's fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began on November 27, 1909....
 fraternities

  • Sigma Nu
    Sigma Nu

    SN is an undergraduate college fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, Virginia....
     known as "Sigma Nu"
  • Phi Delta Theta
    Phi Delta Theta

    Phi Delta Theta is an international Fraternities and sororities founded in 1848 and headquartered at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, and Sigma Chi form the Miami Triad....
     known as "The Phi Delts"
  • Beta Theta Pi
    Beta Theta Pi

    Beta Theta Pi is a social collegiate fraternities and sororities that was founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad which includes Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi....
     known as "The Betas"
  • Delta Tau Delta
    Delta Tau Delta

    Delta Tau Delta is a United States-based international Fraternities and sororities.Delta Tau Delta was founded in 1858 at Bethany College , Bethany, West Virginia ....
     known as "The Delts"
  • Lambda Chi Alpha
    Lambda Chi Alpha

    For a list of prominent members of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, see: List of notable members of Lambda Chi AlphaLambda Chi Alpha , headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and one of the largest men's general Fraternities and sororities in North America, by its own count...
     known as "Lambda Chi" or "Choppers"
  • Phi Gamma Delta
    Phi Gamma Delta

    Phi Gamma Delta is a collegiate social Fraternities and sororities with 107 chapters and 7 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Washington & Jefferson College, Pennsylvania in 1848 and its headquarters are located in Lexington, Kentucky, Kentucky, USA....
     known as "Fiji"
  • Delta Chi
    Delta Chi

    Delta Chi or D-Chi is an international secret letter college social fraternity formed on October 13, 1890, at Cornell University initially as a professional fraternity for law students....
     known as "D-Chi"
  • Pi Kappa Alpha
    Pi Kappa Alpha

    Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity is an international, secret, social, Greek alphabet, college fraternities and sororities. It was founded at 47 West The Range at the University of Virginia in the United States on Sunday evening, March 1 1868....
     known as "The Pikes"
  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon
    Sigma Alpha Epsilon

    Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded March 9, 1856 at the University of Alabama. SAE is the largest social college fraternity by total initiates with more than 288,000 initiated members....
     known as "SAE"
  • Sigma Chi
    Sigma Chi

    Sigma Chi is one of the largest and oldest all-male, college, greek alphabet social fraternities and sororities and a secret society. Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon....
     known as "Sig Chi" or "Sigs"
  • Theta Xi
    Theta Xi

    Theta Xi was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York on 29 April 1864. Theta Xi Fraternity was originally founded as an engineering fraternity, the first professional fraternity....
     known as "T X"

National Panhellenic Sororities
National Panhellenic Conference

The National Panhellenic Conference , founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 national women's Fraternities and sororities.Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek alphabet society of college women and Alumnus/a....

  • Alpha Gamma Delta
    Alpha Gamma Delta

    Alpha Gamma Delta is an international women's fraternities and sororities founded in 1904 at Syracuse University. The Fraternity promotes academic excellence, philanthropic giving, ongoing leadership and personal development, and a spirit of loving sisterhood....
     known as "The Alpha Gams"
  • Alpha Phi
    Alpha Phi

    Alpha Phi is a fraternities and sororities for women founded at Syracuse University on September 18, 1872. Its celebrated Founder's Day is October 10....
     known as "The AFs" or "The APs"
  • Alpha Sigma Alpha
    Alpha Sigma Alpha

    Alpha Sigma Alpha is a US national sorority founded on November 15, 1901 at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. There are now over 73 chapters of Alpha Sigma Alpha nationwide with more than 60,000 members....
     known as "The Alpha Sigs"
  • Beta Sigma Phi
    Beta Sigma Phi

    Beta Sigma Phi International is a non-academic sorority with 200,000 members in chapters around the world. Founded in Abilene, Kansas in 1931 by Walter W....
     known as "The Beta Sigs"


National Pan-Hellenic Organizations
National Pan-Hellenic Council

The National Pan-Hellenic Council is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international greek alphabet fraternities and sororities....

  • Delta Sigma Theta
    Delta Sigma Theta

    Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community....
  • Alpha Phi Alpha
    Alpha Phi Alpha

    Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate Fraternities and sororities established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Alpha Phi Alpha has initiated over 185,000 men into the organization and has been open to men of all races since 1940....
  • Kappa Alpha Psi
    Kappa Alpha Psi

    Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek alphabet Fraternities and sororities with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin....
     known as "The Kappas"