Michigan Tech Board Meets In Houghton

GLR News Update
Houghton, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Michigan Tech Board of Trustees has a new Board Chair.
At their regular summer meeting yesterday on the Houghton campus, Terry Woychowski assumed the helm as chair for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
The board also received a report on gifts to the Michigan Tech Fund, which totaled $40.38 million during fiscal year 2016.
University officials say that is nearly $5 million more than in FY 2015.
The board also conferred 930 degrees, bringing the 2015-16 total to 1,749 degrees, which is the largest number the school has ever conferred.
The number outpaces the previous record of 1,709 set in 1983-84.