Kettering University

Founded as The School of Automotive Trades by Albert Sobey under the direction of the Industrial Fellowship of Flint on October 20, 1919, Kettering University has a long legacy in the automotive industry. The university became known as the Flint Institute of Technology (Flint Tech) in 1923 before being acquired by General Motors in 1926. It was renamed as the General Motors Institute of Technology (General Motors Tech) and eventually the General Motors Institute in 1932.{{ref_label|stats|2|2}}{{Cite web |date=2018-08-14 |title=About {{!}} Kettering University |url=https://www.kettering.edu/about/our-history-archives/collections/charles-f-kettering |access-date=2024-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814003531/https://www.kettering.edu/about/our-history-archives/collections/charles-f-kettering |archive-date=2018-08-14 }}

Once referred to as the "West Point of the Automobile industry,"{{cite news |last=Mostafavi |first=Beata |date=2010-07-10 |title=Kettering graduates have 10th highest salary potential |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/07/kettering_university_graduates.html |access-date=2017-10-06 |newspaper=Flint Journal}} GMI focused on a cooperative education model that combined classroom learning with real-world job experience {{Cite web |last=Hinterman |first=Peter |date=2019-08-01 |title=100 Years of Kettering University A Brief History |url=https://www.mycitymag.com/100-years-of-kettering-university-a-brief-history/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=My City Magazine |language=en-US}} (following the development of this program at the University of Cincinnati in 1907).{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} GMI also pioneered freshman-level manufacturing courses (Production Processes I & II) and automotive degree specialties. In 1945, the Institute added a fifth-year thesis requirement, granting the school the ability to award degrees. The school's first bachelor's degree was subsequently awarded on August 23, 1946.{{ref_label|stats|2|2}}

During the 1950s, the co-op program required applicants to find a GM division to sponsor them. School and work were mixed in four- or eight-week rotations, dividing the student body into four sections: two (A and B) for the four-week rotations and two (C and D) for the eight-week rotations. At any given time, when section A was in school, section B was at work. Every four weeks, this situation reversed. Sections C and D were scheduled similarly on an eight-week basis. With the 4-week and 8-week rotations, students shifted between school and work twelve or six times yearly during their 48-week year. Because General Motors used the school to train its engineers, the company partially subsidized their tuition. In June 1979 (the Class of 1984), the school expanded co-op rotations to twelve weeks.

After GM reduced operations in Flint, the company and the university separated on July 1, 1982. The institution became "GMI Engineering & Management Institute," keeping the initials "GMI" to maintain its connection with the old General Motors Institute. The university began charging full tuition as an independent private university. The university kept the cooperative education model, expanding the number of co-op employers for students. The university also began offering graduate programs for both on- and off-campus students.{{ref_label|stats|2|2}}

The university's name was formally changed to Kettering University on January 1, 1998, in honor of Charles Kettering.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/visitors/about/charles_kettering.jsp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522152907/http://www.kettering.edu/visitors/about/charles_kettering.jsp|url-status=dead|title=Charles Kettering biography|archivedate=May 22, 2008}} The name change allowed the university to establish a separate identity from General Motors and to publicize their expansion of academic programs beyond automotive-related offerings.

The university launched a physics program in 1995 and the first ABET-accredited applied physics program in the world in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/applied-physics-engineering-physics-receive-abet-accreditation |title=Physics program receives ABET accreditation - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2013-10-16 |access-date=2017-10-06}} A chemical engineering program as well as a pre-med course of study were launched in 2008.{{cite web |first= Ryan |last=Garza|url= http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/06/pipeline_from_kettering_univer.html |title=Pipeline from Kettering to medical school grows |publisher=MLive.com |date=2011-06-15 |access-date=2017-10-06}} The chemical engineering program received ABET accreditation in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-chemical-engineering-program-receives-accreditation |title=Chemical Engineering program receives ABET accreditation - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2013-10-16 |access-date=2017-10-06}} The computer science program received ABET accreditation in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.kettering.edu/academics/departments/computer-science |title=Kettering University Computer Science |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106100937/http://www.kettering.edu/academics/departments/computer-science |archive-date=2015-11-06 }} The university added an applied biology program in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/12/kettering_university_brings_bi.html |title=Kettering looking beyond engineering with new biology program |date=26 December 2013 |publisher=MLive.com |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering University offers Bachelor of Science (BS) and masters (MS, MBA, MBA/MSMO dual) degree programs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/futurestudents/graduate/programs.jsp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113103447/http://www.kettering.edu/futurestudents/graduate/programs.jsp|url-status=dead|title=Kettering Graduate Programs|archivedate=January 13, 2008}} Some masters programs are available online following the school's launch of distance education programs in 2015. Most undergraduate programs require completion of 160 credit hours for graduation.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} Its most popular undergraduate majors, by 2021 graduates, were:{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Kettering&s=all&id=169983#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |title=Kettering University |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |access-date=January 22, 2023}}

::Mechanical Engineering (233)

::Electrical and Electronics Engineering (44)

::Computer Science (42)

::Computer Engineering (26)

::Industrial Engineering (24)

::Chemical Engineering (23)

Kettering University has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 1962.{{cite web |date=1998-01-01 |title=About | Kettering University |url=http://www.kettering.edu/about/planning-assessment-and-accreditation/accreditation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006162648/https://www.kettering.edu/about/planning-assessment-and-accreditation/accreditation |archive-date=2017-10-06 |access-date=2017-10-06 |publisher=Kettering.edu}} Several of the university's academic programs have specific accreditation as well:

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Kettering University ranked 13th nationally among non-Ph.D.-granting engineering universities and seventh nationally among mechanical engineering programs in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report "Best Colleges" edition.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/kettering-university-2262/overall-rankings|title=Kettering University Overall Rankings – U.S. News & World Report}} The university also received a "Best in the Midwest" designation from the Princeton Review.{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings |title=Princeton Review Best Colleges |publisher=Princetonreview.com |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering ranked 12th nationally and first in the Midwest and Michigan in Return on Investment in PayScale.com's 2015 Return on Investment Rankings.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/03/kettering_university_is_no_1_i.html |title=Kettering No. 1 in Michigan in Return on Investment, report says |publisher=MLive.com |date=2015-03-09 |access-date=2017-10-06}} PayScale.com also ranked Kettering 15th nationally and first in Michigan in its 2014 Salary Potential rankings.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/09/kettering_university_ranks_no.html |title=Kettering ranks No. 1 in Michigan in salary potential |publisher=MLive.com |date=2014-09-12 |access-date=2017-10-06}} A 2015 CNNMoney.com article examining the top private colleges in the country in return on investment ranked Kettering 10th, noting that Kettering's students graduated with skills employers were looking for.{{cite web|last=Fahey |first=Mark |url=https://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/college/2015/03/07/private-colleges/10.html |title=Private colleges with the biggest payoff - CNN Money |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=2015-03-10 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

An article in the 2014 issue of Automobile magazine listed Kettering University among five top universities for students aiming to enter the auto industry.{{cite web|last=Lerner |first=Preston |url=http://www.automobilemag.com/features/magazine/1412-so-you-want-to-break-into-the-automotive-industry/photo_00.html/ |title=So you want to break into the automotive industry - Automobile magazine |publisher=Automobilemag.com |date=2014-12-24 |access-date=2017-10-06}} The article noted Kettering University's unique program, which prepares students for work and immerses them in it—alternating three months of school with three months of on-the-job experience, repeated until graduation.

Kettering University was ranked 137th on Business Insider{{'}}s 2014 list of "The 600 Smartest Colleges in America."{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/smartest-colleges-in-america-2014-10 |title=The 600 Smartest Colleges in America - Business Insider |publisher=Businessinsider.com |date=2014-10-21 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grants have allowed Kettering to add equipment that includes an X-Ray diffractometer,{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/nsf-grant-will-help-kettering-acquire-x-ray-diffractometer |title=NSF grant will help Kettering acquire X-Ray Diffractometer - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2014-03-27 |access-date=2017-10-06}} an X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) instrument,{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-university-receives-fifth-mri-grant-national-science-foundation |title=Kettering University receives fifth MRI grant from the National Science Foundation - Kettering University |date=4 August 2014 |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06}} a motion capture system,{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/collaboration-helps-faculty-secure-multi-disciplinary-nsf-grant |title=Collaboration helps faculty secure multi-disciplinary NSF grant - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2013-10-23 |access-date=2017-10-06}} a High-Throughput and High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Tissue Scanner with Internet-Connected 3D Virtual Microscope for Large-Scale Automated Histology,{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/nsf-grant-will-support-high-resolution-mri-research |title=NSF grant will support high resolution MRI research - Kettering University |date=2 December 2013 |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06}} and - at the time - the only 4G LTE Wireless system on a college campus in the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/latest-nsf-grant-will-give-kettering-university-its-own-4g-lte-wireless-system |title=Latest NSF grant will give Kettering University its own 4G LTE wireless system - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2014-09-18 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering University partners with the federal government's U.S. Ignite program, which brings super high-speed internet capabilities to Flint, Michigan. The technology will bring Flint new healthcare, crime prevention, and educational opportunities.{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=134556 |title=Igniting change in Vehicle City - National Science Foundation |date=24 March 2015 |publisher=Nsf.gov |access-date=2017-10-06}} Also, in partnership with the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, Kettering University received a $1 million neighborhood stabilization grant from the United States Department of Justice in 2014.{{cite web|first=Jiquanda |last=Johnson|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/10/new_grant_may_help_ease_crime.html |title=New crime fighting grant aims to stabilize Flint corridor |date=8 October 2014 |publisher=MLive.com |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering University opened the FIRST Robotics Competition Community Center in 2014. College officials said it was the first integration of a robotics center into a college campus in the country. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder attended the grand opening.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/09/its_a_dream_come_true_ketterin.html |title=Gov. Snyder helps unveil one of a kind robotics center |date=20 September 2014 |publisher=MLive.com |access-date=2017-10-06}}

The facility provides work areas for eight FIRST teams, with space to accommodate up to 16 teams. There is also a regulation-size practice field and a machining lab. High school students on teams housed in the facility have access to Kettering University's faculty, staff, and students as mentors and the campus facilities.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/gov-rick-snyder-helps-kettering-university-open-first-robotics-community-center |title=Snyder helps Kettering open FIRST Center - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2014-09-22 |access-date=2017-10-06}} Approximately 25 percent of Kettering University's student body participated in FIRST Robotics in high school.

The facility intends to create more opportunities for pre-college students, particularly students from underserved or financially disadvantaged populations, to gain exposure to science and engineering education and career possibilities. Kettering University also received a National Science Foundation grant in 2014 to provide scholarship to academically talented financially disadvantaged students who participated in high school robotics programs.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-receives-nsf-grant-support-robotics-students |title=Kettering receives NSF grant to support robotics students - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2014-07-15 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

All Kettering University undergraduate students must complete some form of experiential learning for every degree program. Cooperative education begins as early as a student's freshman year. Student schedules typically alternate between academic terms that include classes and labs and full-time employment with one of Kettering's more than 550 partner organizations. Usually, a student maintains employment with the same organization throughout the program.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/experiential-learning/co-op-experience |title=Co-Op Experience - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Cooperative experience is paid, with freshman students earning an average of $14.20 per hour on their co-op terms and upperclassmen earning an average of $18.44 per hour. Ninety-eight percent of Kettering University graduates are employed or accepted into graduate school within six months of graduation.{{cite web|last=Lerner |first=Preston |url=http://www.automobilemag.com/features/magazine/1412-so-you-want-to-break-into-the-automotive-industry/ |title=So you want to break into the auto industry? - Automobile Magazine |publisher=Automobilemag.com |date=2014-12-24 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

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Kettering University's campus is situated on approximately 90 acres of land along the Flint River on the west side of Flint. In 2012, Kettering began purchasing distressed properties from the Genesee County Land Bank as part of its mission to play a leading role in the revitalization of Flint. The university demolished blighted structures and took over maintenance, mowing, and upkeep of the properties.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/09/kettering_university_emerges_a.html |title=Unlikely crusader buying up blighted Flint properties |date=13 September 2013 |publisher=MLive.com |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering has received neighborhood stabilization grants from the Department of Justice{{cite web|first=Jiquanda|last=Johnson |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/10/new_grant_may_help_ease_crime.html |title=New grant may ease crime in Flint corridor |date=8 October 2014 |publisher=MLive.com |access-date=2017-10-06}} and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/10/university_avenue_corridor_coa.html |title=University Avenue receives grant for ice rink warming tent, community cleanups |date=16 October 2014 |publisher=MLive.com |access-date=2017-10-06}} These grants aimed to support the revitalization of neighborhoods near campus and establish a safe University Avenue Corridor (UAC), a walkable connector from Kettering's campus to downtown Flint, the University of Michigan–Flint campus, McLaren Regional Medical Center, and Hurley Medical Center.{{Cite web |last=Trelfa |first=Anne |date=2018-09-28 |title=Kettering University teams with neighborhoods, city to reimagine Flint |url=https://thehubflint.com/kettering-university-teams-with-neighborhoods-city-to-reimagine-flint/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=The HUB Flint |language=en-US}}

In 2014, Kettering University unveiled a new Campus Master Plan.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/02/were_invested_kettering_univer.html |title=We're Invested: Kettering master plan aims to bring growth to campus |publisher=MLive.com |date=2015-02-12 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

The plan's first phase of the master plan involved constructing a new mixed-use Learning Commons building to house some academic department functions, a modern library, new food service venues and options, and other resources, including increased access to flexible, technology-enabled, collaborative spaces. The building had space for visiting alums and other campus guests, integrating them into the campus community for the entirety of their visit.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/new-campus-master-plan-aims-address-rapidly-changing-needs-next-generations-workforce |title=New master plan addresses needs of rapidly changing workforce - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2015-03-27 |access-date=2017-10-06}} The $63 million learning commons facility opened in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Busch |first=Katrenia |date=2022-09-23 |title=Kettering University holds grand opening of Learning Commons |url=https://www.wnem.com/2022/09/23/kettering-university-holds-grand-opening-learning-commons/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=WNEM News |language=en}}

Other phases of the campus master plan include the construction of a new residence hall, new research facilities, and a raised connector across Chevrolet Avenue that pays homage to a bridge that existed when the property was home to the General Motors Chevrolet Division. Additionally, the campus plan aimed to open the campus to better accommodate pre-college students by redeveloping the Academic Building with increased lab and community space.

In April 2015, Kettering University announced a $2 million naming donation from the General Motors Foundation to construct the Kettering University General Motors Foundation Automotive Research Area.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-27/kettering-to-get-4-million-from-gm-for-test-ground-engine-lab |title=Bloomberg Business |publisher=Bloomberg.com |date=2015-04-27 |access-date=2017-10-06}} The facility was conceived to be an automotive proving ground on a piece of campus that is the former site of the Chevrolet Division, or Chevy in the Hole.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/4-million-general-motors-foundation-and-general-motors-company-will-fund-new-outdoor-indoor-lab|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623115746/http://www.kettering.edu/news/4-million-general-motors-foundation-and-general-motors-company-will-fund-new-outdoor-indoor-lab|url-status=dead|title=Kettering University|archivedate=June 23, 2015}} The cost for the project was $4.5 million, and it included construction of the research area on a 19-acre proving ground and an 18-acre brownfield site.{{Cite web |title=Kettering University GM Foundation Automotive Research Area |url=https://clarkcc.com/project/kettering-university-gm-foundation-automotive-research-area/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Clark Construction |language=en-US}}

Eventually donning the name GM Mobility Research Center (MRC), the center was completed before 2023 and includes a 21-acre outdoor lab space. The outdoor lab has various areas for testing vehicle safety standards as well as hybrid and electric vehicle technologies.{{Cite web |last=McKenna |first=Beth |date=2023-07-12 |title=Kettering University drives automotive innovation |url=https://and.flintandgenesee.org/kettering-university-drives-automotive-innovation/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=AND Magazine |language=en-US}} The MRC provides additional classroom and lab experiences for students and expands research opportunities for faculty and industry partners.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc12.com/home/headlines/GM-and-Kettering-team-up-to-transform-Chevy-In-the-Hole-site-301508471.html |title=ABC 12 WJRT |publisher=Abc12.com |access-date=2017-10-06}} At the time of its completion, it is the only facility of its kind on a college campus in the United States.

The project complements a major city of Flint project on the opposite side of the Flint River called Chevy Commons.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/04/from_wasteland_to_green_space.html |title=MLive.com |publisher=MLive.com |date=2015-04-17 |access-date=2017-10-06}} The project converted a Flint-owned portion of Chevy in the Hole into an urban park that includes wetlands, woodlands, grasslands, green spaces, and paved recreation trails.

Kettering University's Academic Building was the first building constructed on campus{{Cite web |last=Carah |first=Jake |date=February 13, 2019 |title=Built by Flint, serving the world: Kettering University celebrates 100 years |url=https://www.flintside.com/inthenews/ketteringuniversitycentennial.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027180503/https://www.flintside.com/inthenews/ketteringuniversitycentennial.aspx |archive-date=2020-10-27 |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Flintside |language=en |quote="...this original building remains the main building at Kettering University."}} and features a prominent arched architectural entrance at the corner of N. Chevrolet Avenue and University Avenue. This front entrance is constructed with stonework and bears the insignia "General Motors Institute of Technology" in stone at the top of the archway.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} This entrance is featured in Kettering University's seal.{{cite web|url=https://www.kettering.edu/about/our-history-archives |title=Our history and archives - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=1998-01-01 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

The building currently includes several labs, including a polymer processing lab, an ergonomics lab, a work design Lab, applied biology labs, chemical engineering labs, an advanced power electronics lab, a haptics lab, an acoustics lab, and many other lab spaces. The building also houses McKinnon Theater, the Humanities Art Center, a library, and departmental offices.

The Campus Center is Kettering University's main administration building. It includes the Office of the President, Student Life, Admissions and Financial Aid, University Advancement and External Relations, Alumni Engagement, Multicultural Student Initiatives, and Sponsored Research.

In addition, the Campus Center houses three food service areas and a student center.{{cite web|url=https://www.kettering.edu/news/re-imaging-relaxation |title=Re-imagining relaxation - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2013-01-31 |access-date=2017-10-06}} Kettering's Campus Safety headquarters are also in the Campus Center. The Lear Corporation funded upgrades for the safety center, which included increased security enforcement and a close-circuit television surveillance system connected to feeds from security cameras throughout the campus.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/state-art-high-definition-security-center-unveiled |title=State-of-the-art security center unveiled - Kettering University |date=7 August 2013 |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06}}

The Campus Center also provides community space, including facilities for the Michigan Small Business Development Center I-69 Trade Corridor Regional Office, which supports local and regional businesses across multiple counties in Michigan,{{cite web|url=https://www.kettering.edu/news/mi-sbdc-hosting-grand-opening-ceremony-new-office-kettering-university |title=MI-SBDC hosting open house for new office - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2015-01-20 |access-date=2017-10-06}} and classrooms for Oxford Virtual Academy.{{cite web |date=2014-12-23 |title=OVA offering programs for homeschool students at Kettering - MLive.com |url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/oxford-virtual-academy-offering-courses-homeschool-students-kettering-university |access-date=2017-10-06 |publisher=Kettering.edu}}

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The C.S. Mott Science and Engineering Building opened in 2003 and houses departmental offices as well as classroom space for Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, and Biochemistry. The building includes several labs, including a powertrain lab, Kettering University's Crash Safety Center, a fuel cell lab, bioengineering labs, and other core science and engineering labs for students.{{cite web|date=2003-06-12 |url=https://www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-honors-pioneer-auto-industry-and-philanthropist |title=Kettering honors auto industry pioneer and philanthropist - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06}} The building also houses T-Space, a student-driven lab with activities encouraging an entrepreneurial mindset and access to tools such as 3D printing, laser cutting, and soldering for making electric and mechanical prototypes.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/12/kettering_university_unveils_o.html |title=Kettering unveils opportunity lab |publisher=MLive.com |date=2014-12-03 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

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Kettering University's residence hall is the sole on-campus student housing facility. All students are required to live in the residence hall during their freshman year.{{cite web |url=https://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/student-life-offices/housing-thompson-hall/about-thompson-hall |title=About Thompson Hall - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025190317/http://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/student-life-offices/housing-thompson-hall/about-thompson-hall |archive-date=2015-10-25 }}

Kettering's recreation center opened in 1995 and includes a 25-yard pool, indoor track, tennis, basketball, and racquetball courts, free weights, exercise equipment, an aerobics room, and meeting rooms.{{cite web |url=https://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/recreation |title=Recreation Services - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905170407/https://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/recreation |archive-date=2015-09-05 }} Kettering University's commencement ceremonies are typically hosted in the recreation center.

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Completed in 2022 and featuring an open-air atrium at its center, the Learning Commons building is home to a new cafeteria, coffee shop, auditorium, IT service desks, outdoor terraces, rooftop gardens, and over a dozen multi-use spaces for students to use to study and collaborate.{{cite web |title=Kettering University Debuts Impressive New Innovation Hub |url=https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2023/01/27/kettering-university-debuts-impressive-new-innovation-hub/ |website=School Construction News |access-date=31 January 2023 |date=27 January 2023}}

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The Innovation Center at Kettering University, a 9,000-square-foot incubator for entrepreneurs, opened in 2010. The Innovation Center was the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified building in Genesee County.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/about/global-leadership-stem-education/innovation-center |title=Innovation Center - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=1998-01-01 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering University acquired Atwood Stadium, an 11,000-seat stadium that was previously designated a city park, from the city of Flint in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.kettering.edu/news/atwood-stadium-become-part-campus |title=Atwood Stadium becomes part of campus - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2013-08-14 |access-date=2017-10-06}} The stadium opened in 1929.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

Kettering has made major repairs to the stadium, including fixing masonry work, restrooms, concessions areas, locker rooms, and lighting. in 2015, Kettering University replaced the turf in the stadium with a state-of-the-art field turf, making Atwood one of only three venues in the state of Michigan (the others are Ford Field and Michigan Stadium) with this field surface. With the replacement of the field surface, the field was expanded and lined to support NCAA/MLS soccer and men's and women's lacrosse play in addition to football.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/09/hold_for_art_one_year_later_ke.html |title=Kettering vows to make Atwood a viable community asset |date=22 September 2014 |publisher=MLive.com |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering University has constructed temporary ice rinks in the stadium and offered free open ice skating in the winters of 2014 and 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/01/atwood_stadium_ice_skating_rin.html |title=Ice skating returns to Atwood for second season |date=8 January 2015 |publisher=MLive.com |access-date=2017-10-06}}

The Flint Children's Museum, located on the campus of Kettering University, offers hands-on experiences for children ages two to ten. The museum features rotating exhibits that change every three months. Exhibit themes include How Things Work, Performing Arts, Health and Fitness, Our Town, and Discovery Zone.{{cite web|url=http://thefcm.org/exhibits-2/ |title=Exhibits -- Flint Children's Museum |publisher=Thefcm.org |access-date=2017-10-06}}

The museum also features an outdoor educational area called Sproutside. The learning area was constructed in 2007 with support from the Ruth Mott Foundation and the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/learning-lot-planned |title=Learning lot planned - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2006-10-27 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Nearly half of Kettering University's student body lives in the university's residence hall or in the Campus Village Apartments complex adjacent to campus. Many others live near campus in fraternity and sorority housing or private rentals, making the university's campus community close-knit.{{cite web |url=https://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/student-life-offices/housing-thompson-hall |title=Residence Life - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025191347/http://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/student-life-offices/housing-thompson-hall |archive-date=2015-10-25 }} A variety of activities and organizations give students plenty of social outlets on and near campus.{{cite web |url=https://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life-programs/student-organizations |title=Student Organizations - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117002008/http://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life-programs/student-organizations |archive-date=2015-11-17 }}

In 1999, 31 graduating seniors committed to donating $10,000 each over 10 years to build up an endowment dedicated to student leadership development at Kettering University.{{cite web |title=Alumni, students join together to create Leaders Fellowship Endowment |url=https://www.kettering.edu/news/alumni-students-join-together-create-leaders-fellowship-endowment |website=Kettering News |date=25 May 2001 |access-date=6 July 2022}} Since then, the endowment has grown to over $450,000. The selective program is now known as the Kettering LEADERS Fellowship.{{cite web |title=Kettering LEADERS Home Page |url=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYn2tqe4AFCRFT5DlAPqcz_phVNYSBf8O9XRq_W7tVgNiEEQ/viewform |access-date=6 July 2022}}

Kettering University competes in the Society of Automotive Engineering’s Collegiate Design Series by building competition vehicles to compete in the Baja SAE, Formula SAE, SAE Aero Design, and SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge competitions. In 2018, Kettering University began competing in the SAE AutoDrive Challenge, in which students convert a Chevrolet Bolt vehicle into a SAE level 4 autonomous vehicle by the 3rd year of competition.

Each year, students design and build vehicles for national and international competitions. In 2015, Kettering's Clean Snowmobile Challenge team finished in the top two at its international competition for the fourth straight year (including a first-place finish in 2014).{{cite web|url=https://www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-university-clean-snowmobile-team-finishes-second-international-competition |title=Clean snowmobile team finishes second - MLive.com |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2015-03-18 |access-date=2017-10-06}} The Formula SAE team finished fourth out of 100 schools in competition in Brooklyn, Michigan in 2022.{{cite web |title=Formula SAE Michigan May 2022 Overall Results |url=https://www.sae.org/binaries/content/assets/cm/content/attend/2022/student-events/formula-sae-michigan---may/formula_sae_michigan_may_ic_results_2022.pdf |website=Formula SAE Michigan |publisher=SAE International |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828061016/https://www.sae.org/binaries/content/assets/cm/content/attend/2022/student-events/formula-sae-michigan---may/formula_sae_michigan_may_ic_results_2022.pdf |access-date=31 January 2023|archive-date=2022-08-28 }} Previously, the Formula SAE team finished tenth at its competition in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2014, following a seventh-place finish in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-university-formula-sae-team-gearing-strong-performances-upcoming-competitions |title=Formula team gearing up for season - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2015-03-25 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering University has a collegiate DECA team.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/students-win-awards-international-deca-conference |title=Students win big at DECA - Kettering University |date=10 June 2014 |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06}} Kettering students won 13 awards at a state of Michigan competition in 2015 and three awards at the international conference in Washington D.C. in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-university-deca-students-win-state-championship-collegiate-decas-state-career |title=Students win at statewide DECA - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2015-02-16 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering University has a student Model United Nations (MUN) team. MUN teams feature students that roleplay as United Nations delegates and simulate United Nations committees at conferences or competitions.{{cite web|author=Ryan |url=http://bestdelegate.com/what-is-model-united-nations/ |title=What is Model U.N.? |publisher=Best Delegate |date=2007-11-04 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering University's team, which was formed in 2010, won its first-ever prize at an international competition at Model United Nations in the United States in November 2014{{cite web|title=Kettering University students awarded at international Model United Nations conference|date=10 December 2014 |url=https://www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-university-students-awarded-international-model-united-nations-conference|publisher=Kettering University|access-date=2015-09-16}} and won prizes at Harvard University in 2015 as well.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-model-un-team-earns-honors-international-competition-harvard-university |title=Model UN team earns honors at international competition - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |date=2015-02-16 |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Greek Life on the Kettering/GMI campus began in 1921. The first officially recognized organization was not formed until 5 years later as the White Elephants.{{cite web|url=https://my.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/greek-life-0/history-our-greek-community|title=A History of our Greek Community|publisher=Kettering University|access-date=2016-09-07}} Several other local fraternities would appear on campus during the following years. However, because during this time GMI was not accredited, no national/international recognized fraternities appeared on campus. When GMI did receive accreditation in 1962, the university would require all local fraternities to join a national/international fraternity. Many of the current fraternities on campus came from that transition. Kettering University has an active Greek system.{{cite web|url=https://my.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/greek-life-0/history-our-greek-community |title=Kettering University History of Greek Life |publisher=My.kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Many North American Interfraternity Conference (IFC) fraternities have chapters at Kettering as do several National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities. The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) has several local chapters that are also affiliated with Kettering. IFC, NPC, and NPHC each have a school-wide council with representatives from each member organization. These councils are designed to facilitate communication between the different groups, and to facilitate relations with the university on matters such as school-wide events and membership.

Kettering University offers intramural sports opportunities to students year-round.{{cite web |url=http://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/recreation/intramural-sports |title=Intramural Sports - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908003854/https://www.kettering.edu/current-students/student-life/recreation/intramural-sports |archive-date=2015-09-08 }} Sports offered include basketball, flag football, softball, soccer, volleyball, innertube water polo, outdoor broomball, volleyball, racquetball, Wiffleball home run derby, and more. The campus includes indoor basketball, tennis, and racquetball courts, a swimming pool, an indoor track, an outdoor track, softball and soccer fields, a sand volleyball court, and Atwood Stadium.

The low-power radio station WKUF-LP (94.3 FM) is run by Kettering University students and staff. It was founded in November 2004 and features music from several genres and talk programs from a variety of hosts.{{cite web|url=http://www.wkuf.fm/ |title=WKUF 94.3 FM |publisher=Wkuf.fm |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Kettering University also has a student-run newspaper called The Technician. A print edition is published three times per term; an edition is also published online.{{cite web |url=https://www.kettering.edu/academics/departments/liberal-studies/student-resources/technician |title=The Technician - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920042212/https://www.kettering.edu/academics/departments/liberal-studies/student-resources/technician |archive-date=2015-09-20 }}

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Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, is a 1985 Kettering University graduate.{{cite web|url=http://www.kettering.edu/news/barra-continues-kettering%E2%80%99s-tradition-global-leadership |title=Barra continues Kettering tradition of global leadership - Kettering University |publisher=Kettering.edu |access-date=2017-10-06}} Barra and former General Motors President Edward Nicholas Cole, a 1933 Kettering University graduate, who have appeared on the cover of Time.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3429651/mary-barras-bumpy-ride-at-the-wheel-of-gm/ |title=Barra's bumpy ride at the wheel of GM |magazine=Time |access-date=2017-10-06}}

Henry Juszkiewicz, a 1976 graduate, is the chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar Corporation.

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