HOUGHTON — More than a thousand students from Michigan Technological University, most of them first-years, took to downtown Houghton Saturday, to get a good idea of what their new hometown has to offer.

The annual “An Afternoon on the Town, traditionally held on the Saturday before the start of the Fall Semester, is meant to welcome the students to the Keweenaw and to show them the business, entertainment, social, religious and civic opportunities available.

Hosted by MTU’s Student Leadership and Involvement, the Waino Wahtera Center for Student Success and Residence Education and Housing Services, the event allowed businesses and others, the chance to meet students, show them know what they have to offer and, in most cases, offered them a goodie or two.

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