Alumni Welcome

List of 3 news stories.

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  Paul Dodyk ’55 Celebrates 30 Years of Leadership Giving in the Cranbrook Schools Twenty-First Century Club

  “In my mind, Cranbrook, as I experienced it, is a place where kids go to realize their dreams. Realize not only in the sense of acquiring the skills they need to achieve the dream, but in defining the dream itself.”

   

  Paul Dodyk ‘55 was born in the cradle of the American labor movement, December 1937 in Hamtramck, Michigan, where his mother worked as a “salter” for the Teamsters, organizing for the union on the factory floor, and where his father participated in the sit-down strike at Dodge Main alongside tens of thousands of Chrysler workers across Detroit earlier in the year, fighting for recognition of the United Auto Workers.
  
  
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  Exploring Campus by Bike: MSG Cyclists on the Go

  As our GMS students cruise into summer they are taking a newly sharpened set of skills with them. For more than 15 years, the Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls Cycling Club has been helping students discover the joy of biking—and exploring and navigating the landscape around them — one ride at a time. The club was started by the late Miles Robinson, longtime MSG science teacher known for his spirited approach to learning, and social studies teacher Geri Brandimarte. Since then, it has become a treasured intramural tradition each fall and spring.
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  ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Jordan Smith ’07

  This month the Cranbrook Schools Alumni Team sat down with CK alumnus Jordan Smith ’07, Culinary Institute of America-trained chef-owner of Coeur. Since it’s opening in 2023, Coeur provides Ferndale with a “fine dining experience rooted in tradition yet infused with a creative and light-hearted approach”. As a self-described food nerd and classically trained chef, he has a penchant for weaving classic technique and modern ingredients imbued with subtle nostalgia, creating dishes like an artfully updated chicken cordon bleu using local Michigan chicken or an entire tasting menu themed around fast food. He’s a constant student of ingredients, products, technique, and life. He believes that the learning never stops, whether it’s in the kitchen or out in the world. All of chef Jordan’s training and life experience has led him to Coeur, a restaurant which acts as an extension to his wild heart and expansive worldview. Coeur is all about manifesting those memorable, core food experiences in other people. He believes ardently in exploring one’s own creativity, celebrating freedom, and unlocking those memories within us all.