Dean Partners with Mystic Lake to Provide Camp Experience
Fun activities and time with friends at camp? For many kids, there’s nothing more exciting than that. For the last 21 years, Dean has helped the children of its employees experience nature, make memories and grow friendships at Mystic Lake YMCA Ca…
Dean Driver Announced as National 2025 School Bus Driver Hero: Ms. Jackie’s Legacy of Care
Dean Transportation is honored to announce that one of our own, Jackie Wilkerson Brown, has been selected as the recipient of School Bus Fleet’s inaugural 2025 School Bus Driver Hero Award.
Sponsored by AngelTrax, this brand-new honor was created …
Competing for a Cause at the Special Olympics Michigan Area 8 Bus Pull
The inaugural Bus Pull to support Special Olympics Michigan Area 8 — covering Ingham and Eaton counties — was held Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, at Grand Ledge High School. Seven teams of 10 competed to pull a 26,000-pound Dean Transportation school bus …
Partnering for Health and Community Impact
The best partnerships happen when each party brings their unique skills and expertise to make a greater impact than they could achieve on their own. The University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Mobile Health Clinic (MHC) is an example of one such eff…
Southgate/Trenton Transportation Team Drives Community, Connection and Care
The drivers and attendants at the Southgate/Trenton Dean transportation office don’t just come to work — they actively support each other, the community and their students.
Each day, the department’s 40 drivers and 18 attendants greet their riders…
A Summer Tradition: The Annual Dean Baseball Game and Picnic
For almost 30 years, since the Lansing Lugnuts team was established in 1996, the Dean team has gathered at a summer baseball game. Each year, team members and their families enjoy a picnic, catch up with colleagues, snap photos with mascot Big Lug…
Leading the Way: A Spotlight on Leaders and Achievements
In July, we held Dean’s annual leadership conference at our headquarters in Lansing to equip, educate and develop the leaders of our operations across the state as they prepare for the next academic year. Another important piece of the event is th…
Back-to-School Season at Dean: A Look at Preparation
It’s back-to-school season, which means the stores are advertising sales, teachers are getting their classrooms ready, and families are enjoying their last vacations before heading into the school routine. But they’re not the only ones getting rea…
