Michigan Technological University

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:42 p.m.

News

Phi Kappa Tau's first place statue in the fraternity division.

2010 Winter Carnival Statue Results Announced

With imposing and impressive sculptures, Phi Kappa Tau earned first place among fraternities in the 2010 snow statue competition, while Delta Zeta earned first place among women’s groups.Phi Kappa Tau’s . . . [read more]

Katie Wysocky plays basketball for Michigan Tech.

Faces of Carnival: Women's Basketball Star Finally Makes it to Winter Carnival

Katie Wysocky has represented Michigan Tech on the basketball floor the last three winters, in locations like San Antonio, Orlando and all over the Midwest. One place she’s never been . . . [read more]

Anne Francois at the starting line of the Yooper Sprint.

Faces of Carnival: Anne Francois, Yooper Sprinter

Anne Francois volunteered for the Yooper Sprint Saturday morning to get involved in her first Winter Carnival. The first-year biomed major from Grand Rapids was representing Thermopylae House of Douglass . . . [read more]

11
Feb
McArdle Theatre
7:30 p.m.

Proof: Tech Theatre Company

Is Catherine crazy--or the most brilliant mathematical mind of her generation? Proof, the perfect play for MTU, is now a . . .

13
Feb
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts
7:30 p.m.

Band Festival Concert

Join MTU student bands for this exciting festival concert.

16
Feb
Student Development Complex
12:00 p.m.

2010 Spring Career Fair

Looking for a full-time, co-op, or intern position? Then dress up, take copies of your resume, and get connected to . . .

Women's Basketball Stays at No. 4 in National Poll

02/09/10—LILBURN, Ga. — Michigan Tech remained at No. 4 in this week's USA TODAY/ESPN Women's Basketball Division II Coaches' Poll. . . . [read more]

Stream and Wysocky Named Academic All-District First Team

02/08/10—HOUGHTON, Mich. — Michigan Tech women's basketball seniors Sarah Stream (Ishpeming, Mich./Westwood) and Katie Wysocky (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) recently earned . . . [read more]

Men's Tennis Opens 2010 with Pair of 9-0 Wins

02/07/10—RIPON, Wis. — Michigan Tech opened its 2010 men's tennis season with a pair of 9-0 victories today. The Huskies . . . [read more]

Spotlight

Audrey Mayer

Audrey Mayer

Assistant Professor
Sustainability Science and Policy

Expertise

PhD, ecology and environmental biology

Associate Professor Audrey Mayer has an abiding dream and duty: rearrange the way we live to be more efficient; use the bounty of the Earth's ecosystems without destroying them; live in a way that what we do doesn't harm others. In a word, she seeks sustainability—socially, environmentally, and economically.

Mayer has worked in academia and for the Environmental Protection Agency. She started out small: studying California's gnat catcher and Florida's cape sable seaside sparrow. She ended up expansive: devoting herself to what she calls "my silo"—global sustainability.

Spotlight

Amber Roth

Amber Roth

PhD, SFRES

Conservation could be Amber Roth's middle name. She loves anything to do with nature. Birds, trees, grasses, ecosystems: she's fascinated by it all.

So after tucking a Bachelor of Science in Conservation Biology and International Relations and a Master of Science in Wildlife Ecology under her belt, the Green Bay native came to Michigan Tech to earn a PhD in the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (SFRES).

Roth studies how to manage aspen forests to produce the maximum . . .

Spotlight

Joel Neves

Joel Neves

Assistant Professor of Music

Activities

Director of Orchestras
Music Director of KSO

If our new orchestra director's iPod is any clue, then the campus and community are in for a great mix of music.

"Tower of Power; Beatles; Berlin Philharmonic; Led Zeppelin; Earth, Wind and Fire; New York Philharmonic; Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass; Chicago Symphony; and Karen Carpenter," says Joel Neves, the newly appointed director of the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra.

Neves comes to Michigan Tech from Cedar City, Utah, where he directed jazz and music theater at . . .

Spotlight

Donieka Walker

Donieka Walker

Psychology

If Donieka Walker, who is a senior majoring in psychology, could fix the world, she'd start by ensuring "mental stability for everyone."

"If your mental state is at an all-time high," she says, "nothing else can get you down."

Walker knows what she's talking about. "My family, we were at the bottom of the bottom," she recalls about tough times in her native Dayton, Ohio. "It was a time to be depressed or sad or angry. But we kept each other encouraged. We kept our mental state healthy. We were motivated. Thinking logically. Staying mentally satisfied."

Spotlight

Elijah Haines

Elijah Haines

Social Sciences

Second-year social sciences major Elijah Haines is many things—aspiring lawyer, outdoors enthusiast, art aficionado, wannabe world traveler.

Luckily for the Michigan Tech community, he's also a writer. Haines' essays—weekly staples in the University's student newspaper, the Lode—focus on issues big and small, from gay rights to great meals.

"I used to think writing had to be novels and fiction," Haines said. "But writing about real life can be just as creative."

Spotlight

Julia King

Julia King

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Expertise

PhD, Thermally and electrically conductive resins and composites

Chemical engineering Professor Julie King uses plastic to make composites that behave a bit like metals.

Plastics are everywhere, and there's a good reason why. Light and typically inexpensive, they can be engineered to do almost anything. However, there are a couple things plastics don't do well: transfer heat and conduct electricity.

Often that's not a problem. But in some applications it is. The bipolar plates at the heart of fuel cells, for example, must be electrically and thermally conductive.

Campus Blogs

Angela: ParentNet Weekly

Angela: ParentNet Weekly—With the Winter Carnival All-Nighter beginning at 4 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon it is official that Winter Carnival 2010 has begun! Students worked all through the night to create magnificent snow statues that they hope will help make them the overall winners of Winter Carnival 2010. As a part of Winter Carnival, various student organizations take part in several competitions. In addition to building a snow statue, they participate in special events such as the Beards Competition, Ice Bowling, Downhill Skiing, and Snow Volleyball. In this week's article on ParentNet I will discuss the special events and other fun activities that will be taking place this weekend...[read blog]

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