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Monday, September 6, 2010 9:21 a.m.

News

Charlie Kerfoot and a quagga

Death of the “Doughnut”: How Quaggas Are Casting a Pall on the Lake Michigan Fishery

Something has been eating Charlie Kerfoot’s doughnut, and all fingers point to a European mollusk about the size of a fat lima bean. No one knew about the doughnut in southern . . . [read more]

Phragmites australis, the common reed, is invading Great Lakes wetlands and beaches.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1989

Michigan Tech Research Institute Maps Spread of Invasive Reed in Great Lakes Basin

Phragmites australis is an uncommon term for an increasingly common sight in the wetlands and along the beaches of the Great Lakes. It’s the scientific name for the common reed, . . . [read more]

Michigan Tech's Class of 2014 gathers for a photo during Orientation Week

Celebrating O-Week: New Students Learn about Life at Tech

It's called O-Week, but O stands for Orientation--definitely not Ordinary.  All last week, new students attended information sessions geared toward their college success. With topics like online safety, student health and . . . [read more]

3
Sep
MUB Ballroom
10:00 p.m.

SACS Comedian: Pete Lee

The Student Activities Comedy Series presents Pete Lee! Mixing smart punch lines with juvenile perspective, he is one of the . . .

10
Sep
McLain State Park
12:00 p.m.

K-Day

K-Day is short for Keweenaw Day and is a longstanding tradition at Michigan Tech. K-day is known for many different . . .

18
Sep
Houghton/Hancock
11:00 a.m.

Parade of Nations

The Multi-Cultural Festival, which celebrates the cultural diversity of Michigan Technological University and the area, includes the Parade of Nations . . .

Volleyball Gets in Win Column with 3-0 Score vs. Glenville State

09/04/10—BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — The Michigan Tech volleyball team picked up its first win of 2010 with a sweep of . . . [read more]

Huskies Taste Success in Season Opener

09/03/10—On a day that was more fitting for a swim meet than a cross country race Michigan Tech freshman Deedra . . . [read more]

Volleyball Edged by St. Cloud State in Season Opener

09/03/10—BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — The Michigan Tech volleyball team held a 2-1 lead in sets and an 8-3 lead in . . . [read more]

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

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

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

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

Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson

MS, Forest Ecology and Management

Graduate student Chris Johnson had never been out of the US. In fact, he'd never been on a plane until last winter. But he made up for it big time—by flying to Antarctica to conduct research. He spent eight days on King George's Island off the coast of Antarctica, studying carbon dynamics of recently exposed permafrost.

Traveling to King George Island is not exactly a trip to the beach. The offshore island doesn't have scheduled airline service. Military cargo planes drop off supplies and the occasional passenger—when the unpredictable weather permits them to land.

Spotlight

Brian Brewster

Brian Brewster

Athletic Trainer/Instructor

Video

Just because Brian Brewster didn't get a gold medal doesn't mean attending the 2010 Paralympic games was not the "experience of a lifetime." Brewster, who serves as an athletic trainer at Michigan Tech, didn't attend the games as a fan, he was there to work.

Brewster has served as the athletic trainer for the USA sled hockey team since 2007 and has travelled all over the world for international competitions. He was in Boston when Team USA won a bronze medal at the 2008 World Championships and was at the World Championships in the Czech Republic the next year when the team won the gold medal.

Campus Blogs

Jess

Jess: Pavlis Institute—Jess has been preparing to "lead" in Africa for the past three years as part of the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership. Follow her trip at Pavlis4Ghana. . . [read blog]

Samantha: Student Abroad Weekly

Kassidy: A Student Abroad—Join Kassidy this week as she chronicles the international meeting of ATLANTIS student and faculty scholars. . . [read blog]

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