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Honors Institute Gets a Home to Call Its Own

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 11:35:52 -0700

Housing and Residential Life at Michigan Technological University has rolled out the welcome mat for 13 students at a very special residence hall.

The Honors House, building number 82 on the campus map and formerly the Ruppe House, is a next-door neighbor of the University Residence on Woodland Road. The headquarters for Michigan Tech’s Honors Institute, the Honors House is home to nine honors students and provides ample space for the group’s operations. The remaining four beds are filled by non-honors students who have returned to campus after at least one year of study.

The idea of converting the Ruppe House—previously used for . . .

Michigan Tech Students Develop Phone Apps for Citizen Scientists

Wed, 02 Oct 2013 07:23:33 -0700

The world is a vast place with a deep history. Scientists try to capture it all, but they cannot identify all the details. That is where you, the citizen, comes in. A group of students and faculty from Michigan Tech are trying to bridge the gap between citizens and scientists with multiple smartphone applications, especially the EthnoApp.

Cyber Citizens is the name of the project, and it is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project’s goal is building smartphone applications and websites to help citizens and scientists acquire environmental information.

Led by Alex Mayer, a professor of civil and environmental engineering . . .

Cokely Publishes on Visual Aids for Health Risks

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 06:10:13 -0700

Edward Cokely’s (CLS) paper “Communicating Health Risks with Visual Aids” has been published in the journal “Current Directions in Psychological Science.” From Tech Today.

Geology of Utah Summer Institute 2014

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:47:15 -0700

Apply for Summer Institute for Teachers “Geology of Utah’s National Parks.” The institute takes place June 14 – July 1, 2014. The application deadline is March 1, 2014. Learn more about Summer Institutes for Teachers.

Lake Linden Students to Board the Agassiz

Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:15:35 -0700

Students take EPA readings Area teens visit superfund site Lake Linden-Hubbell High School and Dollar Bay High School students measured plant life at the Torch Lake Superfund site in a Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative project. The data collected by students is sent on to the Environmental Protection Agency for its monitoring of the post-remediation recovery [...]

Tremendous Technology Night

Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:06:17 -0700

The Portage Lake District Library hosted K-6 students and their parents for an evening of fun, science and technology led by Michigan Tech students on Tuesday, September 24, from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Families learned about the basics of circuitry and electrical engineering with a night of creative and playful interactive lessons. This event was [...]

Baltensperger at Local School Board Meeting

Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:57:29 -0700

Brad Baltensperger, Chair of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, attended the school board meeting for Houghton-Portage Township Schools. The meeting concerned district student counts, testing, classroom technology, extracurricular activities, and other items. Read more at the Mining Gazette, by Garrett Neese.

Fall Career Fair Features New Companies and Veteran Recruiters

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:00:23 -0700

With 264 companies registered for the Fall Career Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 24, their 900 recruiters run the gamut from new to returning to never-miss-a-fair.

Among the new companies, according to Jim Turnquist, director of Career Services, is Chevron. Although they have recruited and hired on their own on campus, this year they’ve joined the Career Fair and expanded their search.

“In the past, they focused on geology, but this year they are looking for many different engineering fields: chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical,” Turnquist says. “That’s a big plus.”

Back after a hiatus from recruiting is Procter and Gamble. They are scouting for . . .

Generations of Discovery Campaign Meets & Beats Its Goal

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:00:09 -0700

When Michigan Technological University launched its Generations of Discovery capital campaign in 2006, announcing a goal of $200 million, there were some doubters. Remember 2006—when the housing bubble burst and the stock market was heading for its 2008-09 crash, kicking the country into a major recession?

But Michigan Tech did it—and then some. At a campaign celebration at the University’s Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts on Sept. 19, 2013, Campaign Chair Dave House announced that Michigan Tech has raised $215,366,353, much of it in planned gifts that will be coming in over the next 10 to 25 years.

House, a Michigan Tech . . .

Female and Graduate Student Enrollment Rises

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:27:18 -0700

Michigan Technological University, like other public universities in the state, submitted its official fall enrollment numbers to Lansing this week. The news was very good.

Michigan Tech has 1,252 first-year students, the largest freshman class since 2008. The average ACT score and high school GPA of those students are at an all-time high, at 26.7 and 3.66.

Graduate student numbers also rose for the fifth straight year, to 1,359.

“I want to thank everyone all across campus for the work they do to attract the highest quality students,” said President Glenn Mroz. "The results of their efforts speak for themselves.”

Total undergraduate enrollment . . .