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 . . .]]>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 11:35:52 -0700 http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/september/story97569.htmlMichigan Technological University is one of three colleges and universities that will collaborate with the biotech-based alternative fuels and  chemical company LanzaTech on a $4 million research project. They will work to find ways to convert waste methane into low carbon fuels and chemicals.

Funding for the 3-year research project comes from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). 

Chemical Engineering Professor David Shonnard will lead the research at Michigan Tech, with Robert Handler providing technical and program management support. Shonnard is director of the University's Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) and holds the Richard and Bonnie Robbins Chair in . . .]]>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:48:42 -0700 http://blogs.mtu.edu/chemical/2013/09/24/challenges-and-opportunities-michigan-tech-chemical-engineering-alumni-give-advice-to-students/Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:17:50 -0700 http://blogs.mtu.edu/chemical/2013/09/23/michigan-tech-students-take-top-honors-at-sme/Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:17:33 -0700 http://blogs.mtu.edu/engineering/2013/09/23/mtris-global-research-featured-at-michigan-tech/Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:06:53 -0700 http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/september/story97329.htmlWith 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 . . .]]>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:00:23 -0700 http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/september/story97203.htmlWhen 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 . . .]]>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:00:09 -0700 http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/september/story97105.htmlMichigan Technological University’s Board of Control heard some good news about this fall’s enrollment at its regular meeting today

John Lehman, associate vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications, presented the fall enrollment figures to the Board.  He said that female enrollment figures are up, brushing 26 percent. In the College of Engineering, there are 906 women students, an all-time high. 

Graduate student numbers also rose for the fifth straight year, making the Graduate School’s enrollment of 1,359 the largest in the University’s history, Lehman noted. 

Freshman ACT scores and high school GPAs are also at an all-time high, and domestic ethnic . . .]]>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:30:34 -0700 http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/september/story96892.htmlMichigan 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 . . .]]>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:27:18 -0700 http://blogs.mtu.edu/engineering/2013/09/12/women-in-computer-science-panel/Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:25:12 -0700