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/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/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://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/august/story95177.htmlWhy is a Michigan Technological University professor working to develop a model for water resources management in South Florida, 1,500 miles and several ecosystems removed from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan?

“Water is an extremely valuable resource everywhere,” David Watkins explains. “We’re facing similar challenges around the Great Lakes: the effects of climate change, extreme water levels, pollution from agricultural run-off,” says the Michigan Tech professor of civil and environmental engineering, who specializes in water resources engineering.  “And, like Florida, we have many stakeholders with sometimes competing interests in managing and protecting this vital resource.”

So he and researchers from 10 other universities . . .]]>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:52:38 -0700 http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/august/story94694.htmlMichigan Technological University’s Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) and a broad range of Pan American partners see biofuel as a good answer to society’s growing need for alternative energy. But they want to make sure that it is produced in a sustainable way, benefiting rather than harming the societies and environments producing it. 

The National Science Foundation is funding a Research Coordination Network(RCN)  to help researchers, policymakers, industry leaders and others investigate the effects of mass biofuel production on human communities and natural systems. The Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) manages the RCN program at Michigan Tech.

Last year, RCN participants met in Merida, . . .]]>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 05:45:11 -0700 http://blogs.mtu.edu/gradschool/2013/08/19/forestry-recognizes-outstanding-alumni/Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:55:19 -0700 http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/july/story93578.htmlDon your safety glasses, slip on a spark-proof smock and fire up the furnace because students enrolled in Michigan Technological University’s Summer Youth Programs (SYP) materials science exploration are eager to share what they’ve been up to in the blacksmithing shop.

SYP wraps up another year of hands-on career explorations and summer camps—right in the heart of the Michigan Tech campus—this week. Middle and high-school students come from around the Midwest and across the nation (students from 23 different states participated this year) to spend a week engaging in hands-on classes, living and eating in a residence hall, and getting a feel . . .]]>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:16:37 -0700 http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/july/story93322.htmlHave you ever been to a 150^th birthday party?  Michigan Technological University’s Ford Center and Forest in Alberta, Mich., is holding one in honor of Alberta's founder and the Ford Center's namesake, Henry Ford.

Henry Ford’s 150^th birthday is July 30.  The party—open to the public—is this Saturday, July 27, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ford Center in Alberta. Festivities include free rides in Model T Fords, a Ford car show featuring antique, classic and modern models, free admission to the Sawmill Museum and a self-guided tree trail through the site’s majestic forest.

There’s even a birthday Facebook page:  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 08:26:01 -0700 http://blogs.mtu.edu/gradschool/2013/07/22/pcmi-alumna-joins-peace-corps-national-association-board/Mon, 22 Jul 2013 06:34:50 -0700