December 2012

Michigan Tech is succeeding in attracting international students rfrom Brazil, China, and Thailand.

Scientists from the Michigan Tech Research Institute in Ann Arbor worked with other researchers and agencies to map the locations of an invasive reed called Phragmites in the wetlands along the entire US coast of the Great Lakes.

Michigan Tech's Board of Control approved room and board and apartment rental rates for the 2013-14 academic year. They also acknowledged retiring Board members Kathryn Clark and Martha Richardson.

 A recent report from NAFSA--the Association of International Educators--shows that international students pump tens of millions of dollars into the economy every year. For Michigan Tech, the effects on Houghton and the surrounding communities are easy to spot.

Michigan Tech Enterprise students worked with 3M to test how one of their new materials handled the process of thermoforming, leading to a redesigned taillight on several 2013 model-year cars.

For contributions to ultra-wideband wireless communications and localization

Arden Bement to address nearly 500 graduates

WGGL-FM, Houghton-Hancock's public radio station, has changed its programming, adding more news shows and Science Friday. Michigan Tech is an educational sponsor of WGGL.  

A $1 million endowment funds the Dennis Wiitanen Professorship in Electric Power Systems

Senior defender Melanie Hoffman was named 2012 Capital One CoSIDA NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Academic All-American.

Football fans across the nation will meet some of the Michigan Tech engineering students and the hand-cranked cycles they designed and built for wounded veterans. The cycles will be unveiled during the 2012 Army-Navy game.