2012-2013

Today's Chinese Student: What Really Matters Webinar

  • Sep 12, 2012 12 a.m. – 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  • MUB Ballroom A-2

Understanding how to successfully integrate Chinese students into your campus starts with understanding the students themselves. China's rapid growth has created socioeconomic changes that affect the aims and priorities of its university-ready population. Campuses need to reassess how they are welcoming, educating and supporting larger populations of Chinese students on their campuses.
In this webinar, speakers will give a clear and more up-to-date picture of today's Chinese student. Through

How to Raise a Child Discussion Group

  • Sep 20, 2012 12 a.m. – 11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
  • Rekhi Hall Room 101

A psychologist in Marin County, Calif., says everything today’s parents think they’re doing right is actually wrong. To read the article visit The New York Times website at: http://nyti.ms/LS0nYp

Accelerate Your Potential (Student Session by Invitation Only)

  • Sep 23, 2012 12 a.m. – 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  • Wadsworth Hall Annex

Dr. Marcy Levy Shankman
MLS Consulting

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership - What's in it for you?

  • Sep 24, 2012 12 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Wadsworth Hall Annex

(General session for Student Affairs staff and campus community)

Dr. Marcy Levy Shankman

MLS Consulting

Leverage Your Talent with Emotionally Intelligent Leadership

  • Sep 24, 2012 12 a.m. – 8:30 - 10 a.m.
  • Wadsworth Hall Annex

(Exclusively for Student Affairs Directors)

Dr. Marcy Levy Shankman

MLS Consulting

Student Affairs New Staff Orientation

  • Sep 27, 2012 12 a.m. – 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Rekhi Hall Room 101

What does justice look like? "The Struggle for Liberation in Dakota Homeland"

  • Oct 09, 2012 5 p.m. – 7 - 9 p.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom B

Dr. Waziyatawain Angela Wilson, Associate Professor

University of Victoria, British Columbia

Pedagogy with an Inclusive Lens: Trends/Practices for Meeting the Needs of All Students

  • Oct 23, 2012 12 a.m. – 12 - 1 p.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom B

Dr. Ronni Sanlo, Ed.D

Educator, Author, Professor, Speaker

California State University Fullerton

Strategic Alignment and Planning for GLBTQ-Inclusive Campus Community

  • Oct 24, 2012 12 a.m. – 8:30 - 10 a.m.
  • Wadsworth Hall Annex

Dr. Ronni Sanlo, Ed.D

California State University Fullerton

Educator, Author, Presenter, Speaker

Helping Prospective Students Understand Value Beyond Cost Webinar

  • Nov 02, 2012 12 a.m. – 1 - 2:30 p.m.
  • EERC Room 508

What Makes Faculty "Tick"?

  • Jan 17, 2013 12 a.m. – 9 - 11 a.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom A-1

(Specifically for Student Affairs Directors)

Dr. Christa Walck, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Michigan Tech

MLK History and the Legacies of the Civil Rights Era

  • Jan 21, 2013 12 a.m. – 6 - 8 p.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom

Dr. Tricia Rose, Author Brown University

Successful Careers in Student Affairs

  • Jan 29, 2013 12 a.m. – 12 p.m.
  • Administration Building Room 404

Dr. Kevin Kruger, President of NASPA

Helping Prospective Students Understand Value Beyond Cost Webcast

  • Jan 30, 2013 12 a.m. – 1 - 3 p.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom A-1

Dr. W. Kent Barnds, VP for Enrollment, Communications and Planning, Augustana College

Dr. Robert J. Massa, VP for Communications, Lafayette College

This Much I Know to be True

  • Feb 25, 2013 12 a.m. – 3 - 4 p.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom A-2

(Student Affairs/Campus Community Session)

Dr. Peg Blake, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, Humboldt State University

Personal Foundations in Leadership & Lunch

  • Feb 25, 2013 12 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom A-2

(Student Affairs Directors' Session)

Dr. Peg Blake, VP for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, Humboldt State University

Looking Back/Thinking Forward: 30 Years of Retrospective

  • Feb 26, 2013 12 a.m. – 9:30 - 11 a.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom A-2

(Student Affairs/Campus Community Session)

Dr. Peg Blake, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, Humboldt State University 

Black and Gay in America

  • Mar 21, 2013 12 a.m. – 7:30 - 9 p.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom A

Keith Boykin, JD Broadcaster, author and commentator

former White House aide to President Bill Clinton

Pop Culture: Students of Today, Students of Tomorrow Lunch and Learn

  • Mar 21, 2013 12 a.m. – 12 - 1 p.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Ballroom A-1

Travis Pierce, Director of Housing and Residential Life, Michigan Tech

Google Drive

  • Apr 04, 2013 12 a.m. – 12 - 1 p.m.
  • Memorial Union Building Alumni Lounge

The Student Affairs Technology Advance Committee recommends that division use Google Drive to improve work processes and collaborative efforts. Bring your mobile devices to this session and learn how Google Drive can help simplify your file management system and workflow. If you don't have a mobile device, come anyway--Google Drive can run on your desktop computer as well.
At this Lunch and Learn you will:

  • Learn what Google Drive is.
  • Discover how to incorporate Google Drive in to your work day/flow.
  • Install Google Drive on mobile devices and computers.

Technology Day

  • May 07, 2013 12 a.m. – All Day
  • Multiple Locations

Visit the Technology Day website for more information.

Touch the Future

  • May 07, 2013 12 a.m. – 10 - 11 a.m.
  • Student Development Complex Varsity Gym

Faculty and staff are invited to come and see what the Center for Pre-college Outreach Mind Trekkers' program is all about, and witness the exciting and engaging atmosphere Mind Trekkers delivers at events nationwide. This year’s event is a collaborative event between KeweenawCAN! (Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw Counties’ career and training/college access network), and Michigan Tech’s GEAR UP, Michigan Tech's Mind Trekkers, and the Copper Country Intermediate School District. This annual event exposes all 500 plus 8th grade students to training/skill sets, the job market, and potential careers available. This year students will get to engage in a hands-on Science Festival.