July 3, 2025

The spring 2025 semester culminated in 68 graduate students entering 26 dissertations and 42 master’s-level works into Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech, MTU’s online repository for graduate-level research.

Digital Commons’ readership snapshot for May tallied 25,071 full-text downloads of all catalogued Tech works, and two brand-new publications topped the list at No. 1 and No. 3:

• “Investigating Dimensions of Social Vulnerability to Wildfire: A Case Study of Western Montana” by Ella Brodowski with 502 downloads

• “The Animated Frontier: Fluctuations of Power Across Time and Space in Flows of U.S. and Japanese Animated Media” by Kendall Belopavlovich with 384 downloads

All of a sudden it’s July, and the end of the summer semester will be here before we know it. Graduate students can check their Degree Progress Checklist to make sure they are on track for completing on time.

The Historical Society of Michigan (HSM) was in the Copper Country from June 27-29, and Michigan Tech welcomed conference sessions, tours and workshops for the 2025 Upper Peninsula History Conference, with events co-hosted and co-sponsored by the Michigan Tech Archives.

The conference was the result of many months of planning and collaboration across campus. Planning began last fall with an assembly of campus and community partners to select the content sessions, which were presented to a diverse statewide audience. Attendance was record-breaking!

Several Michigan Tech faculty and staff delivered content sessions:

• Emily Riippa Schwiebert (Archives) — Keynote: “The Flagbearer: Big Annie and the 1913-1914 Copper Strike”
• Sue Collins (HU) — Keynote: “Cinema on the World War I Home Front: Community Support in the Copper Country”
• Bill Sproule (CEGE) — Session: “Houghton: Birthplace of Professional Hockey”
• Lindsay Hiltunen (Archives) and Sarah Scarlett (SS) — Session: “From Mining to Modernity: Michigan Technological University”
• Tim Scarlett (SS) — Session: “Ice Age to Industrial Age: 10,000 Years in the Copper Country”
• Erika Vye (GLRC) — Session: “The Keweenaw’s Geoheritage: Land, Water, & People”
• Sarah Scarlett (SS) — “Going ‘UP’ North: U.P. Tourism”

At the conference awards banquet, Sean Gohman ’18 (Ph.D. Industrial Heritage and Archaeology), executive director of the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission, accepted the coveted Superior Award on behalf of the Keweenaw Heritage Site Network. Established by HSM in 2006, the Superior Award recognizes historical societies, museums and other historical organizations that have preserved and advanced regional history. The Keweenaw Heritage Site Network consists of over 20 local historical agencies who all celebrate in this recognition, including the Michigan Tech Archives and the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum. It was a big weekend for local history and also a big weekend for Michigan Tech!

HSM and the Michigan Tech Archives would like to offer special thanks to Catering Services, the Memorial Union Building team, the Mineral Museum staff, the Rozsa Center staff, and those at Transportation Services who set up special parking. The weekend was successful and enjoyed by all!

Over the past two years, the Advancement and Alumni Engagement team has significantly enhanced our engagement with alumni, donors and friends. This success has been supported by our transition to CRM Advance, an Ellucian product that now serves as our primary data repository. To ensure our campus partners have access to the most current information, safeguard donor privacy and facilitate mutually beneficial relationship building, we are retiring outdated resources, including the Internal Query Tool.

What's Happening?
The Internal Query Tool (IQT) will be decommissioned on or around Monday, July 7. At that time, access to the IQT will be permanently removed.

Will You Be Affected?
Most IQT users have already transitioned away from the tool due to the adoption of CRM Advance and the implementation of the email-based TeamDynamics ticketing queue at adv-help@mtu.edu. IQT data have not received updates since July 1, 2023. We have worked to proactively provide advance notice and training to campus users as to alternative methods for data retrieval. The most common use of the IQT was to retrieve profile reports. These are now available by submitting a ticket.

For your convenience, a Frequently Asked Questions section has been added to our website, offering comprehensive guidance.

What Action is Required?
No action is required on your part. Access to the IQT will be automatically revoked on or around Monday, July 7.

Questions or Concerns?
The Advancement Services team is committed to supporting our collaborative efforts. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact us by sending an email to adv-help@mtu.edu.

The Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts will be closed during regular box office hours tomorrow, July 4, in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.

Normal summer box office hours will resume on Monday, July 7, from 10 a.m. to noon.

We hope everyone has a fun and safe weekend!

Job Postings for Thursday, July 3, 2025

Staff and faculty job descriptions are available on the Human Resources website. For more information regarding staff positions, call 906-487-2280 or email humanresources@mtu.edu. For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted.

Assistant Teaching Professor – Entrepreneurship/Management, College of Business. Apply online.

Assistant Professor – Human Factors Psychology, Psychology and Human Factors. Apply online.

Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Accommodations are available. If you require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations to apply for employment, or for an interview, at Michigan Technological University, please notify the Human Resources office at 906-487-2280 or humanresources@mtu.edu.

Flavio Bezerra Costa (ECE/ICC) is the pincipal investigator on a project that has received a $199,998 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation.

The project is titled "ERI: Advanced Wavelet Transform for Comprehensive Real-Time Fault Diagnosis in Next-Generation Sustainable Power Grids."

AOL mentioned Robert Schneider (Math) in a story about a new method for detecting prime numbers. Schneider, a former student of mathematician Ken Ono, contributed to research using partition functions to uncover new ways of identifying primes.

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GlobeNewswire mentioned Michigan Tech alum Richelle Frank ’93 (B.S. Manufacturing Engineering) in a press release about her appointment as general manager of Red Dot Corporation’s facility in Puyallup, Washington. The release was picked up by Yahoo! Finance and 93 additional outlets nationwide.

Campus Store & University Images: Fourth of July Holiday Hours

In observance of Independence Day, the Campus Store and University Images will be closed tomorrow, July 4.

Campus Store
The Campus Store will be closed tomorrow through Sunday, July 6, and will resume regular summer hours on Monday, July 7.
– Regular Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

University Images
University Images will be closed tomorrow and Saturday, July 5, but will be open on Sunday, July 6, from 1-5 p.m. Regular summer hours will resume on Monday, July 7.
– Regular Hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

We appreciate your understanding and wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday!

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Mineral Museum Open for July Fourth

The A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum will be open this Friday, the Fourth of July, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Come beat the heat and enjoy some "cool" minerals!

Admission is waived for all MTU students, staff and faculty with a valid Tech ID.

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No Tech Today on Friday

Tech Today will not publish on Friday, July 4, in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

Submissions for next Monday, July 7, are due by noon on Thursday, July 3.

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