May 11, 2021

The Husky Emergency Assistance Fund was established in 2020 to help members of our campus community who are experiencing financial hardship. All current students, faculty and staff who have incurred emergency or crisis-related expenses and can demonstrate need are welcome to apply.

The fund is supported by donations from Michigan Tech alumni and friends.

To donate to the fund, get more information or complete an application for financial assistance, visit the Husky Emergency Assistance Fund website, send an email to heaf@mtu.edu or call 906-487-1567.

Another session of Banner production system maintenance will take place May 23 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Please note: This session does not replace the maintenance happening Sunday (May 16). 

The following production services will be unavailable during this time:

Banner
Banweb
MyMichiganTech
ASPIRE
Course Tools
Housing Apartments Wait List
OAP Rental System
Oracle Reports
UC4/Appworx
Virtual Cashiering
WebFocus

If you have any questions or concerns, we can help. Contact us at it-help@mtu.edu or call 906-487-1111.

Michigan Tech's Katherine Jarvis broke the school record in shotput Friday as the Huskies finished three days of competition in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference outdoor track and field championships.

In shotput, Jarvis crushed her previous best (12.12 meters) and marked 13.01 meters to surpass previous record holder Jenn Burns, who was on hand to witness.

Overall, the men tied for sixth place (with Wisconsin-Parkside) with 36 points. The women took ninth place with 18.50 points.

Read more on the MIchigan Tech Athletics website.

Michigan Tech men's basketball guard Owen White was named 2020-21 Academic All-District, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

White was recognized as one of the nation's top student-athletes for his combined performances on the court and in the classroom. He was the only player in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to be named.

Read more on the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Roman Sidortsov (SS) was interviewed during an episode of NPR’s The World to discuss the implications for Russia and the U.S. of a recent U.N. report urging swift action on methane.

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Aleksandr Sergeyev (AC) and undergraduate student team members were interviewed about a Senior Design project benefiting a mobility-impaired girl in Alabama in a segment on the Copper Country Today radio program.

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MIchigan Tech’s youth hockey program was mentioned by MLive in a story on CDC guidelines for summer camps.

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The winners of Michigan Tech’s Husky Investment Tournament were featured in an article in the Hindu Business Line.

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The University’s wastewater testing efforts for the 2020-21 academic year were recapped by WLUC TV6.

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Funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) for rubber road research was covered by ABC 10.

Junqiao Qiu (CS/ICC) is the principal investigator on a project that has received a $174,797 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation.

The two-year project is titled "CRII: SHF: GPU-accelerated FSM computations with advanced speculation."

Fill Out the COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring Form Before Coming to Campus

If you are working on campus while the University is at Health Safety Level Three, remember that no one is permitted to come to campus with symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

Employees are required to monitor for symptoms daily before coming to campus using the Daily Symptom Monitoring Form.

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2021 World Water Day Recordings Now Available

Did you miss the virtual World Water Day events, or would you like to share the recordings with colleagues, area K-12 teacher, or friends?

Recordings of the speaker panel — which included Diane Dupont, Patty Loew and Ali Mirchi in a discussion exploring the question, “What is the value of water?” — along with the youth speaker and art night are now available.

Visit the World Water Day website to view any of this year's events.

Next year's World Water Week is March 17-24, 2022. The theme will be “Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible."

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New Guidelines for Cleaning Your Office

Updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting say high-touch surfaces should be cleaned at least once daily and the most reliable way to prevent infection transmission from surfaces is to regularly wash hands or use hand sanitizer.

Employees are asked to:

• Continue to wipe and sanitize high-frequency touchpoints and shared equipment in personal offices, office suites and departmentally controlled spaces at least once a day. Departments can continue to procure wipes and hand sanitizer pump dispensers through Chem Stores.
• Continue to take your own trash and recycling from individual offices and office suites to the designated area in your building. Please close your bags securely.
• Research lab trash should be taken directly to the building’s dumpster by research lab personnel.

Custodial staff will continue to concentrate their efforts on cleaning and sanitizing public spaces including high-frequency touchpoints, and will provide hand sanitizer in entries and hallways. Custodians will visit offices on an every-other-week schedule for vacuuming and maintenance checks.

We appreciate your help keeping campus clean and safe.

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Alumni Virtual Book Club

Tuesday, May 11, 2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

Join alumni and friends as we make our way through the book, "Bridging Barriers" written by alum Michael Paddock, PE, PS '87, '88. Zoom in for one event or all! Each...

TaylorMade Demo Day 2

Tuesday, May 11, 3 p.m.–7 p.m. | Portage Lake Golf Course

TaylorMade Demo Day 2

Youth Huskies Group Tennis Lessons Spring Session 3

Tuesday, May 11, 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. | Gates Tennis Center

Youth Huskies Group Tennis Lessons are now being offered all spring. The third session is 6 weeks, April 6 - May 15. Options for participating 1 or 2 days a week. Our youth...

Art in a Panorama

May 11, all day

Year end virtual art show by students in FA 2300 Art + Design, taught by Terri Frew. Student Artists include, Bethany Hellman, Michelle Kline, Danelle Leinonen, Kylie Mogen,...

Music in Sacred Spaces: conScience

May 11, all day

conScience: Michigan Tech Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Jared Anderson, present a series of three recorded mini-concerts in historic sacred spaces in the Copper...

Superior Wind Symphony: Reparations

May 11, all day

The Superior Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Michael Christianson, use the unique setting of the 2020-21 academic year to explore the music of Black composers in a...