The results of the annual American Institute of Steel Construction’s (AISC) Student Steel Bridge Competition National Finals will be announced June 3.
While we're waiting, head over to Michigan Tech Unscripted to find out more about the Steel Bridge Team (CEGE), what’s ahead (including a new collaboration with Enterprise) and how they made a challenging year victorious in “Build, Load, Win.”
Read more on Unscripted, the University's research blog, at mtu.edu/unscripted.
Michigan Technological University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (ME-EM) held its 2021 ME-EM Academy induction ceremony May 14 via Zoom.
Eleven ME-EM alumni were welcomed into the academy by JS Endowed Department Chair William W. Predebon.
“This year’s inductees have made a significant impact in their professions,” said Predebon. “They include alumni who have risen to the top levels of major corporations, professional societies and universities, and those who are successful entrepreneurs.”
Portraits and brief biographies of academy members are prominently displayed in the R. L. Smith ME-EM Building to serve as inspiration for future students.
The ME-EM Academy now includes 88 members — less than 1 percent of all ME-EM alumni.
“They indeed honor us through their accomplishments,” said Predebon. “It’s a fantastic leadership group.”
The Class of 2021 ME-EM Academy inductees are:
Read more about the inductees in the College of Engineering blog post.
Financial Services and Operations has posted the 2021 Fiscal Year-End Closing Schedule on its website.
The schedule is located on the Controller's Office web page under the Closing Schedules subheading.
The year-end closing schedule lists deadlines and other important dates and should be distributed to appropriate employees.
Are you considering hiring someone who resides outside Michigan, whether elsewhere in the U.S. or abroad? Or do you have a request from a current employee to work outside Michigan?
Before taking any action, including hiring a new employee or advancing a proposal for a remote work arrangement, it is essential that you reach out to your Human Resources employment representative.
Employees based outside the state of Michigan create special situations with respect to taxation, workers compensation and unemployment insurance. In many cases, these factors will create additional expenses to the department.
Human Resources can help you think through the issues and costs involved in these employment relationships.
The Department of Chemical Engineering proudly bestows honors and awards to ChE students each spring by way of a Convocation Awards Ceremony. Unfortunately, this year we were unable to host an in-person event, but were fortunate to recognize our students virtually.
The faculty and staff of Chemical Engineering join together in offering our sincerest congratulations to all of our honored recipients and this year’s graduating class. Kudos on your resilience, determination and drive for success.
This year’s award winners are:
Chair’s Award — Matt Harris
Communication Award — Erin Andersen
Professional Ethics Award — Bryce Walbrun
Preventing Accidents With Safety (PAWS) Award — Meredith Grusnick
Marriot W. Breadekamp Award — Joleen Adams, David Alger, Kevin Miltenberger and Kyle Koetje
Davis W. Hubbard Outstanding Rising Senior Award — Cameron Reid
Student Organization Leadership Awards — Tanner Sheahan (AIChE), Bryce Walbrun (CMLC), Jacob Michaud (CPM), Kelsey Farrell (CPM), John Baughn (OXE), Matt Harris (SAB) and Jacob Orlando (AEE)
In addition, the AIChE Student Organization selected and presented the following awards:
Teacher of the Year — Faith Morrison
Research Mentor of the Year — Caryn Heldt
Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year — Elizabeth Hoekstra
Undergraduate Grader of the Year — Kevin Miltenberger
Staff Making a Difference — Stefan Wisniewski
Again, congratulations to each recipient and best of luck to all of our students in their future endeavors.
Find out more about this year’s award winners on our web page.
Three Michigan Tech track and field student athletes participated in the St. Francis Fighting Chance Invitational over the weekend in search of NCAA qualifying times for Nationals on May 27.
Top distance runner Emily Byrd finished fourth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 36:07.76. She edged under the NCAA provisional standard of 36:35 for the second time this spring and is currently No. 23 on the qualification list — but would have needed around 35:00 flat to make the reduced field of 15 for Nationals. Previously, Byrd posted a season best time of 35:48.51 at the 54th annual Hillsdale College Gina Relays on April 22.
Luke Moore dropped another two seconds from his personal best over the weekend in the 1,500 meters for Tech. Moore had a slow start to the season, but steadily improved throughout.
Robbie Watling took eighth place in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:31.29, narrowly topping his personal best by 0.1 seconds.
Read more on the Michigan Tech Athletics website.
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) debuted its online home Monday. The new ccha.com website will provide fans seamless access to CCHA content with a focus on an user-friendly experience between computers, tablets and mobile devices everywhere.
"We're thrilled to officially launch our website and provide an online home for fans of the CCHA," said CCHA Commissioner Don Lucia. "The new design will deliver the latest information and provide more value to our teams, sponsors and fans."
The interactive website will feature live statistics and all-access on-demand content for fans such as audio podcasts, talk shows, video highlight packages and more.
Read more on the Michigan Tech Athletics website.
Stacker.com released its list of 100 Best Public Colleges in America. Michigan Tech ranked No. 34. The rankings were promoted by various regional media outlets across the country.
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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Parenting All Rainbow Kids
Parenting All Rainbow Kids (PARK) is a faculty/staff-led group for the parents/guardians of LGBTQIA* youth. PARK aims to offer group members a confidential, supportive community where we can learn and grow as parents/guardians together. Community members are welcome.
During the spring, meetings will be held at 10 a.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting is at 10 a.m. today (May 18) via Zoom. Everyone is welcome.
For questions or concerns, contact Michelle Jarvie-Eggart at mejarvie@mtu.edu, Amber Kemppainen at amber@mtu.edu, or Amy Howard at alhoward@mtu.edu.
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