October 22, 2021

The registration for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition ends tomorrow (Oct. 23) at 11:59 p.m.

If you have not registered, register now! You do not need to have your slide or the presentation ready to register for the competition.

3MT will be held on Nov. 4. This year we are coming back to an entirely in-person format, with the final round at The Orpheum Theater in Hancock. The winner and runners-up will receive cash prizes of $300 and $150, respectively. Additionally, a People's Choice award will be given to a speaker selected by the audience, with a cash prize of $100.

This competition offers an excellent opportunity for graduate students across the University to present their research to a broader audience. It celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. It is designed to test and enhance graduate students’ capacity to verbally summarize and explain their research in just three minutes or less in a language appropriate to a nonspecialist audience.

Important dates:

• Saturday, Oct. 23 — Registration closes at 11:59 p.m.
• Monday, Oct. 25 — Optional training session at 5 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 4 — Preliminary rounds from 12-4 p.m. in the MUB Ballroom.
• Thursday, Nov. 4 — Final round from 6-8 p.m. at The Orpheum Theater in Hancock (shuttle service will be provided).

We invite and encourage all graduate students to take advantage of this amazing competition and help make it a success. For complete event information and to register, please visit GSG's Three Minute Thesis page.

For any questions or cause for hesitation, please contact Shreya Joshi at gsg-research@mtu.edu.

The Human Resources Office located at the Lakeshore Center will close at 11:30 a.m today (Oct. 22) for a departmental meeting. It will reopen this afternoon at 1:30 p.m.

Join us for a night of laughs on next Friday (Oct. 29) at 10 p.m. in the MUB Ballroom! Melissa McGillicuddy is a stand-up comedian based in Sacramento, California.

Being an only (and super gay) child raised by a single mom in a conservative town, McGillicuddy found she didn’t always fit in, so she used humor as a way to connect with people. She also co-produces the Moving Van Show, a monthly, secret pop-up comedy show, as well as Sacramento FemmeFest, the city's first all-female comedy festival.

This event is free and open to everyone! 

Please note: Show contains college humor.

Safety in any workplace, whether corporate or academic, is not achieved by just providing students, faculty and staff with appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to conduct their research or work safely. Creating safety in the workplace also includes intentionally crafting a psychologically safe environment where individuals feel they can speak up, express their concerns and be heard.

The author of “The Fearless Organization” describes how the culture of psychological safety is evident when individuals can voice half-finished thoughts, are willing to admit lack of knowledge, listen humbly and engage in dynamic dialogue to learn and adopt what is best for students, faculty and staff. The author notes, “As organizations seek to convert diversity into inclusion and belonging, psychological safety is increasingly important. Without psychological safety, diversity does not automatically mean people can bring their full selves to the work.” Thus, you can think of psychological safety as the PPE for a diverse and inclusive workplace. The difference here is that the entire group provides protection rather than requiring each individual to protect themselves.

Today’s feature was shared with us by the Advocates and Allies Advisory Board (A3B). If you have an article you think we should feature, please email it to advance-mtu@mtu.edu and we will consider adding it to the ADVANCE Weekly Roundup.

The ADVANCE Weekly Roundup is brought to you by ADVANCE at Michigan Tech, an NSF-funded initiative dedicated to improving faculty career success, retention, diversity, equity and inclusion. Past articles are available on the ADVANCE Newsblog.

To learn more about our featured topic, our mission, programming efforts, and to check out our growing collection of resources, contact us or visit our website.

During remote teaching, many instructors learned how to leverage Canvas or other computerized tools for quizzes and exams. These tools offered advantages like automatic grading, the use of question banks and the ability to easily randomize correct answers to increase integrity. Remote proctoring, meanwhile, offered significant challenges.

As we’ve returned to the classroom, infrastructure has been put in place to allow computerized testing in university classrooms. This allows more conventional proctoring while taking advantage of the efficiencies and higher integrity of computerized exams.

In this Coffee Chat session, planned for Nov. 4 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Grover C. Dillman Hall (Dillman) Room 204, we’ll explore that computerized testing infrastructure, along with ideas and best practices for giving computer-based exams and quizzes in classrooms.

Register for the session.

Michigan Tech's men's and women's cross country teams are set to compete at the 2021 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships tomorrow (Oct. 23).

Saginaw Valley is hosting the event at a course located at the entrance of campus, right off of state highway M84.

The women's team will run a 6K race at 11 a.m. and the men's team will run an 8K race at 11:45 a.m.

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Job Postings for Friday, Oct. 22, 2021

Staff and faculty job descriptions are available on the Human Resources website. For more information regarding staff positions, call 906-487-2280 or email mtujobs@mtu.edu.

For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted. 

Graduate Online Admissions Manager, Vice President for Research. Apply online.

Administrative Aide 7 (12 months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #21184RP, College of Engineering (UAW posting Oct. 22 to Oct. 28, 2021 — internal UAW applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the internal UAW posting dates). 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 mtujobs@mtu.edu.

Face Coverings Required in Classrooms, Labs, Library

Michigan Tech remains at Health and Safety Level Two. Face coverings are required in certain locations — classrooms and laboratories during classes and lab courses, and in the library — and may also be required during instructors' office hours. In all other settings, face coverings are encouraged but not required. This applies to all students, employees, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status.

Michigan Tech strongly recommends that all employees and students receive the COVID-19 vaccine and continue with handwashing and hand-sanitizing practices, especially in light of the virulence of the COVID-19 delta variant. Please be aware that if you are exposed to COVID-19, quarantine guidelines vary depending on vaccination status. 

In Level Two, students and employees are not required to monitor their symptoms daily prior to coming to campus. But, individuals should be mindful of their own symptoms. A useful monitoring tool is available from the CDC. 

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On-Demand COVID-19 Testing Available on Campus

Walk-in, on-demand COVID-19 testing is available to Michigan Tech students and employees during the fall 2021 semester.

Testing is located in the Datolite Room at the MUB on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. There is no cost to be tested, and no appointment is needed. 

Read more COVID-19 Testing Information on the MTU Flex website.

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10-Digit Dialing Requirement

Effective Sunday (Oct. 24), all local calls from campus phones will require full 10-digit dialing (8 + 1 + 906-XXX-XXXX).

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted 988 as a new three-digit number for the National Suicide and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline, starting July 16, 2022. In order for 988 to work nationwide, 10-digit local dialing must be implemented. This change affects 82 area codes across the country, including the 906 area code.

You can start dialing with 10 digits now in preparation for this change. If you forget, seven-digit dialing will continue to work until Sunday. No cost is incurred for local dialing using either seven- or 10-digit dialing.

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

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Proposals Due Nov. 1: SYP Visiting Instructor Program

Summer Youth Programs (SYP) is still accepting proposals for our Visiting Instructor Program, and we would greatly appreciate your help spreading the word!

The Visiting Instructor Program invites educators to propose their own SYP course for next summer. Educators will enjoy benefits including a salary of $725, up to $350 of reimbursement for travel expenses, on-campus lodging and meal plan, and a student from their school or organization will also receive a scholarship to attend an SYP course! Educators will also have the opportunity to enjoy the gorgeous Keweenaw Peninsula during their evenings.

This year's theme for courses is "Rising to Meet the Challenges of Tomorrow" and selected courses will educate students on a challenge or need we will encounter as a society in the next 10 years, the groundwork being laid today to address this challenge and areas for improvement or investigation, as well as careers related to the potential solution.

Additional information about the program can be found at the Summer Youth Programs website. Proposals are due Nov. 1.

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Career Day at Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech is hosting a Career Day on Monday (Oct. 25) for local employers. Our target job seekers are those looking for food service, custodial and office work. The event will take place in the MUB Ballroom and is open to all job seekers in the community.

Two sessions will be open to the public:

• Session 1 — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Session 2 — 4-7 p.m.

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Mathematical Sciences Colloquium

There will be a Mathematical Sciences Colloquium today (Oct. 22) from 1-2 p.m. via Zoom (use passcode 1022).

Sanghyun Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at Florida State University, will join us to present "Physics preserving enriched Galerkin methods."

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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

Michigan Tech is excited to announce the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day scheduled tomorrow (Oct. 23) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is an opportunity to properly dispose of expired and unused prescription drug medication.

Michigan Tech Public Safety and Police Services, located at 206 MacInnes Dr. in Houghton, is a registered drop-off/collection site. As a reminder, this prescription drug medication disposal is for pills only (no liquids please).

Can't make it tomorrow? Public Safety and Police Services also has a 24/7/365 through-wall drug disposal box that can be used any day of the year to dispose of your unused medications.

Questions? Contact Whitney Boroski at wmborosk@mtu.edu. 

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Join the Rozsa Volunteer Usher Corps

The Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts is looking for volunteers to join their team of Volunteer Ushers. The next opportunity to volunteer is today (Oct. 22) at 6 p.m. for Backstage Jazz: Jazz Meets Hiphop featuring Osman Koç Installation.

What do volunteer ushers do?
This season is full of exceptional, innovative and fun performances. Volunteer ushers play a critical role in creating a welcoming environment as our community reconnects for vibrant live arts experiences. You could fill one of several positions: greeter, ticket scanner, program helper or seating guide, or be a floating usher who fills in where they are needed.

Do I do this alone or with other people?
You will never be alone! Each show will have a house manager and 2-12 volunteer ushers, depending on the size of the event. You are always welcome to put together a group — friends, family or people from an organization — and enjoy the shared experience of bringing a production to life.

What experience or training do I need?
You don’t need any. All the training you need will take place the day of the show, before guests arrive.

What is the time commitment for a show?
You will arrive 90 minutes before the show, monitor the audience while you enjoy the show for free, and then stay to help with some light cleanup for 30 minutes or less after the show.

Visit the Rozsa Volunteer page or email Samantha Hoover at shoover@mtu.edu to learn more and become a volunteer usher.

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Film Board Presenting 'Godzilla vs. Kong'

This week, the Film Board presents “Godzilla vs. Kong,” rated PG-13 for intense sequences of creature violence/destruction and brief language.

Showings:

• Friday, Oct. 22 — 5:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 23 — 5:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.

Located on Michigan Tech's campus in Fisher Hall, Room 135.

Tickets are $3 and concessions are $1. We hope to see you at the movie this weekend — and have a great day.

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This Weekend at the Rozsa

Today (Oct. 22) and tomorrow (Oct. 23), you are invited to an extraordinary genre-bending event in our intimate Jazz club-style Backstage Jazz setting, featuring an on-stage installation by creative technologist and artist Osman Koç.

Curious about the installation? Come in to explore the Osman Koç Installation tomorrow from noon to 5 p.m. The innovative creative technologist's installation will be set up to respond to your sounds and movement, and you're invited to experience it for free.
Please note: The exploration start time has been updated — it will now start at noon, instead of 10 a.m. as previously posted.

• Backstage Jazz: Jazz Meets Hiphop — Oct. 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m.
  Join Michigan Tech Jazz backstage at the James and Margaret Performance Hall in the Rozsa.
  Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for youth. Michigan Tech students can attend for free and bring a friend with the Experience Tech Fee.
  
  
• Osman Koç Installation — Oct. 23 from noon to 5 p.m
  Backstage at the James and Margaret Performance Hall in the Rozsa.
  Please note the updated start time: The exploration will now start at noon, instead of 10 a.m. as previously posted.

Note: Face coverings are required for volunteers, staff and audience members at these events. Please visit the Rozsa COVID-19 Policies for the most up-to-date information.

Tickets are available by phone at 906-487-2073, online and in person at the Central Ticketing Office in the Student Development Complex. The Rozsa Box Office will also be open for ticket purchases two hours prior to performances. 

To have your event automatically appear, please submit them to the University Events Calendar.

Hyperconnection: A New Series by Tiffany Lange

Friday, October 22, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. | Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Gallery: A-Space

Tiffany Lange’s newest series “Hyperconnection”, examines overstimulation and anxiousness through abstraction. After a year of increased screen time during quarantine and...

Cori Champagne: "Apparel for the Anthropocene"

Friday, October 22, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. | U. J. Noblet Forestry Building, Upper Atrium

Apparel for the Anthropocene is presented by the Institute for Policy, Ethics and Culture at Michigan Technological University from October 10-31 in the Upper Atrium of the...

“Physics preserving enriched Galerkin methods”

Friday, October 22, 1 p.m.–2 p.m.

In this talk, we consider new finite element methods for solving two different problems. One is coupled flow and transport systems in porous media and the other one is linear...

Board Game Group

Friday, October 22, 3 p.m.–5 p.m. | J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library, 243

Are you worn out at the end of the week and just want to hang out and play a game? Then this group is for you! We will chill and play strategy-based board games. The goal is...

(Women's Soccer) Michigan Tech at Grand Valley State

Friday, October 22, 4 p.m.–7 p.m.

Women's Soccer: Michigan Tech at Grand Valley State

Murder Mystery Dinner Party

Friday, October 22, 6 p.m.–8 p.m. | MUB Ballroom

In collaboration with WHSA and other sponsors, MUB Board presents... A Hollywood Murder Mystery! A two man group that leads audiences through an exciting show where each...

Range Day

Friday, October 22, 7 p.m.–9 p.m. | SDC Shooting Range

Students are allowed to come down to the range to either use their own firearms or the firearms provided by the club.

Backstage Jazz: Jazz Meets Hip Hop feat. Osman Koć installation

Friday, October 22, 7:30 p.m. | Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts

View Digital Program This concert combines all of the best things: 1. The Jazz Lab band playing big band covers of jams that have been sampled by hip hop artists. 2. A hip...

(Women's Volleyball) Michigan Tech at Parkside

October 22, all day

Women's Volleyball: Michigan Tech at Parkside