February 3, 2022

The pop-up barbershop at Michigan Tech offers hair care for all textures — and boosts student self-esteem. Why did we do it? To help Huskies feel a sense of belonging.

The shop and visiting barber serve everyone, including students who were waiting months to get cuts at home, those cutting each other’s hair and students spending time and money driving 100 miles to the closest shop.

Read more at Michigan Tech News — and drop in for a look at the space in the SDC Wood Gym.

The next pop-up barbershops are being offered Feb. 14 and 28. Follow the Center for Diversity and Inclusion on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more information.

Professor Emeritus Stephen "Steve" Shetron passed away Jan. 5.

Shetron was a professor in soils science from 1970 to 1997. He spent years doing research at the Ford Center and Forest in Alberta and shared his passion for soils research with many students throughout that time.

“Steve was an excellent teacher, who brought his field experience into the classroom,” said Marty Jurgensen (CFRES), a longtime colleague and friend to Shetron and a fellow soils researcher. “His door was always open for students, and he was a mentor to many graduate students in their research. He will be missed!”

After retirement, Shetron continued to be a strong supporter of the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, teaching summer classes in soil taxonomy as recently as 2012, visiting the campus and supporting the Shetron-Jurgensen Scholarship Fund.

Read Shetron's obituary.

The Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics (CAMS) is pleased to announce a free statistical consulting service provided to the MTU research community. The purpose of this service is to foster collaborations between members of CAMS and researchers from other centers, departments and colleges at MTU.

Consults with a CAMS faculty member will be available from 4-5 p.m. every Tuesday and Wednesday from Feb. 8 to April 27. A full list of consulting dates can be found below.

Due to COVID-19, consulting services will be provided through a Zoom meeting. At this stage, the consulting service is on a first-come, first-served basis, so just join the meeting and talk with the consultant.

What we do:

• Help with experimental design (including power analysis and sample size determination).
• Help with data analysis with appropriate and clean data sets.
• Provide guidance and suggest statistical methods for data analysis and visualization.
• Provide guidance on appropriate statistical language for manuscripts.

We expect further collaborations to be established after the initial consultations, resulting in joint manuscripts, publications and/or grant collaborations.

Consulting will be offered from 4-5 p.m. on these dates:

• February: 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23.
• March: 1, 3, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30.
• April: 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27.

The Tuition Reduction Incentive Program (TRIP) form for the summer 2022 academic semester is now online.

The summer TRIP application and guidelines can be found on the Human Resources website.

The next Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar will take place at 3 p.m. on Monday (Feb. 7) in the Great Lakes Research Center, GLRC 202.

Matthew Berens, postdoctoral associate at the Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, will present "Application of compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) for monitoring the reduction of 2,4-dinitroanisole(DNAN)."

Read the abstract on the University Events Calendar.

Join Dr. Zachariah DeYoung from Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center on Tuesday (Feb. 8) at noon for a Lunch and Learn in the MUB Ballroom B1 as we celebrate Heart Health Month.

Because there's a movement for primary care doctors to focus more on outcomes that mean something to the patient rather than abnormal numbers on tests, health care providers are now encouraged to focus more on helping their patients get healthy and stay that way than the previous focus on "throwing pills at labs."

Join DeYoung for a conversation on:

• How this is playing out in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
• Why you might be able to stop taking that daily aspirin.
• How there's no such thing as routine labs anymore.

Please email benefits@mtu.edu to reserve your seat.

This Lunch and Learn counts toward Option 2 in your Husky Health checklist. Follow Michigan Tech Wellness on Facebook to stay up to date on all health and wellness opportunities! 

No. 15 Michigan Tech earned its fifth straight win Tuesday (Feb. 1), overwhelming Northern Michigan 5-1 at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

The Huskies got four goals and nine points from the Tommy Parrottino, Trenton Bliss and Brian Halonen line to improve to 15-8-1 overall and 12-5 in the CCHA.

"We played a pretty good hockey game," Tech coach Joe Shawhan said. "It got a little sloppy as expected in a rivalry game with short rest. We certainly got a really big game out of the Bliss line and the supporting cast was good."

The rivals will wrap up the CCHA series next Tuesday (Feb. 8) at the Berry Events Center. Before then, Tech will take to the road this weekend to face St. Thomas. The puck drops at 8:07 p.m. Friday and Saturday (Feb. 4 and 5) at St. Thomas Ice Arena.

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Chad Deering (GMES) was quoted in a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh news story picked up by Science Daily and Phys.org. The story explains how a study led by Deering and UW-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen links zircon data from sandstones recovered from Earth's major continental landmasses to the evolution of the Earth's rock cycle and its oceans.

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Tim Havens (CS/ICC/GLRC) was interviewed by ABC 10 in a story on his new role as director of the Great Lakes Research Center.

Face Coverings Required Indoors on Campus

While Michigan Tech is at Health and Safety Level Two, face coverings must be worn indoors. This applies to all students, employees and visitors, regardless of vaccination status. 

Michigan Tech strongly recommends that all employees and students make choices to protect themselves, such as getting vaccinated, wearing high-filtration face coverings, and practicing enhanced sanitation and physical distancing where possible — especially in light of the increased transmissibility of the COVID-19 omicron 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 spring 2022 semester.

Testing is available every week in the Rozsa Center basement Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is no cost to be tested, and no appointment is needed. 

The consent form is now online and can be completed anytime between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on the day of your visit.

More COVID-19 Testing Information for the Michigan Tech community is available on the MTU Flex website.

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Call for Applications: Faculty Fellow Program

Applications are being solicited for the Faculty Fellow Program, sponsored by the Vice President for Research Office.

The program:

1. Expands familiarity with sponsored program administration and strategic planning among the faculty;
2. Develops leadership capacity among the faculty; and 
3. Improves sponsored programs administration and strategic planning through faculty input.

For the 2022-23 academic year, there are four possible appointment areas:

• Faculty Fellow, Sponsored Programs (e.g., pre- and post-award processing and administration)
• Faculty Fellow, Research Integrity (e.g., IRB, IACUC, laboratory safety and misconduct)
• Faculty Fellow, Research Development (e.g., proposal development, building teams for large proposals, etc.)
• Faculty Fellow, Commercialization (e.g., innovation, technology de-risking, proprietary projection strategy, business model development, customer discovery, opportunity and market assessment).

Applications are due no later than 4 p.m. Feb. 17 and must be submitted electronically per the guidelines. For additional information, see the Faculty Fellow Program web page.

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Husky Connect Looking for Student Mentors!

Do you know a current student who'd be great at helping new incoming students adjust to new environments and achieve their goals?

The Husky Connect Mentorship Program is looking for Huskies willing to give new students the value of their experiences. Each mentor is assigned one or two first-year students to meet with during the summer before they begin their first fall semester. Husky Connect mentors receive compensation for the time they spend with their mentees.

Students can learn more about this peer-to-peer program and apply to be a Husky Connect mentor on our website. Applications close Feb. 18 at 5 p.m.

For more information, please contact Mayra Morgan at msmorgan@mtu.edu.

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Physics Colloquium: Grad Student Presentations

Two Physics graduate students will be presenting their research progress at this week's Physics Colloquium:

• Lucas Simonson (advised by Ramy El-Ganainy)
• Sam Groetsch (advised by Jacek Borysow)

This will be a hybrid event — the students will give their talks at 4 p.m. today (Feb. 3) in Fisher 139. Please join in person or by Zoom.

Please register in advance to attend. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

Event details, along with the students' presentation titles and abstracts, can be found on the University Events Calendar. 

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Menu for Today's C-Cubed Luncheon:

Chicago Beef Bar

• Sliced French Rolls
• Steak Fries (Vegetarian)
• Sliced Beef Au Jus (Gluten Free)
• Giardiniera
• Sport Peppers
• Italian Marinated Tofu with Pickled Vegetables (Vegan)
• Antipasto Salad (Vegetarian)

Dining Services presents this week's C-Cubed Luncheon being held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today (Feb. 3) in the Memorial Union Alumni Lounge (MUB 107). All faculty and staff, along with their guests, are invited.

The C-Cubed lunch buffet menus are created by executive chef Eric Karvonen and prepared by Karvonen and his culinary team. As the name suggests, the meals are meant to foster conversation, community and collegiality. Attendees may bring their lunch instead of purchasing the buffet. Fruit-infused water, coffee, tea, cookies and fruit are available free to all attendees.

The buffet lunch is $12 per person. Cash, credit cards and gift cards are accepted. Gift cards can be purchased in the Memorial Union office, MUB 101. You can submit C-Cubed feedback using this Google form. To join the C-Cubed Google group and receive weekly menus, email business-support@mtu.edu.

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ChE Faculty Candidate Seminar

The Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) would like to invite you to attend the seminar given by assistant professor candidate Whitney Blocher McTigue from 10-11 a.m. on Monday (Feb. 7).

Blocher McTigue will give a seminar on "Toward Biomolecule Stabilization and Understanding Depolymerization" in Chem Sci 201. The seminar can be attended in person with limited capacity or remotely via Zoom. After the seminar, a recording will be available upon request.

Blocher McTigue is currently a postdoctoral researcher under Professor Charles Sing in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Clarkson University.

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Biological Sciences Seminar Series

Julia Burton is the next speaker in the Biological Sciences Seminar Series and will present virtually from 3-4 p.m. today (Feb. 3) via Zoom.

Burton's presentation is titled "Modeling and managing forest ecosystems through the lens of plant functional traits."

From the abstract:
Trait-based models of ecological communities can provide for a mechanistic and generalizable understanding of linkages among species composition, underlying environmental gradients, and ecosystem services. Here I will provide an overview of recent and ongoing research in my lab that focuses on developing trait-based models of forest vegetation to project changes in species composition and ecosystem services due to climate change. Recent work has focused primarily on interspecific trait correlations and intraspecific variability. Ongoing work at the community level focuses on the role of disturbance and silvicultural management in sustaining ecosystem services including climate change mitigation, Indigenous cultural ecosystem services and early-seral wildlife habitat.

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ME-EM Graduate Seminar Speaker

The next session in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (ME-EM) Graduate Seminar Speaker Series will be held at 4 p.m. today (Feb. 3) in MEEM 112.

Steven Ma will present "Open-pit Mining and Drilling Technologies.”

Prior to joining Michigan Tech in 2018, Ma had been working in the industry for 28 years. He first held an engineering manager position at Atlas Copco Drilling Solutions.

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John Scott '10 and Joe Berger '04 Signed Jersey Raffle

Enter the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (ME-EM) Jersey Raffle to win a Michigan Tech hockey jersey signed by mechanical engineering graduate John Scott '10 or a Michigan Tech football jersey signed by mechanical engineering graduate Joe Berger '04.

Tickets are $50 each and proceeds will go to the ME-EM department.

Buy your raffle tickets now. Winners will be drawn during Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival hockey game Feb. 12. You need not be present to win (the ME-EM department will notify you).

Be sure to purchase tickets before noon on Feb. 11 for your chance to win!

Published under state of Michigan raffle license # X05892.

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

Building Career Confidence

Thursday, February 3, 11 a.m.–12 p.m.

Wishing you had a little more confidence for your job search, interviews, future work relationships, and more? This workshop will focus on building career confidence,...

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Using Handshake to Prepare for Career Fair and Job Hunting

Thursday, February 3, 12:00 p.m.–12:50 p.m. | Administration and Student Services Building, 220 Career Services

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Biological Science Seminar Series - Dr. Julia Burton

Thursday, February 3, 3 p.m.–4 p.m.

Dr. Julia Burton Associate Professor of CFRES Michigan Technological University Modeling and managing forest ecosystems through the lens of plant functional traits ...

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Open-pit Mining and Drilling Technologies

Thursday, February 3, 4 p.m. | R. L. Smith Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Building (MEEM), 112

ME-EM Graduate Seminar Speaker Series proudly presents Steven Ma, PhD MTU, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Abstract Mining for resources (minerals and...

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Physics Colloquium - Graduate Student Presentations

Thursday, February 3, 4 p.m.–5 p.m. | Fisher Hall, 139

Thursday, February 3rd @ 4pm – Fisher Hall 139 & Zoom Hybrid-Mode: The students will give their talks in Fisher Hall 139. Please join in-person or by zoom. Lucas Simonon ...

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Stress Less

Thursday, February 3, 4 p.m.–5 p.m.

Ready to lower anxiety and depression? Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) practices, this 4-week structured workshop will teach you skills to grow mindfulness and...

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Youth Indoor Rock Climbing Spring 2022 Session 1

Thursday, February 3, 4:00 p.m.–4:50 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Climbing Wall

Is your child looking for a new challenge? Sign up now for the OAP Youth Indoor Rock Climbing Class and let them climb our wall! We try to meet each participant at their level...

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Adult Huskies Swim Lessons Spring 2022 Session 1

Thursday, February 3, 5:30 p.m.–6:20 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Pool

Adult Huskies Swim Lessons provides aquatic education for the beginner to the intermediate swimmer who is looking to become more comfortable in the water and learn the...

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Adult Huskies Swim Training Spring 2022 Session 1

Thursday, February 3, 5:30 p.m.–6:20 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Pool

Adult Huskies Swim Training provides additional attention and competitive guidance to swimmers ages 18 and older who are looking to improve their swimming skills and fitness...

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Monthly General Meeting _ Spring 2022

Thursday, February 3, 6 p.m.–7 p.m. | Chem Sci. 211

Hi folks, This mail serves to notify us that we will be having our monthly general meeting on the last Wednesday of the month 6 - 7 PM at Chem Sci. 211 or via Zoom. Feel...

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Open Rock Climbing

Thursday, February 3, 6 p.m.–8 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Multipurpose Room Climbing Wall

All ages (we can allow all ages to climb as long as we have the proper fitting equipment). No need to sign up, just stop by the Climbing Wall between 6 and 8 pm Monday through...

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Stuff A Husky!!

Thursday, February 3, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. | MUB

Come make a stuffed friend! Huskies, cows, red pandas, kangaroos, and moose will be available! The front of the line will begin in the MUB Commons.

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HuskyLEAD: Creating and Maintaining a Student Organization Budget

Thursday, February 3, 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. | Memorial Union Building Ballroom A1

Student Organization Budget Hearings are quickly approaching! Join Mark Holmgren from Student Leadership and Involvement to learn budgeting best practices for creating and...

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First-Year Engineering Cohort Program

Thursday, February 3, 7 p.m.–8 p.m.

Interested in learning how the first-year engineering cohort program works? We'll explain what the first few semesters of general engineering at Michigan Tech look like, how...

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Ice Bowling

Thursday, February 3, 9:00–12:30 a.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC)

Winter Carnival Special Event for participating organizations. Teams consisting of no more than ten members will compete in this version of bowling on ice. One team member...

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(Men's Basketball) Michigan Tech at Purdue Northwest

February 3, all day

Men's Basketball: Michigan Tech at Purdue Northwest, John Friend Court - Hammond, Ind.

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(Women's Basketball) Michigan Tech at Purdue Northwest

February 3, all day

Women's Basketball: Michigan Tech at Purdue Northwest, John Friend Court - Hammond, Ind.