February 28, 2022

There is still time to submit your nominations for the Student Leadership Awards! On behalf of the University, we are seeking nominations for the President's Award for Leadership, Dean of Students Award for Possibilities and the new William and Josephine Balconi Community Service Award, along with a variety of other awards to recognize the efforts and achievements of our Michigan Tech community.

The recipient of each award will be honored at the 28th annual Student Leadership Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. April 15 in the Memorial Union Ballroom.

The nomination process is simple. All awards and their information can be found on the Student Leadership Awards webpage. For each individual award, click on the award title to read more about the award and its requirements, then complete and submit the nomination form.

Nominations for the President's Award for Leadership, Dean of Students Award for Possibilities, the new William and Josephine Balconi Community Service Award and the Percy Julian Award are due by noon on Friday (March 4). Nominations for all other Student Leadership Awards are due by noon on March 18.

Questions concerning the awards can be directed to Student Leadership and Involvement at activities@mtu.edu or 7-1963. Take a minute to nominate a student or colleague today! Thank you in advance for supporting our recognition efforts and celebrating our University community.

The Campus Store in the Memorial Union Building has your office supplies! We have: keyboards, mice, flash drives, USB cords, pens, pencils, folders, batteries, highlighters, sticky notes and more. We also have partnerships with vendors if you're looking to purchase in bulk and save money!

Charge to a department index and receive a discount (excluding calculators and course materials) on most everything in our store.

To verify that your index is set up at the Campus Store, please feel free to contact us at campusstore@mtu.edu with the index and department name, and we'll work with Accounting to ensure the account is set up. We are also available at 7-2410.

The Campus Bookstore is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 12-4 p.m. Saturday. Thank you and have a great semester!

The Husky Connect Mentorship Program is looking for student mentors for our Peer to Peer Mentoring Program. Mentors will help in aiding first-year incoming students during their transition to Michigan Tech and the surrounding community by providing direct support and resources that will increase students’ success, sense of belonging and engagement with the University.

Each mentor is assigned first-year student mentees 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.

If you know a student who would make an amazing mentor, suggest that they sign up and learn more at our website. Applications close Friday (March 4) at 5 p.m. For more information, visit our Husky Connect website or contact Ashley Curie at ancurie@mtu.edu. 

The University Senate will convene Meeting 671 at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (March 2) in Dow 642. 

Those within the University community unable to attend in person have the option to attend via Zoom. Please note: You will need to log in to your MTU Zoom account to join the virtual meeting.

Senators are responsible for making their constituents aware of the agenda for this meeting. Senators who are unable to attend should arrange for their alternates to attend in their place. 

View the agenda to Meeting 671.

Following the tradition of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, the Indian Students' Association (ISA) at Michigan Tech heartily invites you to the celebration of the festival of colors, Holi. We will be hosting "Desi Beats - An Indian Holi Night" on March 19 from 5:30-9:30 p.m. at the MUB Commons and MUB Ballroom. The event comprises enthralling cultural performances and a sumptuous Indian dinner buffet.

Get ready to taste delicious Indian food and feel the essence of our Indian culture again. We would like you to be a part of this event, to celebrate and enjoy our most well-known festival and revel in the festivities at our home away from home. The venues for the festivity are the MUB Commons and MUB Ballroom for the food and performances, respectively.

We hereby proudly invite you to join us and enjoy a grand seven-course dinner buffet at the MUB filled with a mouthwatering list of Indian special delicacies, and of course, a complete evening of stage shows with engaging performances from music and dance teams.

Desi Beats - An Indian Holi Night
Saturday, March 19, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

EVENT OUTLINE:
5:30 to 7 p.m. — Food in the MUB Commons
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. — Festival in the MUB Ballroom

TICKETS: 
Tickets are available online, and also by phone at 906-487-2073, at the SDC Ticketing Office and on the spot at the MUB on the evening of the event (while supplies last).

PRICES:
Early bird tickets are $8 until Friday (March 4). On Friday, tickets will cost $10 for students and $12 for Michigan Tech staff and community members.

As we surely know, your presence elevates the charisma of the event. We are awaiting your gracious presence. Hope to see you all there.

Do you know a student who might be interested in learning more about Enterprise at Michigan Tech? Or a student who wants to join an Enterprise, but is not sure which team is right for them? Please take a moment to invite any and all students to Enterprise Day, happening this week on Wednesday (March 2) from 6-8 p.m. in the Rozsa lobby.

During this time, students will learn more about Enterprise by talking with program staff and students from various Enterprise teams, all in one place. Teams will be spread out across the Rozsa lobby and theater stage.

Students will be able to visit with:

Advanced Metalworks • Aerospace • Alternative Energy • Blizzard Baja • Blue Marble Security • BoardSport Technologies • Built World • Consumer Product Manufacturing • Green Campus • H-STEM • Hotforest • Humane Interface Design Enterprise • Husky Game • Innovative Global Solutions • ITOxygen • Multiplanetary Innovation Enterprise (MINE) • Open Source • Robotic Systems • Strategic Education through Naval Systems Experiences (SENSE) • Supermileage Systems • Velovations • Wireless Communication

For more information about each team, please visit our Enterprise Day webpage. Registration is not required for interested students who would like to attend. Root beer floats will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis during this event.

The use of face coverings and social distancing will be determined by MTU's Health and Safety Level on Wednesday. Please keep an eye on the Campus Health and Safety Levels information page.

Tomorrow (March 1), Danú, one of today's top traditional Irish ensembles, is playing for one night only at the Rozsa!

Hailing from historic counties Waterford, Cork, Donegal and Dublin, Danú was called "a vibrant mix of virtuosity, energy, and empathy" by The Washington Post. Their concerts feature high-energy performances and a glorious mix of ancient Irish music and new repertoire.

Tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m., "Danú: St. Patrick's Day Celebration" will take you on a musical journey to their native Ireland, offering a moving and memorable concert experience. Danú's popular recordings are available on the Shanachie label. Their live performances are often broadcast by NPR, the CBC and the BBC.

Get your tickets online, by phone at 906-487-2073, or in person at the Central Ticketing Office in the Student Development Complex. The Rozsa Box Office will also be open for ticket purchases an hour before the performance.

Note: Face coverings are required for all at this event. Please visit the Rozsa COVID-19 Policies for the most up-to-date information.

Michigan Tech will celebrate World Water Day 2022 from March 17-22 with virtual events related to the United Nations theme: “Groundwater - Making the Invisible Visible.”

Groundwater is vital to life. Learn how climate change and pollution negatively impact our groundwater and about efforts to sustainably manage and reduce these threats.

World Water Day events and important dates include:

• Friday, March 4 — Research Competition Registrations Due
  A Three Minute Thesis (3M)–style student research competition open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Two categories: original student research and course-based research. Cash prizes!
  
  
• Thursday, March 17 — “Pumped Dry” Facilitated Discussion at 7 p.m.
  Led by John Gierke (GMES) as part of the Sustainability Film Series. Registration required.
  
  
• Monday, March 21 — Water-Focused Husky Bites Webinar at 6 p.m.
  Learn about Michigan Tech’s participation in the 26th United Nations COP26 event in Glasgow, Scotland, with Sarah Green (Chem), Jessica Daignault (CEGE) and Ayush Chutani.
  
  
• Tuesday, March 22 — THE MAIN EVENT 
  Tribal Water Day and World Water Day Activities
  The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) and Michigan Tech present Tribal Water Day and World Water Day activities virtually via Zoom.
  • 2 p.m. — Tribal Water Day Presentations Begin
    Introduction by KBIC Tribal Council Member Doreen Blaker.
    • "Development of Locally Appropriate Water Quality Criteria for KBIC," by Cory McDonald (CEGE).
    • "Community Services (Beach and Groundwater)," by Dylan Friisvall, water quality technician at KBIC.
    • "Overview and Updates on the KBIC-Natural Resources Department (NRD) Fisheries Program," by Patrick LaPointe, KBIC-NRD field fisheries technician.
    • "KBIC Wetland Monitoring Program," by Erin Johnston, wildlife biologist/wildlife and habitat section lead for KBIC-NRD.
  • 4:15 p.m. — Research Competition Winners Announced
  • 4:30 p.m. — World Water Day Presentations Begin
    
    • "Making Groundwater Visible: Education and outreach programs for sustaining our drinking water resources," by Ruth Kline Robach, Institute of Water Research & Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University.
    • "Protecting our Groundwater from Emerging Contaminants: Exploring the past, present, and future," by Gavin Dehnert, emerging contaminants scientist, University of Wisconsin Aquatic Sciences Center, WI Sea Grant and Water Resources Institute.
      
      
• "Environmental Graphiti - The Art of Climate Change," by Alisa Singer
  Includes a self-guided walking tour during the spring semester and a Science Scavenger Hunt from March 14-25. Win a $100 Amazon gift card! Purchase a piece of Environmental Graphiti and fund student seed research grants.
  
  
• Outreach Events for Teachers
  Teachers in the Copper Country and Gogebic-Ontonagon ISD will receive (via email):
  
  • Groundwater Pictionary, a fun classroom activity they can use to engage their students in investigating groundwater and our essential need for access to clean, available freshwater.
  • World Water Day 2022 Fact Sheet — Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible.
  • Request a copy of the Great Lakes Watershed poster by contacting Joan Chadde at jchadde@mtu.edu.

Visit the GLRC's World Water Day webpage to learn more and find presentation and event links.

The Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture, partnered with the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, the Michigan Tech Vice President’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion, the Portage Lake District Library and the Michigan Humanities Council is presenting "Lives in Transition," a virtual speaker series on how technocultural changes are transforming lives.

The virtual series continues this week with presentations today (Feb. 28) and Wednesday (March 2) at 7 p.m.

• Tonight — "Stewardship of the Land in a Changing Climate," presented by Tribal Councilman Mic Isham.
  Isham currently serves as the executive administrator of the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission and will discuss land stewardship from an indigenous perspective. Register now.
  
  
• Wednesday — "Living in Data," presented by Jer Thorp.
  Thorp is a former data artist in residence at The New York Times, National Geographic Explorer, and author of the book "Living in Data." Thorp will share a series of projects by The Office for Creative Research examining the fast-changing relationship between data and culture. From visualizations to performances and public art, Thorp will explore ways we can bring data closer to humans and propose ways we can all work to make a more livable data world. Register now.

See the complete lineup of speakers and register for other talks in the series on IPEC's website.

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

• Seth Nelsonl (advised by Miguel Levy)
• Oindabi Mukherjeel (advised by Robert Nemiroff)
• Dharmendra Pant (advised by Ranjit Pati)

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

Please register in advance to attend virtually. 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.

Michigan Tech women's basketball polished off a 63-59 win over Ferris State on Thursday (Feb. 24) in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play at Jim Wink Arena.

Sara Dax was a force in the paint with 23 points. Dax also shot 10-for-14 and tied her career-high in points with seven rebounds for the Huskies.

"I was so proud of how our team came out, especially after a low-energy loss last time out," said head coach Sam Clayton. "We responded with a lot of intensity and fire out there. Sara was so aggressive offensively going right at them and looking for threes. She also passes really well for us. I was really happy with how Sara played, but it was definitely a team effort out there today."

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Bookending a nine-game win streak, Michigan Tech men's basketball fell to No. 25 Ferris State 76-72 in overtime Thursday (Feb. 24) in a battle of the top two teams in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

"I was really proud of the fight our guys showed tonight," said head coach Josh Buettner. "That was Ferris State at their best, pressing the whole game with a lot of energy in their home building, and I felt we stayed with them and matched them the whole night."

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Jim Baker (VPR) and Mike Morley (OIC) presented "Marketing Technology in the "New Normal'' at the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) 2022 Annual Meeting in New Orleans on Feb. 22.

The educational session was moderated by Becky Stoughton, vice president at Fuentek LLC, on the subject of evolving strategic approaches for effective engagement of external partners and stakeholders for technology commercialization in a remote and hybrid work environment.

Guy Meadows (GLRC) is the principal investigator on a project that has received a $75,000 research and development contract from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

The project is titled "MCMP Adaption Toolkit Technical Support Team MTU."

MTU is at Health and Safety Level One

Michigan Tech is at Health and Safety Level One. At Level One, face coverings are not required to be worn on campus. However, they continue to be encouraged.

Michigan Tech also continues to strongly recommend 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. 

If you are exposed to COVID-19, follow guidance for quarantine and isolation from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

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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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Chemistry Olympiad 2022: Registration Still Open!

Upper Peninsula high school science teachers and parents/guardians: We would like to invite your students and children to compete at the 2022 Chemistry Olympiad (Online).

Chemistry Olympiad 2022 will be an online chemistry competition open to all high school students from any U.P. school or home school. Participation is free! Sign up using our Google form. Sign-ups close today (Feb. 28).

The competition will be held online March 14 from 6:30-8:20 p.m. 

All participants will receive a participation gift and a participation certificate (upon request) and be put into a drawing for prizes.

Top scorers receive a medal and a prize, and have the opportunity to participate in the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (a hybrid, online and in-person event).

The U.P. Chemistry Olympiad is hosted by the American Chemical Society and Michigan Technological University. Please contact coordinator Momoko Tajiri at mtajiri@mtu.edu with any questions. 

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Editing Services

Professional editing services are available to all members of the Michigan Tech community through the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).

• Any academic document (proposals, reports, journal articles, dissertations, etc.).
• Editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation, flow and readability.
• All via email and with quick turnaround.

Editing services are provided by highly qualified English language instructors with expertise in grammar, writing and language instruction. Rates are $25 per hour.

Email ekastamo@mtu.edu to get an estimate and free sample edit. Visit the CTL's Editing Services webpage for more information.

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Western UP Residents Invited to Contribute to Regional Food Systems Assessment

Keweenaw, Houghton, Baraga, Gogebic, Iron, and Ontonagon County residents are invited to take a survey about our local food systems. The survey is the first of its kind in our region. We hope to learn more about food access as well as local food culture, including preserving, hunting, gardening and fishing.

This survey is part of a research project that will inform future programs for the Western Upper Peninsula. The project is being conducted by Angie Carter (SS) in partnership with the Western Upper Peninsula Food Systems Collaborative and sponsored by the Portage Health Foundation.

Surveys will begin to be mailed to a random selection of area residents beginning the first week of March. The survey is also available online now until March 31 for interested residents. The online survey is administered through Survey Monkey. IP addresses of those who complete the survey will not be collected by Survey Monkey or MTU. 

We estimate the survey should take 20-30 minutes to complete. Only one person per household may complete the survey. The survey is open to all Keweenaw, Houghton, Baraga, Gogebic, Iron, and Ontonagon County residents 18 years of age or older.

If you have any questions regarding this research study, please contact Angie Carter at ancarter@mtu.edu, 906-487-1431, or Department of Social Sciences, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931.

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ChE Transport Lecture Presentation

Monday, February 28, 10 a.m. | Chemical Sciences and Engineering Building, 201

Chemical Engineering Seminar Jon Herlevich Professor of Practice Candidate Education BS and MS (MTU), AAS Project Management (GWU), Executive Leadership Program...

Monthly General Meeting _ Spring 2022

Monday, February 28, 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...

Open Rock Climbing

Monday, February 28, 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...

Tech Tales Emeritus

Monday, February 28, 6 p.m.

Husky Bites presents Special Guest Martha Sloan Professor Emerita, Electrical and Computer Engineering Michigan Technological University Co-host Dan Fuhrmann (Applied...

College of Business Hangout

Monday, February 28, 7 p.m.–8 p.m.

Michigan Tech's College of Business is excited to meet you! Join us (virtually) to hear faculty share more about the college, the majors offered, and answer any questions you...

Keweenaw Socialists @ MTU General Meeting

Monday, February 28, 7 p.m.–9 p.m. | Online

Discussion of current club projects and planned socials as well as notable recent news over Zoom for COVID safety. Following the organized portion of the meeting there will be...

Mic Isham "Stewardship of the Land in a Changing Climate"

Monday, February 28, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.

The Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture, partnered with the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, the Michigan Tech Vice President’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion,...

Cricket Tournament Spring 2022

Monday, February 28, 10–12 a.m. | SDC Multipurpose Room

Cricket Club MTU in partnership with Indian Students Association (ISA) has organized Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament for boys. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: Sunday January 30,...