May 4, 2022

Our Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) colleagues are an essential part of our community. Representing a multitude of ethnicities, experiences and cultures, AAPI communities have a long history of dedicated service and advocacy within the U.S. and also here in the Keweenaw. Yet this history is stained with anti-Asian bias, xenophobia and violence. And this anti-Asian bias is rising.

How can you help? Where do you start? Guest contributors Tim Raymond and Liz Fujita suggest self-education as a great place to begin. Take a look at seven things to try this month on the Diversity and Inclusion Newsblog — and share with a friend!

Michigan Tech will be expanding an ongoing phishing campaign to include all full-time and part-time employees of the University. This campaign sends out a simple phishing email to a random selection of individuals each business day. The process also guarantees that once you have received a message from the campaign, you will not receive another related email until the full population has been exhausted.

This exercise is a requirement of our insurance company and is considered a security best practice. Statistically, over 90% of data breaches start with a phishing attack. No individual metrics are being reported.

As with all potential phishing messages, IT strongly recommends sending a copy to Michigan Tech IT for evaluation.

If you have any questions, we can help. Contact us at it-help@mtu.edu or call 7-1111.

As the new semester begins, we would like to remind academic units and faculty about the course fee policy and encourage review of the acceptable and prohibited uses of funds collected as course fees.

The Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences (CLS) would like to recognize the following outstanding undergraduate students for the 2021-22 academic year.

• Outstanding First-Year Student: Lee Solo
  This award recognizes a psychology and/or human factors undergraduate student who has demonstrated academic excellence in their first year.
  
  
• Outstanding Intern of the Year: Meredith Raasio and Jayden Middlecamp
  This award recognizes a psychology and/or human factors undergraduate student who has made a positive impact on their community through experiential education opportunities. Raasio and Middlecamp were both nominated by Kay Tislar and the staff at the Center for Student Mental Health and Well-being for their internship work during spring 2022.
  
  
• 2022 CLS Department Scholar: Emilie Jacques
  This award recognizes the best in those qualities that Michigan Tech values so highly including: outstanding academic record, internships and student researcher experiences, leadership in the department/University, and volunteerism in the local community.

Job Posting for Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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.

Library Assistant 4 (12 months/ 20 hours/ first shift) #22110, Van Pelt and Opie Library (UAW posting May 4 to May 10, 2022 — 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.

Don Lafreniere and Sarah Fayen Scarlett (SS) and Lindsay Hiltunen (Library) presented at the National Council on Public History’s Annual Meeting on Monday (May 2).

Their roundtable, “Preserving Memory, Protecting Privacy: Challenges and Strategies for Working through Community Anxiety in Digital Environments” comprised scholars from History Colorado, St. Mary’s University, Virginia Commonwealth University and Université du Québec à Montréal.

The session included discussions of Michigan Tech’s Keweenaw Time Traveler and the Mapping Miners project, along with diverse digital humanities and public history projects from the other presenters. Hiltunen wrapped the session with a paper on the role of memory in public history projects and facilitated a lively Q&A.

This session was originally planned to be in person at the Montreal conference, but COVID concerns sent the meeting to a virtual platform.

Wireless Outage Tomorrow

Tomorrow (May 5) from 8-11 p.m., Michigan Tech IT will be performing network maintenance that will cause wireless network downtime. This maintenance will only affect the wireless network.

If you have any questions or concerns, we can help. Contact us at it-help@mtu.edu or call 7-1111.

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Countermeasures: Solving Common Problems using Lean Methods and Tools (Virtual) Workshop

Wednesday, May 4, 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

Countermeasures are the actions we take during experiments to close the gap between what is currently happening and what we want to happen. We develop countermeasures to...

Houghton High School Meet

Wednesday, May 4, 10 a.m. | Portage Lake Golf Course

Houghton High School Meet Some events and times may change

PhD Defense: Aditi Pradeep Vyas

Wednesday, May 4, 1 p.m.–2 p.m. | Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), 202

Biological Sciences Co-advisors: Erich Petushek and John Durocher The Effects of Mindfulness and Stress Management on Neurocardiovascular and Psychological Outcomes Attend...

Titleist Demo Day

Wednesday, May 4, 3 p.m.–7 p.m. | Portage Lake Golf Course

Titleist Demo Day at Portage Lake Golf Course Some events and times may change

PhD Defense: Ankith Ullal

Wednesday, May 4, 7 p.m.–8 p.m.

Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Advisor: Youngchul Ra Development of Advanced Models for Pre-Ignition Prediction in Gas Engines and Analytical Model for Wall Film...

GLIAC Outdoor Championships

May 4, all day

GLIAC Outdoor Championships, Grand Valley State - Allendale, Mich., Three Days