May 9, 2022

Every student can take part in visual and performing arts at Michigan Tech. If there’s a gap in the extracurricular offerings, they can fill it. Computer engineering major Ryan Briggs and mechanical engineering graduate Sean Hanson ’21 formed the Video Game Music (VGM) Ensemble in 2019 when they discovered their mutual appreciation for the genre. The group, which currently has 30 members, played its first concert in November 2021.

Learn more about VGM, the logistics of pulling together an ensemble and how Tech orchestrates a vibrant music scene where all Huskies are welcome on Unscripted.

Institutional Equity has a new name: Equal Opportunity Compliance and Title IX. Our new office name more accurately identifies the office’s compliance responsibilities of implementing the University's equal opportunity, discrimination, harassment and Title IX policies, which are guided by state and federal laws and regulations. Our services, functions and staff members are not changing.

Our new email address is eocompliance@mtu.edu. All website URLs will have redirects created and the old email address will be rerouted to the new address.

If you have any questions, please contact eocompliance@mtu.edu or call 7-3310.

Michigan Tech held the second annual Husky Exchange this spring to gather unwanted items from students during move-out from the residence halls. In sum, students donated nearly 9,000 items, keeping over two tons of materials out of the landfill and headed toward others in need. Donations were almost three times what they were during our inaugural collection in 2021.

The most common donations were nonperishable food (about 3,500 items), clothing (about 1,000 articles!), and pool noodles (about 700 — students use these to protect their heads on lofted beds). All of those items, with the exception of some expired food, will go back as donations to students next academic year.

Husky Exchange partners with the Husky Food Access Network (FAN) food pantry in Fisher Hall for our food donations and the new permanent clothing closet in Douglass Houghton Hall for our clothing articles to provide students access to these items throughout the year. This is a great example of working together across units to make better use of our resources and create a more sustainable campus.

Many of the remaining items will be made available to our newest Huskies moving into the residence halls before fall Orientation. Over 95% of the items will be available free of charge or for a charitable donation, while a handful of higher-value items like refrigerators, microwaves and box fans will be sold at a steep discount to cover the costs of running the program and to support other campus sustainability initiatives.

Finally, we partner with nonprofit organizations in the area for the remainder of the donations, including linens, lightly expired food and other items of need. We included a handful of photos and a full list of donations on the Sustainability Blog to give a better picture of the program.

Thank you to the staff and students who put many hours in to collect and sort the donations! Head on over to the Sustainability Blog for some pictures of what 9,000 donated items looks like!

The Michigan Tech College of Business (COB) inducted 21 Huskies into the Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) honor society on April 4. Founded in 1913, BGS is the international honor society recognizing business excellence. The top 10% percent of undergraduates and the top 20% of master’s students receive the accolade; it’s the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive at institutions accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Visit the College of Business Newsblog to see the newest members of the Michigan Tech chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma.

And see photos from the ceremony on the College of Business' Facebook.

Collegiate DECA is a student organization that prepares emerging leaders in the areas of finance, marketing, hospitality, management and entrepreneurship. Just weeks ago, International Conference qualifiers headed to Baltimore, Maryland, to compete in their first-ever International Career Development Conference.

Read more in the latest Collegiate DECA blog post, written by club public relations officer and marketer and first-year marketing student, Sammy Perrone. 

The Health Research Institute (HRI) is pleased to invite you to a seminar given by research scientist candidate Maria Kwesiga.

Kwesiga is a research scientist in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Michigan Tech. She obtained her doctor of medicine degree (M.D.) from the University of Algiers in Algeria in 2015. During her medical internship, she was inspired to pursue further studies in research. Kwesiga completed her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Michigan Tech in 2019.

Kwesiga will give her seminar, titled "Pathological Considerations in In vitro Cell Culture Studies," from 1-2 p.m. Thursday (May 12).

Attendance is invited in person in ChemSci 201 and virtually via Zoom.

The seminar recording will be available upon request.

The Michigan Tech hockey program has announced its 2022-23 schedule in conjunction with the unveiling of the CCHA composite schedule.

The Huskies' season begins with an exhibition game at the U.S. National Development Program on Oct. 8, followed by the regular season opener Oct. 14-15 at Alaska. Tech's home opener will be Oct. 21-22 vs. Bemidji State. 

Michigan Tech is also committed to hosting a four-team Great Lakes Invitational Tournament in late December. An official announcement will be made at a later date.

See the full schedule at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Wayne Weaver and Rush Robinett (ME-EM) were mentioned in a Sandia LabNews story about the Sandia National Laboratory’s partnership with NASA to design a reliable and resilient microgrid for the moon. 

Weaver and Robinett are "heavily involved" in developing controller software to maintain an even voltage level on the grid, according to the story.

Erik Herbert (MSE/ICC) is the principal investigator on a project that has received a $500,000 research and development contract-cost from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (managed by UT-Battelle LLC).

This 56-month project is titled "Control of Li Surfaces for Solid-State Batteries."

UAW Local 5000 Scholarships

Two scholarships are available to the children of Local 5000 members in good standing. $500 will be awarded to a child attending or who will be attending Michigan Tech and $500 to a child attending or who will be attending another college, university or certificate program.

Please download the application form to apply or see the email sent to uaw-l@mtu.edu on March 24. The application deadline is Friday (May 13).

Contact mnormand@mtu.edu or amanda@mtu.edu for more information.

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Tuition Reduction Incentive Program Form Is Online

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

The application and guidelines can be found on the Human Resources website in the dropdown menu underneath "Education Benefits."

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HRI Fellowship Presentations

Please join us at 11 a.m. today (May 9) via Zoom to learn about the work of HRI fellowship recipients Adelina Oronova (Chem), Shobhit Chaturvedi (Chem) and Isaac Flint (CLS).

For more information on the HRI Fellowship Program and other HRI student resources, please visit the Student Resources page on the HRI website.

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