July 13, 2022

The energy of campus elevates when we welcome our new students and their families to campus each year. We invite faculty and staff to join us for the 16th year of the Move-In Volunteers initiative. We need you to help welcome our new students to campus. Move a couple of crates, give directions or be a friendly face for incoming Huskies and their families.

Volunteer shifts for faculty, staff and students are available Aug. 19 and Aug. 20. Please register by Aug. 12 to volunteer. You can choose to be a move-in helper or greeter, or provide traffic flow support. If you have the availability, feel free to volunteer for more than one shift.

You will also be asked to provide your contact information and T-shirt size. In keeping with the University's sustainability efforts, we will have a similar Welcome Crew shirt design as in past Move-Ins, so you may wear a previous year’s shirt if you have one.

Additional information about your Move-In volunteer shift will be emailed the week of Aug. 14. If you have any questions, contact the Waino Wahtera Center for Student Success at success@mtu.edu or 906-487-3558. Thank you in advance for supporting our new students!

When departments advertise open positions, some external websites allow applicants to submit application materials directly via that website. However, all Michigan Tech employment applications must be submitted through Human Resources' Michigan Tech Employment website.

When you post to external websites that permit application submission, you should include wording directly in your posting that states:

“Application materials submitted through this website will not be reviewed. You must apply on Michigan Tech's employment website to be considered for the position. Submit your application materials for this position using the following URL: [Insert the full URL for your position].”

Applications and materials received through any website other than the Michigan Tech Employment website cannot be reviewed, as those websites do not meet all of the obligations that we must follow as a federal contractor. In order to remain in compliance with the regulations, the University can only accept and review applications submitted via our employment website.

If applicants submit application materials via the website that you are using for advertising, you may contact the applicants and tell them their materials will not be reviewed unless submitted via the Michigan Tech Employment website. If you choose to contact the applicants, you must contact all of the applicants; otherwise, none of the applicants can be contacted.

Also, if your department has been receiving and reviewing applications through a website other than the Michigan Tech Employment website, please email Equal Opportunity Compliance and Title IX at eocompliance@mtu.edu so we can remedy the situation and ensure compliance with the federal regulations moving forward.

Please contact Equal Opportunity Compliance and Title IX at eocompliance@mtu.edu or 906-487-3310 with questions.

Sarah Fayen Scarlett (SS) will offer a public talk titled "Architectural Fieldwork in Keweenaw County: Log Cabins, LiDAR, and Clues" as part of the Keweenaw County Historical Society's Adventures in History series.

Scarlett will demonstrate ways that historic architecture reveals much about people's unrecorded daily routines via the buildings they left behind, including an introduction to the history of brewing in Eagle River and the transformation of Copper Harbor from port town to vacation destination.

The talk will be presented from 7-9 p.m. Thursday (July 14) at the Eagle Harbor Community Building. Entrance is $6 for the public and $5 for KCHS members.

Learn more at the KCHS Adventures in History Calendar.

Job Postings for Wednesday, July 13, 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.

Sponsored Programs Coordinator, Sponsored Programs Office. Apply online.

Office Assistant 4, Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning  (UAW posting July 13 to July 19, 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.

Karyn Fay (BioSci) is the author of an eight-part series based on Michigan Tech's COVID-19 Testing Lab published by the American Society for Clinical Pathology's Critical Values magazine. 

The series is titled "Meeting the Needs of a Rural Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Ups and Downs of Starting a University Based Clinical Lab for COVID-19 Testing From Idea to Final Completion." Part 1 is available now.

The series is based on meeting notes compiled throughout the process and written by Fay with input from Karl Meingast (VPR). The meeting notes were compiled by Fay during the many Zoom meetings the laboratory group had over a nearly two-year span of time.

Parts 2-8 will be released at future dates.

Planet Forward mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about conservation-, protection- and economics-based approaches to land and water management in the Hiawatha National Forest and Straits of Mackinac.

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Adult Huskies Swim Training Summer 2022 Session 2 (Breaststroke/Butterfly Focus)

Wednesday, July 13, 5:00 p.m.–5:50 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...