August 19, 2022

The Graduate School and J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library are celebrating Open Access Week 2022 by highlighting 10 years of Michigan Tech graduate student scholars sharing their work on Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech. Digital Commons is the University’s institutional repository. We want to include you in the celebration!

Publishing open access helps scholars access your work and share the results of your research globally. We can see how this process happens through the usage statistics available from the Digital Commons platform and the PlumX dashboard embedded in individual submissions. We can’t wait to share our findings!

We also want to hear from you. Do you have an open access story to share about your student’s work or an interesting connection you have made? We’re gathering photos and stories to share with the campus. Please share your photos (JPG and PNG) and stories by Sept. 9 with gradschool@mtu.edu to be included in our celebration of graduate student scholars at Michigan Tech.

Michigan Tech will celebrate Open Access Week 2022 the week of Oct. 17. We look forward to sharing more information with you this fall about this milestone on our campus.

Interim Provost Andrew Storer will hold open office hours from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. each Thursday during the 2022-23 academic year.

Faculty, staff and students are welcome to schedule an appointment by emailing Amie Ledgerwood at asledger@mtu.edu.

To all timekeepers/processors: Due to the Labor Day Holiday on Sept. 5, deadlines for payroll forms will be as follows for the pay period of Aug. 21 through Sept. 3 (Biweekly 18). As a department timekeeper, it is your responsibility to share this information with all employees in your department.

*Please be sure that all web time approvers have a designated proxy set up.

• Status Forms Due to Human Resources: Thursday, Aug. 25, at 12 p.m.
• EPAF Submissions: Thursday, Aug. 25, at 12 p.m.
• Deduction Forms: Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 12 p.m.
• Electronic Time Submission: Friday, Sept. 2, at 12 p.m.
• Web Time Entry Approval: Friday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m.

For instructions on how to set up a proxy, please visit the Web Time Entry Quick Reference Guide for Approvers.

Have a safe Labor Day!

Rachelle McCarthy from Aon will still be on campus next week to talk to anyone who has questions about the new United Healthcare (UHC) student insurance plan. However, the start and end time for the Q&A have changed. 

McCarthy will now be available Monday (Aug. 22) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in MUB Alumni Lounge A.

Michigan Tech volleyball is ranked No. 23 in the AVCA NCAA Division II Preseason Coaches Poll.

The Huskies finished No. 22 in the final poll after the fall 2021 season with a 25-7 overall record.

The 2022 season begins in California at the Cal State Monterey Bay Tournament on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 26-27). The Huskies play Cal Poly Pomona and Academy of Art to begin the season on Friday. The trip to California wraps up against Cal State Dominguez Hills and tournament host Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday.

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Job Postings for Friday, Aug. 19, 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.

Building Mechanic I (12 months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #22235, Facilities (AFSCME posting dates Aug. 19 to Aug. 25, 2022 — external applicants are encouraged to apply; however, internal AFSCME applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the internal AFSCME posting dates). Apply online.

Food Service Helper (nine months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #22237, Dining Services (AFSCME posting dates Aug. 19 to Aug. 25, 2022 — external applicants are encouraged to apply; however, internal AFSCME applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the internal AFSCME 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.

Shan Zhou (SS) co-authored an article published in Energy Policy.

The article is titled "Solar adoption inequality in the U.S.: Trend, magnitude, and solar justice policies."

Gabriel Escobedo (CDI) was quoted by WLUC TV6 in a story about a new scholarship program at Michigan Tech supporting students transferring from community and technical colleges to the University.

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Christopher Middlebrook (ECE) was mentioned by the Daily Mining Gazette in a story about the Aug. 17 future electronics workforce summit held at Michigan Tech. 

During the event, Middlebrook was presented with an award from the Department of Defense’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program for his efforts to educate the electronics manufacturing workforce’s next generation.

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Government Technology and the Keweenaw Report mentioned Michigan Tech in stories on the newly opened solar technology research site in Calumet. 

MTU and Sandia National Laboratories have partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy to run the facility, which is the fifth of its kind in the U.S.

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9&10 News and the Keweenaw Report published stories on a memorial service held for wildland firefighter and Michigan Tech alumnus Collin Hagan ’19 (forest management) on Aug. 18 at the University.

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The Iron Mountain Daily News and Iron County Reporter mentioned Michigan Tech in stories on the Beethoven and Banjos music festival.

The festival will hold a concert at MTU’s Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts tonight (Aug. 19) at 7:30 p.m.

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Move-In Weekend 2022

Friday, August 19, 12 p.m.–6 p.m.

First Year students move into their residence hall rooms. There will be a limited Parent and family programming during move-in weekend

Northwoods Music Collaborative Presents: Beethoven and Banjos

Friday, August 19, 7:30 p.m. | Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts

NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE PRESENTS BEETHOVEN AND BANJOS THE UPPER PENINSULA'S ANNUAL CROSS-GENRE MUSIC FESTIVAL The seating for this show is general admission....