Husky Innovate, Tech's innovation and entrepreneurship resource center, and the Enterprise Program are hosting office hours this week (today through Friday, Aug. 23-26) from 10 a.m. to noon in the Van Pelt and Opie Library, to the right of the circulation desk.
Advisors and faculty, please share this information with your students.
The first semester of Spanish Language and Culture (HU2291) is open for registration. This Humanities course, which is not often offered during the academic year, will be taught face to face on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:35 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
The course does not require any previous knowledge of Spanish. Staff and faculty using their tuition benefit are welcome to join us!
The following level, HU2292, will be offered in the spring semester.
The Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts and the Department of Visual and Performing Arts are thrilled to share the complete 2022-23 season with you, adding the Michigan Tech Art, Michigan Tech Music and Michigan Tech Theatre Series to the Rozsa Presenting Series announced earlier this month.
The wide-ranging season’s 60-plus events will bring audiences to the Rozsa or McArdle practically every week of the school year. Presenting Series tickets are on sale now and tickets for the whole season will be available beginning Monday (Aug. 29).
Michigan Tech Art
The Michigan Tech Art Series will present a year of spectacular professional, student and faculty visual art curated by its new Rozsa Galleries director, Terri Frew.
Michigan Tech Music
The Michigan Tech Music Series brings its powerhouse of performance to the stage with a full series of events by the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Tech Jazz, Michigan Tech Choirs, Superior Wind Symphony and Campus Concert Band, Huskies Pep Band, and the return of New Music Weekend featuring its sell-out Music in the Mine concerts.
Michigan Tech Theatre
The Michigan Tech Theatre Series rounds out the season with a distinctive five-show series that includes "A Christmas Carol" and "Chess the Musical," plus a radio drama, UP-cycled fashion show and the return of the popular Haunted Mine.
Tickets
Tickets for the Rozsa Presenting Series are on sale now. Tickets for Art, Music and Theatre Series events will go on sale Monday (Aug. 29) on the Rozsa website or by calling 906-487-1906.
Michigan Sea Grant has announced that Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering candidate Emily Shaw has been named a finalist for the 2023 Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. She will officially become a fellow after receiving her host office placement this fall.
The Knauss program matches graduate students and recent graduates with host agencies in Washington, D.C., such as congressional offices, the National Marine Fisheries Service, or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For one year, fellows work on a range of policy and management projects related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources. Fellows can be placed in the federal legislative or executive branches.
Shaw is currently finishing her doctoral program through the Great Lakes Research Center. Her dissertation focuses on toxins that affect fish populations and the humans that interact with them.
Read more in the Michigan Sea Grant press release.
Husky alumna Megan Schrauben ’04 (M.S., applied science education) visited Washington, D.C., for the signing of the Creating Helpful Incentives for Production of Semiconductors for America (CHIPS) and Science Act — a once-in-a-century investment in manufacturing with significant benefits for Michigan.
Schrauben, the executive director of the MiSTEM Network, joined President Joe Biden at the White House as he signed the act into law.
According to a press release from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, the law will save and create high-paying STEM jobs in Michigan and draw more Michigan children to STEM fields.
The Michigan Tech volleyball team is the second pick in the GLIAC Volleyball Preseason Poll.
The Huskies were two points behind first-place Grand Valley and garnered one fewer first-place vote.
Tech begins defense of back-to-back GLIAC Regular Season Titles with a No. 23 AVCA preseason national ranking. The Huskies return three players who have been named All-GLIAC in their careers, with 14 returners overall, including seven seniors. They also welcome four freshmen.
Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.
Thursday (Aug. 25)
• Soccer at Minnesota Duluth, 7 p.m.
Friday (Aug. 26)
• Volleyball vs. Cal Poly Pomona (Monterey, Calif.), 12:30 p.m.
• Volleyball vs. Academy of Art (Monterey, Calif.), 5:30 p.m.
Saturday (Aug. 27)
• Volleyball vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (Monterey, Calif.), 12:30 p.m.
• Soccer at St. Cloud State, 1 p.m.
• Volleyball at Cal State Monterey Bay 5:30 p.m.
Job Postings for Tuesday, Aug. 23, 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.
Food Service Helper (nine months/ 40 hours/ second shift) #22237RP, Dining Services (AFSCME posting dates Aug. 23 to Aug. 29, 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 (12 months/ part time, no base/ shifts vary) #22243, Dining Services (AFSCME posting dates Aug. 23 to Aug. 29, 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.
Custodian (12 months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #22242, Facilities (AFSCME posting dates Aug. 23 to Aug. 29, 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.
Executive Assistant for Administration, Associate VP for Administration. 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.
Ph.D. in Forest Science candidate Ryne Rutherford was interviewed by the Detroit Free Press and WLUC TV6 in stories about his discovery of eastern prickly pear cacti growing in the Upper Peninsula’s Huron Mountains.
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EIN Presswire mentioned Michigan Tech in a story on the Future Electronics Workforce Summit held at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts on Aug. 17.
The summit focused on developing strategies for building a strong and sustainable domestic electronics and microelectronics manufacturing workforce.
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The Mining Journal mentioned Michigan Tech in a story on Northern Michigan University’s tobacco-free report card.
NMU received a C grade, and Tech and Lake Superior State University each received an A.
Wondr Health: Free Weight Loss Program
Learn how to lose weight and improve your health while eating the foods you love with Wondr Health.
Employee Wellness is offering active, benefits-eligible employees an opportunity to lose weight with the Wondr Health program, previously called Naturally Slim. Registration is currently open through Sunday (Aug. 28) and space is limited.
The Wondr Health program has the secret to lasting weight loss and it doesn’t include starving, counting calories or eating diet food. It’s a 10-week online program with yearlong support that helps you learn how to eat to reduce your chance of getting a serious disease, like diabetes or heart disease, and increase your chances at living a longer, healthier life — for free. Lose weight, plus improve your overall health — all while eating the foods you love!
Wondr Health offers an evidence-based curriculum with the latest behavioral science and is grounded in the principles of the most effective behavioral weight loss programs. To register, please visit Michigan Tech's Wondr Health website.
Wondr Health counts toward Option 3 on your Husky Health Checklist.
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