August 30, 2022

The Van Pelt and Opie Library, in consultation with the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion (OVPDI), has developed a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource Guide, which will help students, faculty and staff access important materials related to diversity, equity, inclusion and sense of belonging (DEIS).

The guide is organized into subsections by topic, including race and ethnicity, gender, LGBTQIA+, disability, nationality and general resources. By providing book recommendations, journal articles and other resources in one location, the guide serves as a consolidated source to find DEIS information. Most materials are either open access or available through the library’s collection.

“Michigan Tech is committed to increasing diversity, equity and inclusion across campus,'' commented Jenn Sams, assistant director of the library. “This site is a living, evolving compilation of resources — including articles, websites, videos, podcasts and more — on a range of DEI topics for you to explore.”

Resources will be continually added and reviewed by library staff to ensure quality and relevance. Michigan Tech students, faculty and staff are encouraged to suggest additional resources using the “Suggest a DEI Resource” form embedded in the guide's left sidebar.

We invite the Michigan Tech community to use these resources to facilitate their DEIS research and to help implement our DEIS goals across the University.

Preparing for the evacuation of a building is an important component of being an instructor. Students, even in the university setting, will look to instructors for guidance during an emergency. Michigan Tech requires faculty and instructors to take a few minutes at the beginning of each semester to familiarize themselves and students with basic evacuation routes and emergency procedures.

What specifically should instructors do?

• Familiarize themselves with the building, floor and classroom they will be teaching in. Classrooms are equipped with emergency evacuation postings; use these to orient yourself to exit locations.
• Communicate evacuation routes and assembly areas outside of buildings to students in case of an emergency.
• Remind students that if they need assistance exiting a building during an emergency, it is up to them to self-identify (in private if desired).
• Provide leadership and follow established procedures for all building alarms and emergencies.

The University Safety Manual provides additional information regarding emergency action and fire prevention plans.

Please email ehs-help@mtu.edu if you would like your classroom evacuation maps in PDF format.

Writing in the Discipline (Write-D) and the Departments of Biological Sciences; Biomedical Engineering; and Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering welcome Catherine Rono and Miaomiao (Melody) Li as Write-D facilitators beginning in the fall 2022 semester.

Write-D provides a dedicated time and space for graduate students to get work done and receive support on writing projects within their discipline, such as manuscripts, research proposals, etc. Guest speakers from the department and industry visit to present briefly on research, writing and publishing tips.

Current Write-D departments and facilitators include:

• Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering:
  Catherine Rono, crono@mtu.edu 
  
  
• Chemical Engineering:
  Tinu Folayan, tfolayan@mtu.edu 
  
  
• Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering:
  Miaomiao (Melody) Li, mli10@mtu.edu 

Questions? Contact Write-D Coordinator Sarah Isaacson at sisaacso@mtu.edu.

Through a collaboration with many departments across campus, Michigan Tech now has a Qualtrics survey platform site license, available to all active faculty and staff. For access, visit the Michigan Tech Qualtrics site and log in with your Michigan Tech account name and password.

Base Camp is Qualtrics’ training resource. There, you’ll find content and training materials on how to use the Qualtrics software. Additionally, all users have access to online support at the Qualtrics support site. Support for Qualtrics is provided exclusively by Qualtrics.

Questions about our Qualtrics university license? We can help. Contact IT at it-help@mtu.edu or call 7-1111.

Tickets are now on sale for the 2022/23 full Rozsa season, including the Presenting Series and Michigan Tech Art, Michigan Tech Music, and Michigan Tech Theatre Series!

This season, the Rozsa is bringing you events practically every week of the school year. Check out the whole season.

Tickets are available online, by calling 906-487-1906, or at the Rozsa Box Office one hour before events.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) invited Assistant Professor of Accounting Jun Dai (COB) to present "Teaching Blockchain to Accounting Students."

On Friday (Aug. 26), Dai covered blockchain — the underlying technology of crypto assets — and its utilization to accounting students, presenting to an audience of more than 625 faculty colleagues.

Professor Emeritus Terry S. Reynolds (SS) was presented with the inaugural Keith Long Presentation Award by the Mining History Association in June at its Birmingham, Alabama, meeting.

The award recognizes the best presentation given during the association’s annual meeting.

Reynolds' talk was titled “A False Glimmer of Hope: The Rise and Fall of Arkansas’ Cinnabar Mining District, 1931-1946.”

The Michigan Tech women's soccer team lost a heartbreaker to Minnesota Duluth on Thursday (Aug. 25), then turned on the offense to defeat St. Cloud State on Saturday (Aug. 27).

The Huskies fell 2-1 to Minnesota Duluth at James S. Malosky Stadium in Duluth, Minnesota, on Thursday. A late push by UMD in the last 10 minutes of regulation was the decider, with the Bulldogs tying the game in the 82nd minute, then taking the lead with five seconds remaining in the contest.

On Saturday, the Huskies' strong offensive play over the middle portion of the second half pushed them past St. Cloud State, 2-0, in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

"It was very nice to see the quick turnaround from our young women from Thursday night's heartbreak loss," head coach Bulut Ozturk said. "This is a group that has amazing team chemistry and it showed again today in the second half."

Tech moves to 1-1 in the early season. 

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

The No. 23-ranked Michigan Tech volleyball team kicked off the 2022 season with four sweeps and first place at the Otter Invitational on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 26-27).

Tech's outside hitter, Jillian Kuizenga, was named the tournament MVP, and Kuizenga, setter Lina Espejo-Ramirez and libero Carissa Beyer were also named to the all-tournament team.

The Huskies earned their first two sweeps on Friday, defeating Cal Poly Pomona and Academy of Art. "I thought the first match came down to winning the serve-pass game," said coach Matt Jennings. "Our serving was on point and we passed well enough to side out pretty consistently. We were good out of system and played some pretty tough defense."

"To hold on and sweep match two was nice to see," Jennings added. "I thought we did a good job staying poised and working through some of the early-season pieces that all teams are working on at this point."

On Saturday, the Huskies swept Cal State Dominguez Hills and tournament host Cal State Monterey Bay to finish 4-0 at the tournament — all in straight sets.

"What a great day to be a Husky," Jennings said. "We're super happy to come out of this weekend undefeated and having come together more as a group."

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Tuesday (Aug. 30)
• Huskies Drive Time, 7:30-8 a.m. on Mix 93 WKMJ-FM

Thursday (Sept. 1)
• Football vs. UW-Platteville, 6 p.m. at Kearly Stadium on Mix 93 WKMJ-FM

Friday (Sept. 2)
• Volleyball vs. Upper Iowa (Kenosha, Wis.), 2 p.m.
• Cross Country at Parkside's Vic Godfrey Open, 6 p.m.
• Volleyball vs. McKendree (Kenosha, Wis.), 6 p.m.
• Soccer vs. Minnesota Crookston, 7 p.m. at Kearly Stadium

Saturday (Sept. 3)
• Volleyball vs. Illinois Springfield (Kenosha, Wis.), 10 a.m.
• Volleyball vs. Minnesota Crookston (Kenosha, Wis.), 6 p.m.

Sunday (Sept. 4)
• Soccer vs. Bemidji State, noon at Kearly Stadium

Iosif Pinelis (Math) is the author of a paper published in Statistics & Probability Letters, first online.

The paper is titled "Improved concentration bounds for sums of independent sub-exponential random variables."  

The paper can be viewed and/or downloaded online.

Evan Kane (CFRES/ESC) is the principal investigator (PI) on a project that has received a $22,000 other sponsored activities co-op/joint agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service.

The project is titled "Response of forest and peatland ecosystems to environmental change: new continuation."

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Matthew Portfleet (GMES) is the PI on a project that has received a $264,760 research and development grant from the U.S. Department of Labor - Mine Safety and Health Administration.

The project is titled "Michigan Mine Safety & Health State Grants Training."

Business Telegraph UK picked up a Michigan Tech News story about a Smart Ships Coalition workshop coming to the Great Lakes Research Center on Sept. 15-16. Travis White (GLRC) was quoted in the story.

The workshop will touch on the uncharted territory of regulating autonomous and intelligent maritime systems. It will also teach participants about the coalition and the Marine Autonomous Research Site at the GLRC — the first test bed of its kind in the world.

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Claire Danielson and Sarah LewAllen (BioSci) were guests on an episode on the Let’s Talk Micro podcast.

During the 32-minute episode, Danielson and LewAllen talked about Michigan Tech’s medical laboratory science (MLS) program and Summer Youth Programs’ MLS exploration for high school students.

Job Applicants Must Apply at MTU Employment Website

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.

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Ice Cream with MUB Board

Tuesday, August 30, 1 p.m.–2 p.m. | Walker Lawn

Join MUB Board, our student programming board, out on Walker Lawn for a sweet treat!

How to Create your Resume

Tuesday, August 30, 2 p.m.–3 p.m. | Administration and Student Services Building, 220 Career Services

Yard Games and Cookout

Tuesday, August 30, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. | Sig Tau House

Hang out with the Brother's of Sigma Tau Gamma while playing Corn Hole, Spike Ball, and Horse Shoes.

Game Night with Gamers Anonymous

Tuesday, August 30, 7 p.m.–9 p.m. | Fisher 129

Join Gamers Anonymous for an evening of fun and games! They will have a variety of games set up that you are free to come to play or bring your own games to introduce to the...