September 23, 2022

The Board of Trustees will meet Oct. 7 from 9-11 a.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom B, and public attendance is welcome.

Members of the public are invited to make public comments to the board in accordance with Board of Trustees Bylaw 1.14. Those who wish to address items in the agenda, and who have filed their intent with the secretary of the board as required by Bylaw 1.14, will be limited to five minutes. Those addressing general topics are limited to three minutes.

If you wish to provide public comments to the Board of Trustees, please submit your intent to Sarah Schulte, secretary to the Board of Trustees, at shschult@mtu.edu. The deadline to submit your intent is next Friday (Sept. 30).

The Health Research Institute (HRI) is pleased to welcome Adrienne Minerick (ChE) to its executive committee. The executive committee is comprised of four faculty members and serves as the governing body of the Institute. Minerick was elected as a three-year-term representative.

Recognizing her many contributions to Michigan Tech, the HRI greatly anticipates Minerick's valuable insights and looks forward to working with her.

To learn more about the Health Research Institute, please visit our website.

Today’s ADVANCE article comes from the field of medical sciences, where women are increasingly more prevalent; simultaneously, the field is moving toward more team approaches to research. The study authors collected a set of 6.6 million medical research papers over the last 20 years to assess the impacts of gender diversity among research authors on the relative impact of the work being produced. The authors found that research teams that were more gender-diverse produced publications that were significantly more novel than same-gender teams. 

Gender-diverse teams also produced significantly more highly cited papers than same-gender teams. These findings were broadly generalizable across all of the medical subfields included in the sample of 15,000 journals. Mixed-gender teams typically have characteristics that would predict higher impact, such as diversity of expertise and larger network sizes and ranges, yet even when these characteristics are held constant, the gender-diverse teams perform better than same-gender teams, suggesting that there are other causal factors at play. More work in this area is needed, but gender diversity in STEM work appears to have clear benefits not only for the practitioners of the STEM work being done, but also on the scientific work being produced.

Today’s feature was shared with us by the Advocates & Allies program’s Advocates Team. If you have an article you think we should feature, please email it to advance-mtu@mtu.edu and we will consider adding it to the ADVANCE Weekly Roundup.

The ADVANCE Weekly Roundup is brought to you by ADVANCE at Michigan Tech, an NSF-funded initiative dedicated to improving faculty career success, retention, diversity, equity and inclusion. Past articles are available on the ADVANCE Newsblog.

To learn more about our featured topic, our mission, programming efforts, and to check out our growing collection of resources, contact us or visit our website.

What are you doing for supper this fall semester on Monday nights at 6 p.m.? Join Dean Janet Callahan (CoE) and faculty special guests for Husky Bites, a family-friendly, 30-minute (or so) interactive Zoom webinar.

On Monday (Sept. 26), we’ll launch the season with “Railroads — Back to the Future" with Pasi Lautala '97 '07, director of Michigan Tech’s Rail Transportation Program and associate professor of civil, environmental and geospatial Engineering.

Lautala will be joined by Eric Peterson '70 '71, retired former assistant chief engineer of public projects at CSX Transportation. Peterson is one of Michigan Tech’s greatest supporters and advocates of railroad activities and education. The two will share the secrets behind the energy efficiency of rail, and guide us from past railroads to what they are today. They’ll also discuss how railroads are securing a future in the era of rapid technology development.

Everyone — future students, friends, family, alumni, and our MTU family, all are welcome. Please join us for some adventure and fun! Register online. 

Please note: If you’ve joined us for Husky Bites before, you will still need to register again for fall 2022 — previous Zoom links no longer work.

What else is on the menu this fall? Here's a quick list of all nine Monday night sessions:

• Sept. 26: Railroads — Back to the Future (Pasi Lautala, CEGE)
• Oct. 3: Multiplanetary INnovation Enterprise (Paul van Susante, ME-EM)
• Oct. 10: Mixing Lasers with the Atmosphere (Mike Roggeman, ECE)
• Oct. 17: Sensing Smells (Yixin Liu, ChE)
• Oct. 24: The Michigan Tech Band Experience — Wonderful Ruckus to to Symphonic Thrills (Michael Christianson, VPA)
• Oct. 31: Kitchen Metallurgy (Walt Milligan, MSE)
• Nov. 7: Restoring the Balance — Wolves and Our Relationship with Nature (John Vucetich, CFRES)
• Nov. 14: Free Falling (Carolyn Duncan, CLS)
• Nov. 21: Forged in Fire, Sculpted by Ice — Keweenaw Geostories (Bill Rose, GMES)

Check out the full details of each session online!

Michigan Tech's TSgt. Robert E. LaMotte Squadron of the Arnold Air Society presents the annual 5K POW/MIA Bridge Run, which will be held next Saturday (Oct. 1) at 11 a.m.

The run honors POW/MIA individuals and raises money for the Hubbell VFW. All proceeds support veterans in the area.

The registration fee for this event is $20. Participants can register in advance or in person the morning of the run. Electronic payments can be made via Venmo to our financial management officer, @LillyBolliger, or you may bring a check or cash the day of the event.

Check-in and registration will take place Oct. 1 at the ROTC Building (next to the R. L. Smith Building, aka the MEEM) on Michigan Tech's campus starting at 9:30 a.m.

The first 50 registrants receive a free T-shirt. Pre-register now!

The Rozsa Galleries fall art exhibit, "Arabesque: The Art of Clement Yeh and Tomas Co," is now open. Focused on dance and movement, "Arabesque" brings together the works of Canadian artist Clement Yeh and local artist and Michigan Tech Professor Emeritus Tomas Co (ChE). The exhibit is available in the galleries' A-Space on the lower level of the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts through Nov. 4.

Details:

• Exhibit: "Arabesque: The Art of Clement Yeh and Tomas Co"
• Dates: Friday, Sept. 23, through Friday, Nov. 4
• Location: Rozsa Galleries A-Space, lower level of the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts
• Artist Reception: 5-7 p.m. Oct 28, 2022 in the Rozsa Galleries
• Price: Free for all
  Learn more!

This program/lecture is partially funded/sponsored by the Visiting Professor Program, which is funded by a grant to the Office of the Provost from the state of Michigan's King-Chávez-Parks Initiative.

Get ready to witness a night of hilarity. StandUp NBC finalist, best LGBTQ comedian at the Manhattan Comedy Festival, winner of the Comedy Mob Festival, and one of Variety's "10 Comedians to watch in 2022," Jay Jurden is coming to the Rozsa Center tomorrow night (Sept. 24).

Jurden performs nationally and has been featured on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," "The Late Late Show with James Cordon," "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "Comedy Central Featuring," and HBO's "High Maintenance." His debut comedy special "Y'All" debuted at No. 1 on iTunes. He is also a writer for "The Problem with Jon Stewart."

Join us for laughs with Jurden at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow — and stay after the show for trivia with WMTU.

Details:

• What: Jay Jurden, comedian, followed by Trivia with WMTU
• When: 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24
• Where: Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts
• Price: $5 Youth | $15 Adults | Free Student Rush with Experience Tech Fee
• Get Tickets: Online | 906-487-1906

The Rozsa Box Office will be open for tickets an hour before the performance.

The Department of Chemistry and the American Chemical Society (ACS) Michigan Tech Student Chapter invite you to join them for a virtual outreach session on medicinal chemistry and process chemistry at 3 p.m. Monday (Sept. 26).

The session will feature discussion about synthetic chemistry careers at Pfizer, Pfizer internships and new colleagues’ experiences.

Included will be a scientific presentation and Q&A: "The discovery and development of an oral inhibitor of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease for the treatment of Covid-19."

The virtual outreach session will be hosted via Webex.

Nick Johnson and Chris Murray of the University of Dundee will present a talk about their comic adaptation of Karel Čapek’s 1920 science fiction play, "R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots," which introduced the word robot to the English language.

The talk will take place at noon Thursday (Sept. 29) in the Michigan Tech library.

Most ROBOT101 events are held both in person and via Zoom webinar. Find more information and register for the webinars at the ROBOT101 website.

ROBOT101 events are supported by:

Institute of Computing and Cybersystems | College of Computing | College of Sciences and Arts | College of Engineering | College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science | Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences | Department of Computer Science | Department of Engineering Fundamentals | Department of Humanities | Department of Social Sciences | Department of Visual and Performing Arts | 41 North Film Festival | Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture | Pavlis Honors College

Michigan Tech women's tennis will send several players to the ITA Midwest Regional Tournament, which begins tomorrow (Sept. 24) hosted by Grand Valley State University.

The individual tournament amongst Division II players in the region features singles and doubles. Draws were released Thursday (Sept. 22).

"I was happy to see the event hosted at three different sites, which gives us an opportunity for everyone to play," said head coach Kristin Yep. "I know our freshmen are excited to go. We have a very different-looking team this year. They are hardworking and our personalities mesh well and complement each other. There is a good balance between putting in the hard work every day but also having fun and enjoying spending time together. I feel we have a deeper roster going in and it will be important to stay healthy."

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Michigan Tech volleyball is continuing a five-match road trip at Purdue Northwest tonight (Sept. 23) and at Parkside tomorrow (Sept. 24). 

The Huskies' first serve against the Pride is 7 p.m. Friday. They'll meet Parkside  at 3 p.m. Saturday.

The Huskies began the week with a 3-0 loss at Northern Michigan on Tuesday (Sept. 20). They are currently 7-5 and 1-4 in the GLIAC.

Read the match preview at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

The Joe Shawhan Hour begins again on Monday (Sept. 26) at 10 a.m. on Mix 93 WKMJ-FM.

Michigan Tech head hockey coach Joe Shawhan and host Dirk Hembroff will keep you up to date on everything surrounding the program.

This show regularly features guest appearances from current coaches, staff, student-athletes, former players and friends of the program. The Tervo Agency in downtown Hancock will host Monday's first show.

Fans can listen live to the Joe Shawhan Hour on the radio at Mix 93.5 WKMJ-FM, online at TheMix93.com or Pasty.com, or by using your favorite radio streaming app. The show will also be posted for on-demand listeners at MichiganTechHuskies.com.

Michigan Tech hockey hosts Lake Superior State in an exhibition game next Saturday (Oct. 1) at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena and then Lakehead the following Monday (Oct. 3).

The NHL regular season starts Oct. 7, and 12 former Michigan Tech hockey players are at NHL training camps that began this week:

• Trenton Bliss — Detroit Red Wings
• Pheonix Copley — LA Kings
• Brian Halonen — New Jersey Devils
• Michael Karow — Dallas Stars
• Tanner Kero — Dallas Stars
• Jujhar Khaira — Chicago Blackhawks
• Joel L'Esperance — Detroit Red Wings
• Jake Lucchini — Ottawa Senators
• Mitch Reinke — Pittsburgh Penguins
• Matt Roy — LA Kings
• Colin Swoyer — Pittsburgh Penguins
• Cliff Watson — Chicago Blackhawks

Job Posting for Friday, Sept. 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.

Marketing Specialist, Center for Technology and Training. 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.

University Archivist Lindsay Hiltunen (Library) was an invited speaker for a virtual event hosted by the Jackson District Library as part of Great Michigan Read programming on Thursday (Sept. 22).

Hiltunen was joined by Bob Garrett, an archivist with the Archives of Michigan, and Dan Golodner, an archivist with the Wayne State Reuther Library, to discuss labor history and labor laws in Michigan. Special emphasis was paid to labor conflict, union development and labor activity across the state, and the historical memory of the 1913-1914 copper miners’ strike.

The event was part of the JDL programming series around Mary Doria Russell’s novel, "The Women of the Copper Country," the book selected for the 2021-22 Great Michigan Read.

Ezra Bar-Ziv (ME-EM/APSRC) is the principal investigator (PI) on a project that has received $30,000 of the $399,314 research and development contract from Battelle Energy Alliance LLC, Idaho National Laboratory.

The project is titled "Solvent Targeted Recovery and Precipitation (STRAP) For Plastic Removal form Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)."

Shreyas Kolpkar (ME-EM/APSRC) is a co-PI on this potential 25-month project.

Upword and the Keweenaw Report picked up a Michigan Tech press release on the opening of the Nucor Metrology Center in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics. The opening was marked with a donor appreciation event recognizing Nucor Corporation for its generous support of the Center.

Jason Blough and Rachel Store (ME-EM) were quoted in the release.

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The Daily Mining Gazette and WLUC TV6 covered the strong turnout of students for Michigan Tech’s fall Career Fair, held Sept. 21 at the Student Development Complex. 

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The North Wind at NMU mentioned Michigan Tech’s Little Huskies child care center in a story on a march held Sept. 20 at the Marquette County Courthouse to express community concerns about the lack of child care in the area.

Little Huskies is the only child care center in the Upper Peninsula certified by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, according to the story.

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The Seattle Times published an opinion piece written by alumna Seri Robinson ’05 ’10 (M.S., Ph.D., forest science) titled "Hysteria over common household mold is misplaced."

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WZMQ 19 News mentioned Michigan Tech in a story on a series of presidential candidate forums being held at Northern Michigan University. One of the candidates, Debra Larson, is a Husky alumna.

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WLUC TV6 mentioned Michigan Tech in a story on citizen-run committee planning efforts to preserve the Ford Sawmill in Alberta. 

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Upword mentioned Michigan Tech in a feature story on Frozen Farms Company in Calumet, which offers grass-fed, locally and humanely raised beef, pork and lamb, plus a variety of other Michigan-grown food products.

The business wants to reach more customers in Houghton, including “Michigan Tech professors and people who have come from other places in the world who are more used to eating lamb.”

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The Sturgis Journal mentioned Michigan Tech alum Tyler Rockwell ’21 (finance) in a story about familiar faces joining the roster of the Kalamazoo Wings in the ECHL.

Rockwell played hockey as a Husky from 2017-21.

Physics, CTL Hosting UDL Workshop Today

The Department of Physics and the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) are co-sponsoring a workshop today (Sept. 23) at 10 a.m. in the East Reading Room in the J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library.

Erin Scanlon is an assistant professor in residence at the University of Connecticut and a founding steering committee member of the American Physical Society’s Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance (APS-IDEA). Her guest workshop will focus on concrete ways to implement the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework in STEM classes.

Scanlon, a Michigan Tech graduate, holds a B.S. and M.S. in Physics and a Ph.D. in Developmental Education with an emphasis in developmental mathematics. In addition to teaching introductory physics courses, she researches ways to move the physics community toward being more diverse, equitable, inclusive and socially just, with particular emphasis on changing social structures to support disabled people.

Participants will be asked to do some prework (a short video and some teaching practice reflection). In-person attendance is encouraged for this interactive workshop, but attendance via Zoom is an option, and the session will be recorded. Don't miss this opportunity to learn practical tips from a UDL expert who knows Michigan Tech!

Register for this workshop now.

Read the abstract on the University Events Calendar.

This guest workshop is partially funded/sponsored by the Visiting Professor Program, which is funded by a grant to the Office of the Provost from the state of Michigan's King-Chávez-Parks Initiative.

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Bracelets for Survivors Event Today

Please join SAVE (Sexual Assault and Violence Education), a registered student organization, in supporting survivors of sexual violence.

SAVE is partnering with Dial Help to host a Bracelets for Survivors event today (Sept. 23) from 2-6 p.m. We invite students, faculty and staff to join us on Walker Lawn to make bracelets to show support for survivors in our community and to help create safe spaces for survivors on our campus.

Students will have the opportunity to make a direct impact in their community and earn official volunteer hours.

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KISMA Invasive Species Cleanup at Prince's Point

The Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area (KISMA) is hosting an invasive baby's breath removal Sunday (Sept. 25) from 1-3 p.m. at Prince's Point.

Baby's breath is invading our dunes and waterways. We are in need of volunteers to help remove it and stop the spread! This is a great volunteer opportunity — it's easy yet rewarding work. All are welcome and gloves will be provided.

This event will proceed rain or shine, but will be rescheduled if there is lightning. We hope to see you there!

Please contact Hannah Marlor at hlmarlor@mtu.edu or visit the KISMA website for more information.

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Annual Cooperative Campus Ministry Progressive Dinner Returns

Lutheran Campus Ministry, Catholic Campus Ministries and the Canterbury House are pleased to announce the return of the annual progressive dinner on Sunday (Sept. 25). The schedule for the dinner will be as follows:

• 4 p.m. — Hors d'oeuvres, St. Albert the Great University Parish
• 4:45 p.m. — Salads, Canterbury House
• 5:15 p.m. — Main course, Portage Lake United Church
• 6 p.m. — Desserts, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

This is a nondenominational, interfaith gathering for food, fellowship and fun. All are welcome. Please RSVP by emailing Rob Bishop at rmbishop@mtu.edu if you plan to attend.

If you have any questions, please contact Bishop at rmbishop@mtu.edu or 906-487-1964.

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Announcing Art, Music and Theatre Series at the Rozsa

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 for individual shows and the whole season are on sale now.

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.

To have your event automatically appear, please submit them to the University Events Calendar.

Nametag Printing

Friday, September 23, 12–12 a.m.

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The Rozsa Galleries Present: Arabesque

Friday, September 23, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. | Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Rozsa Galleries A-Space

THE ROZSA GALLERIES PRESENT ARABESQUE AN ART EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF CLEMENT YEH AND TOMAS CO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 THROUGH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2022 GALLERY HOURS: M-F 8...

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Fiber Optic Sensing for Energy Infrastructure Monitoring Applications

Friday, September 23, 10–11 a.m. | Chemical Sciences and Engineering Building, 211

Chemical Engineering Research Seminar Dr. Paul Ohodnicki, Jr. Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science University of Pittsburgh Abstract Fiber...

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Implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guest Speaker: Dr. Erin Scanlon

Friday, September 23, 10–11 a.m.

Friday, September 23, 2022, 10:00 AM -11:00 AM https://mtu.libcal.com/event/9608429

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Physics & CTL Co-Sponsor Learning Workshop - Dr. Erin Scanlon

Friday, September 23, 10–11 a.m. | J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library, East Reading Room

Preparing for the Variety of Learners’ Needs, Abilities, and Interests with Universal Design for Learning Abstract: This workshop will introduce participants to the...

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Bracelets for Survivors

Friday, September 23, 2 p.m.–6 p.m. | Walker Lawn

Join SAVE in volunteering for Dial Help to make bracelets for survivors of sexual violence. Join for however long you can from 2-6pm, and have a direct impact on survivors.

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Mathematical Sciences Seminar Series (Dr. Jie Shen)

Friday, September 23, 2 p.m.–3 p.m. | Fisher Hall, 327B

Title: Efficient Structure Preserving Schemes for Complex Nonlinear Systems Abstract: Solutions for a large class of partial differential equations (PDEs) arising from...

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Retirement Party for Danise Jarvey

Friday, September 23, 4 p.m. | Memorial Union Building (MUB), Alumni Lounge, Room 107

24 Years Please join the Department of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology (MMET) as we gather to celebrate the retirement of Academic Advisor Danise...

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Weekly Workshop

Friday, September 23, 4 p.m.–5 p.m. | MEEM 0402

A weekly workshop to dive in and discuss the various concepts underlying LEAN and Continous Improvement. The workshop typically begins with assigning different concepts and...

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Business Club Pitch Registration

Friday, September 23, 5 p.m.–7 p.m. | DOW 641

This is a casual event that gives each club/organization an opportunity to network with other clubs and market themselves to potential members. While this is targeted toward...

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Film Board Presents: Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

Friday, September 23, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. | Fisher 135 Michigan Tech

Join Film Board as we show Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness in Fisher 135! Tickets are $3 and concessions are $1 each. See our website for more details....

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Team Meeting

Friday, September 23, 6 p.m.–7 p.m. | MUB Superior Room

Every registered team for Homecoming must send one representative to receive the required information and rules for this year's homecoming events. If a representative from...

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(Women's Soccer) Michigan Tech at Davenport

Friday, September 23, 7 p.m.–10 p.m.

Women's Soccer: Michigan Tech at Davenport

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Film Board Presents: Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

Friday, September 23, 8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m. | Fisher 135 Michigan Tech

Join Film Board as we show Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness in Fisher 135! Tickets are $3 and concessions are $1 each. See our website for more details....

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Film Board Presents: Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

Friday, September 23, 11:30–1:30 a.m. | Fisher 135 Michigan Tech

Join Film Board as we show Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness in Fisher 135! Tickets are $3 and concessions are $1 each. See our website for more details....

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(Women's Volleyball) Michigan Tech at Purdue Northwest

September 23, all day

Women's Volleyball: Michigan Tech at Purdue Northwest

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Roy Griak Invitational - Hosted by Minnesota

September 23, all day

Roy Griak Invitational - Hosted by Minnesota, Les Bolstadt Golf Course, 10:30 AM (Men's Maroon) / 11:15 AM (Women's Maroon)