October 3, 2022

Hello! The staff at the Center for Student Mental Health and Well-being are super excited about sharing programming for the upcoming month of October with the campus community. As we are all aware, October can be a tough time for our students. Additionally, World Mental Health Day is observed on Oct. 10, and the first week of October is recognized as Mental Illness Awareness week. This year, we’d like to increase the awareness of mental health on our campus to help support our students' mental health and overall well-being.

During the month of October, our staff will be promoting "It's OK to not be OK" to help destigmatize mental illness and encourage students to reach out for help and to support others. Each week, we will be promoting events and resources corresponding to one of our four Be-Well aspects. Some of the events will be in person, while others will be self-help-type resources and information posted on our social media sites. As a reminder, you can find us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Check out the full Mental Health Awareness Month schedule. If you could please share the information regarding our events and resources throughout the month with the students you're working with, we’d appreciate it!

Thank you and happy fall,
The Center for Student Mental Health and Well-being

Since 2004, the president of the United States and Congress have declared October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, helping individuals protect themselves online as threats to technology and confidential data become more commonplace. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) lead a collaborative effort between government and industry to raise cybersecurity awareness nationally and internationally.

Michigan Tech is proud to be a Cybersecurity Awareness partner. This year’s campaign theme is “See Yourself in Cyber.” Cybersecurity may seem like a complex subject, but ultimately, it’s all about people. Throughout October, we’ll share tips and information to help you make smart decisions about cybersecurity at work, home and school.

If you have questions about cybersecurity, we can help. Visit the Security and Compliance website, email it-help@mtu.edu or call 7-1111.

On Sunday (Oct. 9) from 8 a.m. to noon, Michigan Tech IT will be performing routine system maintenance. During this time, mylogin.mtu.edu, account creation and password resets will not be available.

If you have questions or concerns, we can help. Contact IT at it-help@mtu.edu or call 7-1111.

Editor's Note: The date and location of this event have changed. The WIA fall social will now take place from 8:30-10 a.m. Oct. 20 in the Great Lakes Research Center, GLRC 202.

Women in the Academy (WIA) is pleased to host a fall social to welcome new faculty to campus, rekindle connections and social interactions that have been on hold over the past few years, and enjoy some morning fellowship.

Please join us from 8:30-10 a.m. Oct. 18 in MUB Ballroom B1 for coffee and a light breakfast. We'll have tables set with conversation starters, and also will share plans for activities this semester. Make sure to bring along any new women faculty in your departments!

Add it to your calendar using the University Events Calendar.

Faculty, staff, graduate students and Michigan Tech retirees are invited to join the Graduate School and Van Pelt and Opie Library in the Opie Reading Room from 4-6 p.m. on Friday (Oct. 7). Complimentary drinks and snacks will be served.

The social will highlight the services available for graduate students through the Graduate School and the Library. In addition, other departments from across campus who provide student support and services will be in attendance to share information.

Started in 2006, First Friday University Socials provide a casual setting for members of the campus community to meet new people, learn about other schools and departments, and share work and interests with colleagues.

If your department is interested in hosting a social during the 2022-23 academic year, please email business-support@mtu.edu or call 906-487-2543.

View the complete 2022-23 First Friday University Social Schedule.

The world premiere of a piece commissioned by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) here at Michigan Tech. The spectacular Mine Concerts. Music celebrating public parks. This year's annual New Music Weekend, presented by Michigan Tech Music and coordinated by Libby Meyer, is pulling out all the stops.

New Music in the Mine — Thursday and Friday, Oct. 6 and 7, at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Get your tickets in advance for this annual sell-out! Hard hats are required — and provided — to hear this exciting new music by contemporary composers in the Quincy Mine hoist building.

How to Attend:

• Faculty, staff and general public: Reserve your tickets online or call 906-487-1906
• Students: Reserve your free tickets for you and a friend in advance by emailing rozsa@mtu.edu.

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Masterclass with Judith Shatin* — Saturday, Oct. 8, at 1 p.m.
Presented by the Rozsa

Judith Shatin will work with Michigan Tech student composers on original student compositions.

How to Attend:

• This event is free for all. Can't make it in person? Stream it live.

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Stephen Rush in Recital — Saturday, Oct. 8, at 3:30 p.m.

Join us for a cozy backstage performance by guest artist Stephen Rush!

How to Attend:

• Faculty, staff and general public: Reserve your tickets online, call 906-487-1906, or get tickets at the box office starting one hour before the show.
• Students: Student Rush is available for you and a friend (total two tickets) through Experience Tech. Line up at the Experience Tech entrance and tap in for free with your valid HuskyCard.
• Can't make it in person? Stream it live.

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The Music of Judith Shatin* — Saturday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m.

Featuring the world premiere of Shatin's "Terra Infirma," commissioned by the Michigan Tech Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

How to Attend:

• Faculty, staff and general public: Reserve your tickets online, call 906-487-1906, or get tickets at the box office starting one hour before the show.
• Students: Student Rush is available for you and a friend (total two tickets) through Experience Tech. Line up at the Experience Tech entrance and tap in for free with your valid HuskyCard.
• Can't make it in person? Stream it live.

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Lungs of the City — Saturday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m.

A concert series of new chamber music celebrating public parks and commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted. In a cross-regional collaboration amongst a consortium of ensembles and presenters, concerts will take place in several U.S. cities throughout 2022.

How to Attend:

• Faculty, staff and general public: Reserve your tickets online, call 906-487-1906, or get tickets at the box office starting one hour before the show.
• Students: Student Rush is available for you and a friend (total two tickets) through Experience Tech. Line up at the Experience Tech entrance and tap in for free with your valid HuskyCard.
• Can't make it in person? Stream it live.

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* 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.

New Music at Michigan Tech is a member of the International Society for Contemporary Music.

The next presentation in the Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI) Seminar Series features Jun Wang of the University of Iowa.

Join us at 4 p.m. today (Oct. 3) in M&M U113 as we hear from Wang, who is the James E. Ashton Professor in the College of Engineering, the interim chair for the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and an assistant director of the Iowa Technology Institute at the University of Iowa.

Wang will be presenting "Impacts of Irrigation, Agriculture, and Urbanization on Regional Climate and Air Quality."

Read the abstract on the University Events Calendar. 

Wang's research focuses on the integration of satellite remote sensing and chemistry transport models to study air quality, wildfires, aerosol-cloud interaction and land-air interaction. He has authored approximately 175 research articles (H-index 53), co-edited two books, served as a science team member for 10 satellite missions (including the inaugural team for TEMPO and MAIA) and is NASA’s senior review panel member for Earth science (twice). 

Read Wang's full bio and find out more about his research team at the University of Iowa's Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab website.

Shuchen Zhang of Purdue University will be presenting at the next Physics Colloquium.

The seminar will be presented virtually only at 4 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 6). Please join us via Zoom.

Zhang's presentation is titled "Templated-Synthesis of Low-Dimensional Materials and their Optoelectronic Properties."

Read the abstract on the University Events Calendar.

The Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences (CLS) will host speaker Cindy Sifonis of Oakland University at the next Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors (ACSHF) forum.

The virtual presentation, titled "Meatspace and Cyberspace: How humans and avatars dress affect their interactions and behavior with others,” will be from 2-3 p.m. today (Oct. 3) via Zoom.

From the abstract:
Research has shown that what clothes we wear affects the way that we feel about ourselves and how we behave with others. This is also true for gamers. Player's avatars also affect how players feel about themselves and how they interact with others. This presentation will begin with discussing enclothed cognition (how one dresses, affects behavior). This will follow by examining how gaming avatars affect the behaviors of the player when playing in video games, mainly multiplayers and MMOs.

Timothy Scarlett and Roman Sidortsov (SS) were interviewed by Eos in a story on research at Michigan Tech’s Keweenaw Energy Transition Lab suggesting that decommissioned mines can become pumped underground storage hydropower (PUSH) facilities — powerhouses for green electricity generation.

Scarlett and Sidortsov led the research study, which was the subject of a Michigan Tech News story earlier this year.

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WLUC TV6 covered the kickoff of ROBOT101, a series of events happening at Michigan Tech this fall, and credited Brett Hamlin (EF), Steve Walton (SS) and Chuck Wallace (CS) as its organizers.

ROBOT101 began Sept. 29 at the Van Pelt and Opie Library with a discussion on the comic book adaptation of the play “Rossum’s Universal Robots.”

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Wade Kaiser (APSRC) was interviewed by Milwaukee’s Spectrum News 1 in a story on the Midwest Viking Festival at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Kaiser is one of the re-enactors participating in the festival.

Request for C2E2 Proposals

The Vice President for Research Office requests Century II Campaign Endowed Equipment Fund (C2E2) proposals.

The C2E2 program is aimed at providing funds to purchase equipment that will have a broad, campuswide impact and improve the lives of faculty, staff and students.

The submission deadline is 4 p.m. Oct. 13. Late submissions will not be accepted.

For more information and proposal submission requirements, visit the C2E2 page on the Vice President for Research website.

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Reminder: Legal Aspects Review for Search Committees Requirement

All faculty and staff are required to complete training workshops to serve on search committees.

The overarching requirement is:

• Members of a faculty search committee complete Diversity Literacy Online Workshop (DLOW) and Faculty Legal Aspects.
• Members of a staff search committee complete the Staff Hiring Process Training Program, which has a Legal Aspects component.
• These workshops must be completed every three to four years.

In addition, a brief online "Legal Aspects Review for Search Committees" Canvas course is required each time someone serves on a search committee, but not more than once per year, and not if they have completed the overarching requirement within that year. It will be assigned upon joining a search committee.

These requirements are in place to ensure that appropriate processes, policies and procedures are at the forefront when search committee members complete their important work.

Please contact Equal Opportunity Compliance at eoctraining@mtu.edu for further information or with questions.

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GLRC/ICC Rapid Seedling Research Funding

The Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) and Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC) are excited to announce the 2023 Rapid Research Seedling Funding Opportunity. Together, the GLRC and ICC are committing $100,000 in rapid research seedling grants for projects conducted during the spring, summer and fall 2023 semesters.

The intent of this opportunity is to provide faculty and research staff funds for idea development and data collection that will quickly enable large externally sponsored funding requests.

Proposals will be accepted from Michigan Tech tenured, tenure-track and research faculty, as well as research scientists and engineers. Any individual researcher is eligible to receive up to one award per calendar year as a principal investigator (PI).

Applications are due Nov. 1 (for spring award), March 1 (for summer award), and July 1 (for fall award). Awards will be announced within one month of the funding cycle deadline. Projects should have a duration of one semester with request amounts not to exceed $10,000.

Awardees must be an affiliated member of the GLRC and/or ICC and are expected to assign a center/institute of the GLRC or ICC to any subsequent proposals and awards generated using the data developed/enabled with the rapid seedling funding.

The application form, additional information and instructions can be found in the Member Resources section of the GLRC Institute webpage and on the ICC website. Please send questions to glrc-icc-admin-l@mtu.edu.

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Fall 2022 On-Campus Flu Shot Clinics

Michigan Tech, in collaboration with UP Health System – Portage, is excited to announce four on-campus flu shot clinics scheduled for this fall:

• Tuesday, Oct. 4 — 4-6 p.m., Rozsa Lobby
• Tuesday, Oct. 11 — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rozsa Lobby
• Tuesday, Oct. 18 — 4-6 p.m., SDC (Hockey Arena)
• Tuesday, Oct. 25 — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rozsa Lobby

A few things to remember for this year’s flu shot clinics:

• There's no need to make an appointment — all flu shot clinics are walk-in friendly.
• Be sure to have a valid copy of your insurance card (or a very clear picture of the front and back of the card) with you when you arrive.
• Be sure to fill out the 2022 Influenza Vaccination Authorization Form before you arrive.
• Flu shots are $40 for those who do not have insurance. Payable by cash, check or credit card.

Full details can be found by visiting the Center for Student Mental Health and Well-being webpage, and questions can be directed to Whitney Boroski at wmborosk@mtu.edu.

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RTC Colloquium: Article Publishing, Co-Authoring as Grad Students

The Department of Humanities announces a Rhetoric, Theory, and Culture (RTC) Colloquium featuring the co-authorship of two advanced RTC students. The event will be held on Zoom from 12-1 p.m. today (Oct. 3).

The colloquium is titled "Article Publishing and Co-authorship as Graduate Students: ‘A Technical Hair Piece’ in Technical Communication Quarterly."

Ph.D. graduate Modupe Yusuf ’22 and M.S. graduate Veena Namboodri Schioppa ’22 return to present their summer 2022 article, "A Technical Hair Piece: Metis, Social Justice and Technical Communication in Black Hair Care on YouTube," co-authored when they were RTC graduate students.

Their article argues for the rhetoric of Black hair care YouTubers as tactical technical and professional communication (TPC) toward social justice by analyzing the embodied presentations and the multimodal, international, and intercultural affordances of YouTube.

The presentation will summarize the main findings of the article, present their motivation and writing process, and discuss some takeaways from navigating the editorial process in graduate school. Following will be a general Q&A session about article publishing, co-authorship and the scholarship that informed their article.

Join the colloquium via Zoom. 

To receive a calendar invite for this event, email humanities@mtu.edu or Katy Ellenich at kmelleni@mtu.edu.

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Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar

The next Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar will take place at 3 p.m. today (Oct. 3) in the Great Lakes Research Center, GLRC 202.

Brian P. Chaplin, Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois-Chicago, will present "Electrochemical Reduction of Water Contaminants Utilizing Novel Porous Electrode Design."

Read the abstract on the University Events Calendar.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Liaison Visit

Please join Michigan Tech's Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Michigan group service liaison, Tamara Yates, as she helps you understand your Michigan Tech employee BCBS health plan.

Yates will be on campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow (Oct. 4) in MUB Alumni Lounge A (MUB 107A) to educate you on all or some of the following:

• BCBS health benefits
• BCBS claims
• Using the BCBS website
• Understanding your explanations of benefits

No appointment is necessary—simply show up!

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Call for Abstracts: ACS Student Research Symposium

The eighth annual American Chemical Society (ACS) Upper Peninsula Student Research Symposium is seeking abstracts! The symposium will be held at Northern Michigan University from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 22.

This is a venue for students to present their research in chemistry, chemical engineering and related fields. Submissions are open to undergraduate, graduate, high school and community college students from the Upper Peninsula. We welcome visitors and community members! There is no cost to present and lunch will be provided. Prize money will be awarded for best posters and presentations.

For more information and to register for the symposium, visit the ACS Upper Peninsula Local Section website. The registration deadline is Oct. 12 at 5 p.m. ET.

To all presenters, visitors and judges: Please register to ensure we have enough food ordered. Contact Momoko Tajiri at mtajiri@mtu.edu with any questions.

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ROBOT101 Event: Film Screening of 'After Yang'

The film "After Yang" will be presented at the Rozsa Center tomorrow (Oct. 4) at 7 p.m. Following the film, Alexander Weinstein of Siena Heights University will discuss his short story, “Saying Goodbye to Yang,” which was the inspiration for the movie.

"After Yang" relates the story of a father searching for a way to repair his daughter’s beloved companion, an android named Yang. In the process, he reconnects with his wife and daughter across a divide he didn’t know was there. The film mixes heartfelt drama with science fiction and stars Colin Farrell.

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

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

The Rozsa Galleries Present: Arabesque

Monday, October 3, 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...

Faculty, Staff, Graduate Student Portrait Session (by appointment)

Monday, October 3, 1 p.m.–3 p.m. | Administration and Student Services Building, G37 (UMC Studio)

Faculty, staff, and graduate students can have their complimentary professional portrait taken by University Marketing and Communications. An appointment is required and can...

ACSHF Forum: Cindy Sifonis

Monday, October 3, 2 p.m.–3 p.m.

The Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences will host speaker Cindy Sifonis (Oakland University) at the next Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors forum. The...

Homecoming T-Shirt Swap

Monday, October 3, 2 p.m.–3 p.m. | MUB Circle

Huskies are giving back for Homecoming again this year! If you donate an item from the lists below, we will give you a 2022 Homecoming Shirt while sizes and shirts last. This...

Electrochemical Reduction of Water Contaminants Utilizing Novel Porous Electrode Design

Monday, October 3, 3 p.m.–4 p.m. | Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), 202

Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar Brian P. Chaplin, Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Environmental Science and Policy, University of...

EPSSI Seminar: Dr. Jun Wang, Department Chair & Professor, College of Engineering, University of Iowa

Monday, October 3, 4 p.m.–5 p.m. | Minerals and Materials Engineering Building (M&M), Room U113

Impacts of Irrigation, Agriculture, and Urbanization on Regional Climate and Air Quality Agricultural irrigation and urbanization are two different types of land uses. As...

MATLAB Basics Study Session

Monday, October 3, 5:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. | Fisher Hall 232

Learn Matlab and get preliminary Matlab scripts for data import and data visualization. Get together with your peers to work on professional, personal and academic...

Multiplanetary INnovation Enterprise (MINE)

Monday, October 3, 6 p.m.

Husky Bites presents Special Guest Paul van Susante Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics Affiliated Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental,...