Faculty, staff and graduate students can have their complimentary professional portrait taken by University Marketing and Communications at the following sessions:
Watch Tech Today at the start of the spring 2023 semester for further details about scheduling your appointment.
Mail Services
University Mail Services will be closed during the holiday break, Monday through Friday (Dec. 26-30).
If you have any questions or concerns, contact Mail Services at 7-2348.
Print Services
Print Services will also be closed Monday through Friday (Dec. 26-30).
If you have any questions or concerns, call Print Services 7-2347.
No. 16 Michigan Tech is hosting the 56th annual Great Lakes Invitational (GLI) on Tuesday and Wednesday (Dec. 27-28) at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Huskies open against No. 18 Western Michigan in the first semifinal at 3:37 p.m. Tuesday. No. 11 Michigan State and Ferris State will play in the second semifinal at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday.
The GLI championship will be at 7:07 p.m. Wednesday, and the GLI third-place game starts at 3:37 p.m. Wednesday.
Fans can listen live on the radio at Mix 93.5 WKMJ-FM or online at TheMix93.com or Pasty.net. The GLI will also be livestreamed on FloHockey.tv.
Read more about the GLI's history at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.
Yongmei Jin (MSE/IMP) is the principal investigator (PI) on a project that has received a $592,502 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation.
The project is titled "NSF-BSF: Computation-Guided Advanced Fabrication of Silicide Nanostructures with Novel Magnetic Properties."
Ranjit Pati (Physics/IMP) is a co-PI on this potential three-year project.
Jim Desrochers (Advancement), senior undergraduate Kenzie Garrison (biomedical engineering), and Cassy Tefft de Muñoz and Jannah Tumey (CEO) were quoted by the Daily Mining Gazette in a story about the Copper Trail Festival, an event featuring STEM demonstrations held at Michigan Tech on Dec. 13.
Approximately 700 students in grades eight and nine from the western Upper Peninsula participated in the festival, which was organized by MTU’s Center for Educational Outreach and Mind Trekkers program, in collaboration with U.P. Michigan Works!, the MiSTEM Network and area businesses.
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UPWord mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about projects approved for funding by the Michigan Strategic Fund.
The story listed MTU as a one of many collaborators that will help “make sure that private funding sources will be available alongside state and federal grant opportunities” for the ShopHouse Park Technology and Innovation Hub, a planned outdoor recreation and product innovation space in Marquette.
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Angela Hoffman-Cooper ’11 (B.S., psychology) was profiled by Best Colleges in a story about disadvantages in higher education faced by students with experience in foster care.
Hoffman-Cooper won a scholarship to Michigan Tech, in part thanks to the kindness of a case worker who drove her 440 miles to Houghton to compete for the scholarship. She is now Ph.D. candidate at Colorado State University and a Foster Scholar.
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Suzanne Sanregret (Athletics) was quoted by Grand Rapids’ WOOD TV8 in a story previewing the upcoming Great Lakes Invitational hockey tournament at Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids.
Campus Store, University Images Holiday Hours
Campus Store Holiday Hours:
University Images Holiday Hours:
We will return to our regular business hours on Jan. 2.
Visit us at bookstore.mtu.edu for all of your MTU gifts, souvenirs and apparel.
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Tech Today Holiday Break
In observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, and of the University seasonal day Wednesday (Dec. 28), the last Tech Today for the calendar year 2022 will be published tomorrow (Dec. 23).
Tech Today will resume Jan. 2. To be included in the Jan. 2 newsletter, items must be submitted by noon tomorrow using our Submit a Story form.
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