The Michigan Tech College of Computing offers a full range of undergraduate and graduate degrees in the Computing disciplines.
Two College of Business majors are among those named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court. The awards recognize outstanding achievement in the classroom. The Michigan Tech men’s basketball team as a whole received a 2023-24 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award.
Sonia Goltz, Professor of Organizational Behavior in the College of Business, was quoted in a an article about dual-career hiring recently published in the respected online publication, Inside Higher Ed.
Jenny Apriesnig, Assistant Professor of Economics (COB), was quoted by WLUC TV6 in a story about the “C-CHARM project,” which centers on the Michigan Tech-led Center for Climate-driven Hazard Adaptation, Resilience, and Mitigation. The center’s mission is to bring stakeholders from local communities, governments and researchers to improve community durability against the impacts of abnormal weather. MTU announced the center’s creation in an October 2023 press release.
Mari W. Buche, College of Business, and representatives from the Michigan Tech Global Campus will present a 45-minute virtual interest session highlighting two innovative online 30-credit graduate programs: the TechMBA® and the Master of Engineering Management (MEM).
The interest session takes place Wednesday, July 17, 2024, from 11:30 am to 12:15 pm via Zoom.
During the session, attendees will learn about the TechMBA®, which equips graduates with foundational business skills, and the Master’s in Engineering Management, which bridges the worlds of business and engineering. Attendees will also discover which program best leverages their technical skill set and aligns with undergraduate degree, goals, and possible career paths.
Questions? Please contact Amanda Irwin at globalcampus@mtu.edu or Mari Buche at mwbuche@mtu.edu.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Congratulations to Scott Blecke ’13 TechMBA®, who has been named CEO of Yampa Valley Electric Association, a member-owned electric cooperative based in Colorado. Blecke has more than 20 years of experience as a strategic engineering executive.
From Steamboat Pilot & Today, published July 3, 2024.
The board of directors for member-owned co-operative Yampa Valley Electric Association has named a new CEO, Scott Blecke, a professional engineer from Michigan.
The CEO role includes overseeing Luminate Broadband, and Blecke will start at YVEA on Aug. 19.
“It was an extensive process,” YVEA Public Relations Specialist Carly Davidson said. “We spent the last 5-6 months working with our consulting firm to narrow our list of approximately 200 to our final selection.”
YVEA Board President Tom Fox made the hiring announcement during an all-employee meeting on Wednesday.