Category: Awards

Jenny Apriesnig Earns Research Award for Collaborations Impacting Region and World

Jenny Apriesnig
In addition to her research, Dr. Jenny Apriesnig serves as the Collegiate DECA advisor on campus.

The 2022-23 Michigan Tech College of Business (COB) Research Award has been presented to Jenny Apriesnig, natural resource economist and assistant professor of economics.

Apriesnig’s research evaluates natural resource allocation issues of regional economies, i.e., how firms and consumers respond to changes in the availability of natural resources or natural resource policy. She was selected as the award recipient by her COB colleagues.

Marketing Major Named MTU Leading Scholar

Ruby Walker
Ruby Walker will study marketing at Michigan Tech beginning in fall 2023.

Incoming College of Business marketing major Ruby Walker has been named a recipient of Michigan Tech’s Leading Scholar Award, the University’s premier competitive award. The Leading Scholar program recognizes incoming first-year Huskies who best exemplify leadership traits and scholarly achievement in and outside the classroom.

Husky Teams Sweep State Project Management Competition

Group photo of Team “HACME” at THE Project project management competition
Representing Michigan Tech in first place of THE Project—Team HACME—L to R: Mithil Masutage, Keith Wallace, Shivkumar Gaikwad, Anastasia Motta, Andrew Kleehammer, Benjamin Leinonen, Liam McDonough, Roger Woods (Photo courtesy THE Project)

Michigan Tech teams earned both first and second place in THE Project 2023, a semester-long project management competition sponsored by the Western Michigan Project Management Institute. Finals were held last month at the Pinnacle Center in Hudsonville, Michigan, where Huskies went up against competitors from Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University, Hillsdale College, and Western Michigan University.