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College of Business Selects Laura Sieders for Deans’ Teaching Showcase

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Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Tech Today, submitted by the Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning.

Dean Johnson, dean of the College of Business (COB), has selected Laura Sieders as featured instructor in the Deans’ Teaching Showcase. Sieders, the Ed and Betty Robinson Faculty Fellow in Accounting, is being recognized for her outstanding work in making students feel comfortable in the classroom while learning challenging material. She will be recognized at an end-of-term event with other spring showcase members and is a candidate for the CTL Instructional Award Series.

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Business Alumni Connect With Current Huskies at Winter Carnival

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A group of people gather in a conference room in the Michigan Tech College of Business to talk about careers and college studies while enjoying pizza.
Huskies enjoyed pizza and conversation in the College of Business as alumni shared their experiences and expertise with students. (Image credit: Jodie Filpus-Paakola)

If anyone needs proof that Winter Carnival brings the Husky family together, they need look no further than the College of Business. Students had a career-forward chance to kick off their Carnival weekend with an alumni panel on Friday. And on Saturday, a pair of management information systems scholarship recipients and the donors who made it possible met up at the MTU Huskies hockey game.

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Join Us for Spring 2025 Professional Blueprint Workshops

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Our events for students get you ready to make the right impression on recruiters at Michigan Tech’s Career Fair.

As a part of our Professional Blueprint Program, the College of Business offers workshops by some of our student organizations and clubs, as well as staff from the College of Business.

Join us this semester for a workshop (or two!) designed to enhance your professional skills and prepare you for your career after graduation. From resume prep and a pre-Career Fair meetup with potential employers to portfolio reviews and how-tos on perfecting your personal pitch, these activities are designed to enhance your confidence and increase your success. There’s also some fun in store, including our annual Winter Carnival All-Nighter statue building.

No RSVPs to the workshops are required unless indicated on the schedule (you do need to make reservations for the Etiquette Dinners). If you have ideas for future workshops or wish to host a workshop please email us business@mtu.edu

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Field Trip to Northern Hardwoods Sharpens Students’ Six Sigma Skills

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Seven Michigan Tech students in hardhats listen as a manager at Northern Hardwoods explains operations during a tour at a nearby regional lumber mill as part of a College of Business field trip.
From left are Ryan LaPorte, Northern Hardwoods operations manager; and fall 2024 Fundamentals of Six Sigma class members Kiran Sapali, Dalin Adle, Logan Laughrey, Rohit Bhilave, Patrick Moeller, Stevans Ackon, and Hunter Bilgreen. (Image courtesy Roger Woods)

Case studies in operations management are better in person. For the fifth year, Roger Woods has taken his students to Northern Hardwoods in nearby Atlantic Mine as a way to bring what they’re learning into real-world application.

Woods, a teaching professor in operations management, makes the opportunity available to his Fundamentals of Six Sigma course. He said the tour was particularly helpful for the fall 2024 class.

“Their final case study was based on a lumber mill, so having some firsthand knowledge could be helpful as they worked through it and analyzed the data,” he said.

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