Category: Seminars and Webinars

The Pavlis Honors College announces the 10th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, to take place March 25 in the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts lobby. Save the date!

The symposium will highlight the cutting-edge research conducted on Michigan Tech’s campus by some of our best and brightest undergraduates. The students represent a wide array of scientific and engineering disciplines from across campus and highlight the diversity of research areas being explored. Visit the Undergraduate Research Symposium website for more information regarding abstract submission.

Abstract submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. Feb. 7. Encourage your undergraduate student researchers to participate in this opportunity as a means to display their work and gain presentation experience. The symposium coincides with Tech’s Preview Day and is a great way to share the exciting research projects going on across campus with high school students considering attending Michigan Tech. We encourage all faculty, staff and students to attend and support our excellent undergraduate researchers.

Questions can be directed to honors@mtu.edu.

By the Pavlis Honors College.

Part 1: Absences, Leaves and Mental Health Support

New and returning graduate students are invited to join Graduate School staff from 2-3 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 25) in MUB Alumni Lounges B and C to learn more about the processes and resources available to you to navigate situations including excused absences, medical considerations and parental leave. This presentation is the first in our Graduate Student Professional Development Series. 

We understand that graduate students have many responsibilities outside of the classroom, lab and office that at times can hinder academic success and professional development. While we in the Graduate School hope that you never experience disruptions like illness or other emergencies, we want you to know how to proceed if you encounter an unexpected situation while enrolled at Tech.

Please register soon, as space is limited to 30 students. If you cannot attend but want more information about the topics we will cover, please email Anna McClatchy, manager of outreach and retention, at ajmcclat@mtu.edu.

By the Graduate School.

Do you ever find yourself wondering how to be an effective graduate teaching assistant (GTA) or graduate teaching instructor (GTI)? The Professional Development Committee at Graduate Student Government will be hosting Michael Meyer as a speaker for our “How to be an Effective GTA/GTI” seminar.

Meyer is the director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at MTU and teaches a course about this very thing, so don’t miss this invaluable material!

Register to attend.

By Graduate Student Government.

Started by Michigan Tech’s University Innovation Fellows in 2015, Innovation Week is a celebration of innovation within our Tech Community.

This year, from Jan. 24-28, Husky Innovate and the Center for Educational Outreach will be hosting innovation-themed talks, student activities, the Bob Mark Business Model Pitch Competition and a reverse pitch competition led by the Office of Innovation and Commercialization.

Learn about innovative applied research that has the potential to spin off into startup businesses, listen to compelling business model pitches, glean insights that could lead to educational innovation and hear from successful entrepreneurs.

Join us for one event or several. Connect with alumni, students and faculty. Pre-registration is required for each event. More details for each event are available on the University Events Calendar.

• Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion
  Monday, Jan. 24 — noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom.
  Register to attend by Jan. 20.
  
• Unboxed Treasure Hunt
  Tuesday, Jan. 25 — 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Wadsworth Hall, Room G42W.
  Register to participate by Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. 
  
• Developing the Cross – I System for Inspecting Railgrade Crossings
  Wednesday, Jan. 26 — noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom.
  Register to attend by Jan. 22. 
  
• Reverse Pitch Event with the Office of Innovation and Commercialization
  Wednesday, Jan. 26 — 4-5 p.m. on Zoom.
  Register to attend by Jan. 22. 
• Generation Zoom Talk with Cassy Tefft de Munoz
  Thursday, Jan. 27 — 12:15-1:15 p.m. in MUB Ballroom A or on Zoom.
  Register to attend by Jan. 24. 
• Bob Mark Business Model Pitch Competition
  Thursday, Jan. 27 — 5-7 p.m. in MUB Ballroom A or on Zoom.
  (Pre-event mixer — 4-5 p.m.)
  Register to attend. 
  Register as a contestant by Jan. 21. 
• Husky Innovate Talk with Dave Shull, founding member of Handshake
  Friday, Jan. 28 — noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom.
  Register to attend by Jan. 25.

By Pavlis Honors College.

We have an upcoming undergraduate research symposium, Future Leaders in Chemical Engineering, to be held at NCSU on Oct. 24 and 25, 2021.  Applications are open to all ChE undergraduate researchers and those in related fields who are within one year of graduating and are due Sept. 24.  More information is at www.cbe.ncsu.edu/future-leaders-in-chemical-engineering