Associate Professor John Vucetich and Assistant Professor Joseph Bump, members of the Conservation Ethics Group (CEG), were recently awarded the 2011 Michigan State University Phi Kappa Phi Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship . The award specified the highly unique collaboration between the social and ecological sciences with ethics, the large amount of community engagement, and the highly productive research and publication record of CEG members as especially impressive and the main reasons for the award.
Professor Blair Orr was featured on the White House website in a story highlighting Peace Corps volunteers through the years. Orr is director of Tech’s Peace Corps Master’s International programs. He served in the Peace Corps from 1978 to 1981. View the article here.
Associate Professor Robert Froese has received $10,000 from the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region for a one-year project, “Optimal Energy Crop Production in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.“
| The Ecosystem Science Center and the Biotechnology Research Center announce award recipients of the Seventh Annual ESC/BRC Student Research Forum, held March 25.
For the graduate students, two Grand Prize Awards, six Merit Awards and two Honorable Mention Awards were presented. They were selected from among the 42 posters and abstracts submitted by graduate students conducting research related to ecology, the environment and biotechnology at Michigan Tech. New this year was a separate undergraduate research division with 9 submissions. For the undergraduate students, each center awarded a grand prize winner. Posters will continue to be on display in the atrium of the Noblet Building, School of Forest Resources, Michigan Tech Campus through April 8 Graduate Research: $500 Grand Prizes
Biotechnology Research Center:
$100 Merit Awards
Biotechnology Research Center
$50 Honorable Mention Awards: Ecosystem Science Center
Undergraduate Research: $150 Grand Prize Awards
Biotechnology Research Center
Organizers thank participants, the judges and all who helped with another successful ESC/BRC Student Research Forum. |
Sheila Madahbee won the United States Indoor Nationals at the National Field Archery Association competition in Louisville, Kentucky, March 27, 2011. She shot a 598 (out of 600) with 81x’s in the Adult Female
Bowhunter Freestyle division. She won by 4 x’s, there was a three-way tie for 2nd place where three scored 598 and 77x’s.
Mike was in Houghton in June 2010, “Just for a visit and to find a good tree key.” We like visitors.
Ros Miller is a very memorable person. I had him for Natural Resource Use and Law. Ros could talk at length of great examples pertaining to the class, and keeping all of the students entertained. His natural ability to teach shined through him. I would definitely rank Ros as one of my top professors at Michigan Tech.
Glen Tolksdorf -1985
Scott and Tonya (Treichel) Albers 1998 welcomed a son, Jonah Scott on August 28, 2010. He and his big sister Nora, 4, are looking forward to spring so they can get outside and learn about the trees around their home.
Tonya is currently a stay-at-home mom, but is considering getting back into the field in the next few years if the right opportunity comes along.
The family lives in Medford Wisconsin. “Surrounded by the beautiful Chequamegon National Forest,” says Tonya.