Peace Corps Master’s International alumna Kristina Owens, who has joined the Peace Corps National Association board, was interviewed in the Peace Corps Connect newsletter. See online.
Representatives from the student insurance office will be on campus at the student service center (Admin building, 1st floor) on the following dates:
- Wednesday, August 21st: 12-2
- Thursday, August 22nd: 9-11
- Friday, August 23rd: 9-11
- Tuesday, September 3rd: 9-12
- Wednesday, September 4th: 2-5
They will also be at the following events:
- Graduate School Student Services Fair – 11:30am – 1pm, MUB Commons
- Expo – 6pm in the Library
Ben Wittbrodt ’13 and current masters student (MSE) presented and demonstrated 3-D printing to the Cummins Inc board of directors and their distinguished guests during their annual Science and Technology conference. He explained the opportunities 3-D printing could bring to the company and the advances in the technology under development at Michigan Tech.
The Graduate School is pleased to announce that the following students earned a finishing fellowship for summer 2013.
- Xiaobao Geng, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
- Ali Mirchi, PhD candidate in Civil Engineering
- Bryan Murray, PhD candidate in Forest Science
- Khatereh Vaghefi, PhD candidate in Civil Engineering
- Andrew Willemsen, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
- Huan Yang, PhD candidate in Biological Sciences
- Nazmiye Yapici, PhD candidate in Chemistry
Profiles of current recipients can be found online.
Nominations for fall 2013 fellowships are due no later than 4pm June 20, 2013 to the Graduate School. See our webpage for nomination information.
Faculty and graduate students from the Humanities Department are participating in the Digital Media and Learning Competition Project: Connect. They would like to share their project with the larger Michigan Tech community and ask for the public to show support by voting online.
Michigan Tech has adopted the recommendation that the University provide lactation rooms throughout campus for faculty, students, staff and visitors. This list has been updated to include the Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI).
Campus lactation room locations are:
- Administration Building, 1st Floor
- Electrical Energy Resources Center (EERC), 1st Floor
- Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), 1st Floor
- Lake Shore Center, 3rd Floor
- Citizen’s Bank, Ground Floor near lunch room
- Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI), 2nd Floor
At the end of the summer, two additional rooms will be open in the Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics building (MEEM), 4th Floor and the Student Development Center (SDC), 1st Floor.
Please contact Chris Anderson, 7-2474 or Jim Heikkinen, 7-2305 for questions.
The Graduate School is pleased to announce new theses and dissertations are now available in the J.R. van Pelt and Opie Library from the following programs:
- Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
- Geology
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
- Physics
The Graduate School is pleased to announce its Summer 2013 Professional Development Seminar Series. Both seminars will be available on campus and online – streaming live and taped for viewing later. Join us for one or both seminars, designed to help writers of dissertations, theses, and reports and the staff who assist them.
- June 18 | An Office Full of Tips | 11am -noon
Learn how to use Microsoft Office to automate many of the common tasks a writer must do, such as caption figures and tables, format text consistently and place page numbers correctly. Debra Charlesworth, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School will show you tips and tricks that will help you focus on your writing instead of your formatting. - July 24 | Copyright for Your Thesis or Dissertation | 11am -noon
Who holds the copyright on your thesis? Can you put part of journal article in your dissertation? What if you wrote the article? Nora Allred, Copyright Librarian from the J.R. Van Pelt and Opie Library will present the basics of U.S. Copyright and discuss the role it plays in writing and publishing a thesis or dissertation.
Please register online to attend either or both seminars on campus or online. Once you register, you will receive an e-mail confirmation with the location or technical information needed to view the streaming video.
Past seminars offered by the Graduate School, as well as a calendar of our coming events can be found in our Seminar Archive.
The Graduate School is pleased to announce new dissertations are now available in the J.R. van Pelt and Opie Library from the following programs:
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Forest Science
- Geological Engineering
- Mathematical Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
The Graduate School is pleased to announce new theses are now available in the J.R. van Pelt and Opie Library from the following programs:
- Applied Ecology
- Biological Sciences
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Environmental Engineering
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Forestry
- Geological Engineering
- Geology
- Mechanical Engineering