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Jacqueline Huntoon, dean of the Graduate School, has been elected to the board of the Council of Graduate Schools, a national professional association of graduate schools. She will serve a three-year term on the 12-member board.
The Graduate School has awarded its Finishing Fellowships for fall 2009.
The following PhD candidates have received a one-time finishing fellowship:
The fellowships are made possible by the Graduate School.
Application procedures for finishing fellowships, photographs of recent recipients, and descriptions for all of the school’s fellowship programs can be found on the Graduate School’s web page.
The Stan Dyl Geology Fellowship has been awarded to Elisa Piispa, a PhD student in geology, for her work on improving the proterozoic continental reconstructions based on combining characterizations of the paleomagnetism, geology, mineralogy and geochronology of mafic dike swarms in India. This fellowship will be used to support her travel to India to present her work. She is advised by Assistant Professor Aleksey Smirnov.
Joshua Richardson, MS student in geophysics, has been awarded the P. M. Thorton Endowed Fellowship for his work on emerging seismic structural imaging techniques involving active and passive source imaging of the upper crust. Richardson has conducted seismic surveys at the Bering Glacier in Alaska and on Fuego Volcano in Guatemala. He is advised by Assistant Professor Gregory Waite.
Elisabet Head, PhD candidate in geology, has received the Seaman Museum Fellowship for her work on fluid inclusions in olivines erupted by Nyamuragira volcano. She is advised by Assistant Professor Simon Carn and the fluid-inclusion aspects were conducted in collaboration with Professor Paul Wallace at the University of Oregon.
December 8th
The Benefits Office will host a lunch and learn, “S.A.D.: Seasonal Affective Disorder,” from noon to 1 p.m., today, in Memorial Union Alumni Lounge B. Don Williams, director of counseling services, will present.
Bring your lunch; beverages are provided; there will be prizes.
For more information, contact Renee Hiller at 487-2517 or at rlhiller@mtu.edu .
Director Pasi Lautala
Rail Transportation Annual Report released today.
December 3, 2009—
Michigan Technological University will honor the achievements of over 400 graduates at Midyear Commencement Saturday, Dec. 12.
A total of 308 bachelor’s, six associate, 91 master’s and 24 PhD degrees will be awarded.
George Butvilas, a member of the Board of Directors of Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc., will be the commencement speaker. At the ceremony, he will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Business.
Michelle Mitcham, assistant professor, Psychological and Social Foundations, University of South Florida, will speak on “Beyond the B.S.: Graduation to Dissertation,” at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4, in the Reading Room of the Van Pelt and Opie Library. She will talk about navigating graduate school.
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The Graduate School is accepting nominations for the 2010 DeVlieg Foundation Graduate Fellowships. Applications are due in the Graduate School no later than 4 pm on February 4, 2010.
This year, The DeVlieg Foundation will provide $3,000 for up to four doctoral students and $1,500 for two master’s students in support of research in engineering or a closely related field. Only US citizens are eligible for the fellowships, which may be used to supplement other fellowships or assistantships. Complete details on eligibility and review process can be found on our web page.
Each graduate program may nominate up to two doctoral students and one master’s student.
Nominees should provide the following information:
Students will submit a completed application to their graduate program director.
Each graduate program may set their own internal deadline for review. Each graduate program will review their applicants, and may nominate up to two doctoral students and one master’s student. Graduate programs will deliver completed applications to the Graduate School in either paper or electronic format. If delivered as an electronic document, please e-mail a single PDF file to Debra Charlesworth.
Due to University holidays and staff vacations, the Graduate School will be closed from December 24 – January 3.
The Graduate School will also be closed from 11:30am – 1:30pm on Friday, December 18th.
The Graduate School’s web page can provide assistance for many questions regarding:
Happy holidays and new year!
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Since mid-July, Michigan Tech students, staff and faculty have had a state-of-the-art way to practice their oral presentations: project them on a large-screen monitor in a study room in the Van Pelt and Opie Library. Large-screen monitors (42 inches) have been installed in rooms 302 and 303, two of the larger study rooms on the third floor of the library.
The monitors, which can easily be connected to a laptop computer, are open to all. The rooms may be reserved at the circulation desk or through Zimbra.
The technology was purchased with funding from the Friends of the Van Pelt Library, which obtains funding from donations and proceeds from its book sale. The next Friends Book Sale is April 9, 2010, with a presale for members on April 8. To become a member, make a donation at: www.lib.mtu.edu/friends/friends.htm .
“The students were asking for this, and when we proposed it to the Friends, they agreed to support it right away,” says interim Library Director Ellen Seidel.
Suggestions for the library can be sent to: reflib@mtu.edu .
