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 Athletics and Recreation Department has an open Graduate Assistant position for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Title: Graphic Designer, Videographer, Web Designer
Reports to: Associate Athletic Director – External Relations
Appointment: Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters
Compensation: Graduate degree tuition (18 credits per year) plus room and board stipend
Responsibilities:
■ General graphic design of logos, posters, table tents, booklets, publications, brochures, credentials, web ads, and promotional items for departmental programs, initiatives, and services.
■ Create overall theme, look, and feel of publications and promotions.
■ Maintain and update all departmental and program specific websites inside the content management system.
■ Create exciting video projects to help communicate to our students, faculty, and staff by working through the entire video process.
■ Photograph events and requested University photos for use in publications.
■ Ensure adherence to the University Identity Standards.
■ Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
■ Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
■ Creativity, initiative, motivation, integrity, a positive attitude, and a willingness to learn.
■ Effective written and oral communication skills, problem solving abilities, and decision-making skills.
■ Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects with overlapping deadlines.
■ Ability to represent department and Michigan Tech in a professional manner.
■ Willingness to work some evening and weekend hours as needed.
■ Must be enrolled as a graduate student for the academic year.
■ Must maintain good academic standing as a student in a graduate program.
■ Must be free of any disciplinary sanctions imposed through Student Conduct Services at time of appointment and remain free while employed.
Additional Desired Qualifications:
■ Working knowledge of design software, including the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign)
■ Demonstrated experience with content management systems.
■ Demonstrated experience in graphic design of posters, brochures, and websites.
■ Demonstrated experience in video projects and production.
■ The desire to create publications that are meaningful to students and other audiences.
■ Is willing to go above and beyond the minimum requirements.
■ Ability to work well on a team and also individually with little supervision.
■ Demonstrates flexibility and the ability to take initiative.
Please contact Joel Isaacson, Associate Athletic Director – External Relations, jdisaacs@mtu.edu for more information.
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
PhD student Hui Wang (MSE) is the first Michigan Tech student to receive the highly prestigious China National Award for Outstanding Graduate Students Abroad.
The award honors outstanding academic achievement and is extremely competitive. All of China’s graduate students studying abroad can apply, but no more than 500 awards are granted. In 2012, 489 students were recognized.
A total of 149 graduate students in the US received the award, including four from Michigan: Wang, one from Michigan State University and two from University of Michigan.
Wang, who received $6,000, is advised by Yun Hang Hu, the Charles and Caroll McArthur Professor. Her work focuses on the use of graphene to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells.
Published in Tech Today
Although her contributions to the teaching activities of her department are many, she is most known for developing and implementing novel teaching practices for online courses. One course is taken primarily by schoolteachers, and as Dr. Pennington notes in his nomination letter, “The schoolteachers in her online courses say that she does a terrific job, and I believe them; they know what they are talking about, and are not easy to please.” This semester, she is developing an online course with a set of laboratories that can be completed off campus for introductory students in Oceanography.
Dr. Guth earned her PhD in geology in spring 2013, and was advised by Dr. James Wood. Her research has taken her to Kenya for field work, and she has had the opportunity to participate as a teaching assistant with her advisor in a series of field courses for students from Michigan Tech and beyond. Her teaching is truly global.
Nominations are accepted each year for this award. Please consider nominating your outstanding graduate students next year. Full details on the nomination procedure are available online.
There will be one last First Friday Social for this fiscal year! Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to attend the June First Friday University Social from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., June 7, in the Memorial Union Ballroom B. A cash bar along with complimentary soda and snacks will be provided.
This month’s Social is sponsored by Information Technology. Come and meet your colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere.
The First Friday University Socials began in 2006 to provide a casual setting for members of the campus community to get together informally, share their work and get to know each other. Such informal gatherings often lead to more productive work relationships and an appreciation for diversity.
In an effort to increase the effectiveness of the initiative, this academic year featured departmental partners who sponsored each months’ events. First Friday University Socials will resume in September with the Graduate School and Graduate Student Government as the sponsor – mark your calendars for September 6th!
If your department is interested in hosting a social next academic year or would like more information, please contact Megan Ross at 7-3123 or mrross@mtu.edu.