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:
Thursday, September 15, 2011
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Memorial Union, Ballroom B
Dessert Social to follow
How to Get Hired, Stay Hired, and Win in Corporate America
The Michigan Tech campus community is invited to an interactive presentation given by Erin Zimmer, Adjunct Professor at Northwood University, former Michigan Tech recruiter and employee for Dow Corning Corporation, and Michigan Tech alum.
Erin will provide useful, no-nonsense tips from her recruiting and professional experiences. Topics will include:
Erin will also provide a roadmap for students to use to excel in their first job and throughout their career. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.
A dessert social will follow at 7:30 pm. Students will have the opportunity to speak with Erin and other members of the Michigan Tech Presidential Council of Alumnae who will be on campus for their annual meeting.
Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 17, 2011.
Application information: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applynow.html
The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The NSF welcomes applications from all qualified students and strongly encourages under-represented populations, including women, under-represented racial and ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities, to apply for this fellowship.
Eligibility:
Benefits:
The Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program has been established by the Department of Defense (DoD) to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
Eligibility:
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Computer science alum Ernie Fessenden wanted to do something to help out his soldier-brother. He didn’t expect to save six lives
by Marcia Goodrich, senior writer
Published in Tech Today
After a highly favorable review of her second three-year term as dean of the Graduate School, Jacqueline Huntoon has been reappointed to another three-year term, Provost Max Seel announced. She will have a new title: associate provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School. The new title highlights the role of the graduate dean as advocate for quality graduate education across campus and brings the title in line with other graduate deans at peer institutions, Seel explained.
At the same time, Christa Walck’s title has been changed from assistant provost to associate provost. Her new title reflects expanded responsibilities. In addition to leading the on-going accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission, Walck will be chairing the Assessment Council and directing outcome assessment, as well as chairing the Advising Council, working with academic advisors, COMPASS and ExSEL to coordinate and assess academic advising. She also will have responsibility for coordinating and assessing faculty mentoring and serve as liaison to IPS.
by Jennifer Donovan, director of public relations
Published in Tech Today
The Intensive English as a Second Language (IESL) program is looking for volunteers to participate in its “Conversation Partners” initiative. The program offers international students the opportunity to team up with faculty, staff and students to practice speaking and listening in one-on-one, informal sessions.
Here is how the program works:
Why apply? Organizers say the rewards are many:
At times, participants may have to explain English language points, but they are not asked to be an English as a Second Language teacher.
At the program’s preliminary meeting, IESL can provide ideas for weekly meetings.
Here’s what they’re saying about this opportunity:
Those in the campus community who are interested in participating are asked to apply online.
For more information about the IESL program, email esl@mtu.edu or see IESL.
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The Huskies are hosting their first-ever, community-wide Season Ticket Kickoff to get ready for an exciting year of athletics from 4 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the SDC. Some activities include:
For hockey fans, the Kickoff includes the first-ever, Select-a-Seat event, where you can check out the view from a seat before you reserve it for the season. There are special, new ticket options for all sports, too. If you can’t make it, reserve your seat by calling 487-2073.
Michigan Tech is one of the best universities in the Midwest, according to the Princeton Review. It is one of 153 institutions recommended in the “Best in the Midwest” section of the “2012 Best Colleges: Region by Region,” on the Princeton Review website.
“We’re pleased to recommend Michigan Tech to users of our site as one of the best schools to earn their undergrad degree,” says Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s senior vice president and publisher. “We chose it and the other terrific institutions we name as ‘regional best’ colleges mainly for their excellent academic programs.”
For this project, the Princeton Review asks students to rate their own schools on several issues–from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food–and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life. Comments from surveyed students are quoted in the university profiles on the Princeton Review site.
“Michigan Tech has always fared well in these types of surveys because our students are candid about their experience,” said Les Cook, vice president for student affairs. “Our students appreciate the value of a Michigan Tech degree, but they also embrace the distinctive culture and environment in which it is earned. This year’s comments truly capture this spirit and sense of adventure.”
Student comments in the profile include: “Michigan Tech provides an atmosphere that nurtures learning” and “puts students first when it comes to their learning experience by providing hands-on experience.”
The profiles also contain a list of topics about which students surveyed at the school were in highest agreement, and for Michigan Tech that included “great computer and athletic facilities,” “great career services,” and “students get along with the local community.”
The 153 colleges that the Princeton Review chose for its “Best in the Midwest” list are located in twelve midwestern states. The Princeton Review also designated colleges in the Northeast, West, and the Southeast as best in their locales. Collectively, the colleges named “regional best” constitute about 25 percent of the nation’s 2,500 four-year colleges.
“From several hundred schools in each region,” Franck said, “we winnowed our list based on institutional data we collected directly from the schools, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of our staff, plus college counselors and advisors whose recommendations we invite. We also take into account what students at the schools reported to us about their campus experiences on our eighty-question student survey for this project. Only schools that permit us to independently survey their students are eligible to be considered for our regional ‘best’ lists.”
Michigan Tech also appears again in the Princeton Review’s “The Best 376 Colleges: 2012 Edition.”
The Princeton Review is headquartered in Framingham, Mass., and has editorial offices in New York City and test preparation locations across the country and abroad.
Published in Tech Today.
