The annual Student Award Program provides a $3,000 stipend to doctoral and medical students enrolled in Michigan universities to fund a wide range of applied health care research including pilot programs, demonstration and evaluation projects.
Preflight profiles in Adobe Acrobat® Pro can be used to check properties of a PDF document, as well as make some automatic fixes to them. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use preflight profiles developed by the Graduate School to check the image quality in a PDF file.
To begin, download a preflight profile and save it to your computer. Depending on your browser settings, you might need to right click on the link to save the file to your computer as a *.kfp (or*.xml) file. The Graduate School has created the four below:
- Graduate School All Items will show you all items that have errors (red “x”) or should be examined (yellow exclamation point). It includes checking page size (red “x”), embedded fonts (red “x”), type 3 fonts (red “x”), image quality (yellow exclamation point), and color images (only important if saving printing costs is a concern for you). This is the same checker that the Graduate School uses.
- Graduate School Embedded Fonts will show you all of the fonts that aren’t embedded and where type 3 fonts are used.
- Graduate School Images will show you which images have a resolution below 300ppi.
- Graduate School Color Pages will show you which pages are in color.
First, you need to open the preflight tool. In Adobe Acrobat® XI Pro, the preflight tool is located in the “Print Production” section of the “Tools.”
Graduate Research Colloquium
Graduate Student Government is pleased to announce that abstract submission for the annual Graduate Research Colloquium Poster and Presentation Competition is now open.
This years colloquium will be held on March 3rd and 4th in the Memorial Union Building. The closing date for abstract submission will be February 25th at 5 PM. Submit abstracts to Abdul A. Koroma via email at aakoroma@mtu.edu. Please specify if your abstract is for the presentation session, poster session or both. Cash prizes are awarded for first, second, and third place in both categories.
Outstanding Merit Awards
Nominations for Graduate Student Recognition Awards and Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award are due Friday, February 18th by 5pm. Nominations are open for the following awards:
- Exceptional Graduate Student Scholar
- Exceptional Graduate Student Leader
- Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
The nomination materials should be sent to GSG representative Ali Mirchi at amirchi@mtu.edu or by campus mail to Graduate Student Government, (405 Admin) by February 18th at 5pm. See the GSG web page for more details on materials needed in a nomination packet.
The winners will receive recognition and the student winners will be awarded a cash prize presented at the annual GSG Research Colloquium Banquet on March 4th, 2011 in the MUB Ballroom.
The John Ball Zoo Society’s Wildlife Conservation Fund in Grand Rapids, Michigan, helps to fund projects working to conserve wildlife and wild places around the world.
Many projects funded by the fund have been education-based, with an eye to helping communities learn about the wildlife around them. In addition, the fund has lent support to help conserve some of the lesser known taxa such as endangered reptiles and amphibians.
The fund gives special attention to projects involving animals native to Michigan.
Grants are awarded every year for one or more of the following purposes: to enhance or assist wild animal preservation, native and exotic, threatened and endangered, and their habitat management; to enhance or improve captive animal management, including environmental design; and to assist in the development of education programming in concert with the above purposes.
Grants generally range from $500 to $2,500.
Visit the Wildlife Conservation Fund Web site for complete application guidelines and information on previous grantees and their projects.
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) invites you to join us in this exciting dialogue entitled: Why Teach? The Importance of K-12 Engineering Education. The event will take place on Monday, January 24, 2011 at 6pm in Fisher 133. Dr. Charles Margraves from the Mechanical Engineering department will provide insight into the importance of staying connected to our youth through teaching, and Dr. Shari Stockero from the Mathematical Sciences department will discuss the NOYCE program. Refreshments provided. For more information contact KL Jordan (kari@mtu.edu).
IPS will host an information session, “Scholarships, Grants and Fellowships for Study Abroad and Other International Opportunities,” from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 20, in ChemSci 101.
It’s never too early to begin thinking about money for international opportunities. US undergraduate or graduate students interested in fellowships, grants and scholarships, will want to attend this session.
Presenters will include Joe Kalliokoski, representative from the Rotary Club of Houghton; Associate Professor Mary Durfee (SS); and Greta Gustafson, study abroad coordinator.
Students will receive guidance on the many opportunities available, including eligibility requirements, application processes, service requirements and financial aid.
Students will also receive tips on how to construct a competitive application. A question-and-answer session will be held at the end.
Following are the session details:
- 6 p.m.–Introductions
- 6:15 p.m.–Joe Kalliokoski, Rotary Club
- 6:30 p.m.–Mary Durfee, campus advisor for Boren and Fulbright programs
- 7:15 p.m.–Greta Gustafson, class of ’74 Gilman Scholarship
- 7:30 p.m.–Questions and Answers
For more information on funding, see Financial Aid .
For questions, contact Greta Gustafson, study abroad coordinator, at 487-1876 .
The EISENHOWER GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP (provides funding for the pursuit of Masters or Doctorate Degrees in transportation related discipline. The program objectives are: 1) to attract the nation’s brightest minds to the field of transportation, 2) to enhance the careers of transportation professionals by encouraging them to seek advanced degrees, and, 3) to retain top talent in the transportation industry of the United States. The Program is intended to bring innovation and enhance the breadth and scope of knowledge of the entire transportation community in the United States. The Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship Program encompasses all modes of transportation.
Individual students enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education located in the United States are eligible to apply.
Deadline March 12, 2011
Michigan Tech celebrates its annual Martin Luther King Week. Events include King’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech; a peace march in the spirit of the great peacemaker; actor Barry Scott’s tribute to his idol; and a closing banquet that features Charles Pugh, president of the Detroit City Council, a respected journalist turned popular civic leader.
Here is a schedule of events, beginning today:
Monday, noon–“I Have a Dream” speech, Memorial Union steps, followed by a candelight vigil and a peace march to the Rozsa Center.
Monday, 1 p.m.–Reception, Rozsa atrium.
Monday, 2 p.m.–Actor Barry Scott’s tribute to King, Rozsa Center.
Tuesday, noon–Traveling Trunk exhibit in the Van Pelt and Opie Library; includes photos, videos, speeches and background information.
Wednesday, noon–Blood drive, Van Pelt and Opie Library Reading Room
Friday, 4 p.m.–Basketball invitational, SDC Wood Gym
Saturday, 9 a.m.–Service Saturday at the Keweenaw Family Resource Center’s Tree House, where there will be stories and snacks for the children.
Saturday, 6 p.m.–Banquet, Memorial Union Ballroom, features Charles Pugh, president of the Detroit City Council. Admission is $15 a person.
For more information, contact the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at 487-2920.
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The Graduate School is pleased to announce two seminars to assist students with submitting and formatting their thesis or dissertation.
Submitting a thesis or dissertation
Students planning on finishing a thesis or dissertation spring or summer 2011 are invited a seminar designed to help students understand the submission process and answer questions about it.
- When: January 19th at 4:05pm
- Who: Students defending in the spring or summer; faculty and staff who assist students with submission
- Where: Please register online for the event and receive the location.
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation with the location and a reminder of the date and time.
If you are unable to join us, a taped version of this seminar is available online from our May 18th presentation.
Formatting a thesis or dissertation
Beginning with defenses scheduled January 10, 2011 or later, new formatting requirements are in effect for theses and dissertations. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to learn the highlights of these new requirements and have an opportunity to ask questions about the new requirements.
- When: January 27th at 10:05am
- Who: Students submitting a thesis or dissertation at any time, faculty, and staff
- Where: Please register online for the event and receive the location.
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation with the location and a reminder of the date and time. Space is limited, so register early.
If you are unable to join us, this seminar will be taped and made available for viewing online.
Abhishek Prasad, a graduate student in physics, won an award at the 2010 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, which drew 6,000 participants.
Prasad earned first place among 50 finalists in the sciences and arts competition at the meeting. His entry, titled “Stem of nanoflowers,” was artificially composed of multiple scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures.
Prasad also presented a paper, “(CdSe) ZnS Core Shell Quantum Dots Decorated Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Solar Energy Harvesting Applications,” which appeared in Symposium W: Nanowires–Growth and Device Assembly for Novel Applications.
The MRS meeting was held in Boston from Nov. 28 to Dec. 3. Prasad is a doctoral student who works in Professor Yoke Khin Yap’s (Physics) research group.
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