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Michigan Tech will honor the achievements of nearly 1,000 graduates at Spring Commencement, set for Saturday, May 1. The University expects to award 139 master’s and PhD degrees and 856 bachelor’s and associate degrees.
Ray Smith, who led Michigan Tech as its president from 1965 to 1979, will address the graduates and receive the University’s highest honor, the Melvin Calvin Medal of Distinction.
The full release is available at Michigan Tech’s news website.
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Computer Science doctoral student Bryan Franklin and Professor Steven Seidel received the Best Paper Award for, “A Parallel Longest Common Subsequence Algorithm in UPC,” at the High Performance Computing Symposium, April 12-14, in Orlando, Fla. Franklin presented the paper at the conference. The paper describes the design, implementation, and performance of a parallel algorithm for the longest common subsequence problem, an important problem in bioinformatics. This is the second consecutive year that Michigan Tech authors have won the Best Paper Award at the HPC Symposium.
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The Graduate School is pleased to announce the awarding of six fellowships made possible by the generous support of The DeVlieg Foundation. This years recipients will tackle a wide range of research problems from osteoarthritis in the knee to comparing the cost and effectiveness of two water treatment technologies. Recipients are:
- Darrell Cass, Civil Engineering, MS Candidate
- Colin Gurganus, Physics, PhD Candidate
- Alexandru Herescu, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, PhD Candidate
- Megan Killian, Biomedical Engineering, PhD Candidate
- Jarod Maggio, Environmental Engineering, PhD Candidate
- Ashlee Vincent, Environmental Engineering, MS Candidate
See our web page for details about the nomination process, and for photos of our recipients.
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The Michigan Tech School of Business and Economics chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma international honor society recently inducted 13 students into its membership. Beta Gamma Sigma recognizes students of high scholastic achievement and is among the highest honors that a business student can receive at Michigan Tech.
The following students in the School of Business and Economics were inducted:
- Nicole Baumruk, Management Information Systems (MIS)
- Stephanie Behrens, Finance
- Jacob Carlson, Finance
- Lucy Dernovsek, Accounting
- Ming He, Management
- Adam Kastamo (MBA Student)
- Lindsey Lindstrom, Marketing/Management
- Rebekka Mikkola, Marketing/Management
- Asel Otunchieva, Accounting
- Michael Schott, Management Information Systems (MIS)
- Kipp Vaughn, Management
- Geoffrey Weston (MBA Graduate)
- Lijuan Xie, Accounting
The Michigan Tech chapter advisor for Beta Gamma Sigma is Mari Buche.
Visit the business newsblog for more information and photos from the induction ceremony.
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On Friday, April 16, nine alumnae were inducted into the Presidential Council of Alumnae (PCA). In addition to the nine new inductees, 30 PCA members were also on campus for their annual business meeting April 14-16.
The PCA advises the President on campus climate issues, provides suggestions for enhancing the University’s environment for students, and assists the President by identifying programs and activities that will benefit Michigan Tech. PCA works with the Office of Institutional Diversity, the Advancement area and the academic departments to help implement their ideas and support the University’s strategic plan.
The inductees are as follows:
- Nancy A. Auer (Arnold), Biological Sciences, ’95 (PhD Alumna Graduate)
- Ellen M. Bauman (Barrett), Electrical Engineering, ’90 and ’93 (MS Alumna Graduate)
- Elzbieta G. Berak, Civil Engineering, ’81, Engineering Mechanics, ’85 (PhD Alumna Graduate)
- Michelle-Anne Christensen (Irmen), Geological Engineering, ’84, Civil Engineering, ’86
- Kathleen Haselmaier (Calder), Computer Science, ’84
- Wendy L. Kram (Davidson), Mechanical Engineering, ’91
- Catherine A. Leslie (Kuchta), Civil Engineering, ’83
- Barbara K. Lograsso (Kiiskila), Metallurgical Engineering, ’80 and ’82, Metallurgical and Materials Science, ’91 (MS, PhD Alumna Graduate)
- Erin A. Zimmer (Atwell), Chemistry, ’98
Another component of the PCA program includes the annual Women of Promise awards. This award recognizes current female students from each academic department who go above and beyond what is expected of them in terms of being a well-rounded student. The award goes to students who have demonstrated academic achievement, campus and community leadership, good citizenship, creativity and other characteristics of high-achieving individuals.
The honorees are as follows:
- Anne E. Aho, Social Sciences
- Ashley N. Benjamin, School of Technology
- Kaitlyn J. Bunker, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Danae N. Danen, Mathematical Sciences
- Heather L. Dickey, Computer Science
- Andrea Dixon, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
- Roxane Gay, Humanities (PhD Alumna Candidate)
- Krista M. Kasuboski, Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education
- Chelsea R. Leighton, Visual and Performing Arts
- Britta C. Lundberg, Material Science and Engineering
- Amanda L. Malburg, Civil Engineering
- Jaclyn E. Nesbitt, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (MS Alumna Graduate, PhD Candidate)
- Annie L. Putman, Chemistry
- Leslie M. Sabbann, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (undergraduate)
- Erin M. Scanlon, Physics
- Alison J. Springer-Wilson, Chemical Engineering
- Danielle M. Stoll, Biomedical Engineering
- Anna A. Uhl, Biological Sciences
- Donieka R. Walker, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Katherine R. Waring, Environmental Engineering
- Jill C. Witt, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (PhD Alumna Candidate)
- Katie L. Wysocky, School of Business and Economics
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A special flag was flown over the ROTC building for the last 24 hours. The flag was sent to President Mroz from Lt. Col. Otha Thornton, a former faculty member and graduate of the Rhetoric and Technical Communication program at Michigan Tech. Lt. Col. Thornton is currently serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq.
The flag has previously flown over Al Faw Palace on September 14, 2009. The flag, which will be lowered and given back to President Mroz today, will be carried by the color guard at spring commencement.
“It’s a reminder how small our world is and how interconnected we all are,” Mroz said.
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ferguson Fellowship Program
The Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Disease Fellowship Program provides educational and experiential opportunities for racial and ethnic minority medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary and public health graduate students in a broad array of public health activities. Ferguson Fellows are engaged for eight weeks in a rigorous program of public health research and/or intervention, which they summarize in a scientific presentation at the end of the session. Ferguson Fellows’ travel and housing expenses are paid, and they receive a stipend for the summer.
The Ferguson Fellowship Program is administered by the Minority Health Professions Foundation, one of CDC’s key partners. For more information or to request an application, contact the Minority Health Professions Foundation at 404-756-8931, or go to their website at http://www.minorityhealth.org.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study abroad for one academic year. In academic year 2008-2009, more than 1,500 Americans are studying abroad with either full or partial support from the Fulbright Program.
The Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) Program, an element of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, places U.S. students as English teaching assistants in schools or universities overseas, thus improving foreign students’ English language abilities and knowledge of the United States while enhancing their own language skills and knowledge of the host country. ETAs may also pursue individual study/research plans in addition to their teaching responsibilities.
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals and artists from abroad to research and study in the United States for one year or longer. Approximately 1,700 new awards are awarded to foreign graduate students for support at U.S. universities, and some 1,350 renewal awards are also made annually.
The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program, a component of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, provides young teachers of English as a Foreign Language the opportunity to refine their teaching skills and broaden their knowledge of American culture and customs while strengthening the instruction of foreign languages at colleges and universities in the United States.
The International Fulbright Science and Technology Award, a component of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, is for doctoral study at prestigious U.S. institutions in science, technology, engineering or related fields for approximately 40 outstanding foreign students per year.
The International Fulbright Science and Technology Award, designed to be the most prestigious international scholarships in science and technology, provides talented students with an opportunity to pursue Ph.D. study at top U.S. institutions in areas of science, technology or engineering. The 2009 competition will be officially announced world-wide in the coming months. Students interested in pursuing doctoral study in the following fields are eligible to apply:
- Aeronautics and Astronomics/Aeronautical Engineering
- Agriculture (theoretical or research-based focus only)*
- Astronomy/Planetary Sciences
- Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Sciences/Engineering
- Energy
- Engineering (electrical, chemical, civil, mechanical, ocean, and petroleum)
- Environmental Science/Engineering
- Geology/Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Information Sciences/Engineering (engineering focus only; business-focused study is not eligible)
- Materials Science/Engineering
- Mathematics
- Neuroscience/Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- Oceanography
- Physics
- Public Health (theoretical or research-based focus only)
*While agriculture tends to be a fairly applied field of study, those wishing to pursue theoretical and research-based study in such areas as entomology, plant biology, plant pathology, and soil science are eligible for this Award.