Carmen Leguizamon (advised by Casey Huckins) received a second place award. Ryan Van Geothem (advised by Amy Marcarelli) received a third place award.
by Biological Sciences
Students planning on finishing a dissertation, thesis, or report in summer or fall 2016 are invited a seminar designed to help students understand the submission process and answer questions about it. Faculty and staff who assist students with submissions are also welcome to attend. Changes were made to the submission process in fall 2015, so we encourage everyone to attend who will be planning to submit.
- When: May 24, 2016 at 2:05 – 2:55 pm
- Who: Students defending in the spring or summer; faculty and staff who assist students with submission
- Where: Dow 641 or online (register to attend online and receive participation instructions)
- Registration: Please register online to receive handouts via email or attend online. The seminar will be available online as well as on campus.
If you are unable to join us, this seminar will be taped and available online after the event.
Information on submitting, formatting, and more can be found online for dissertations and theses or reports.
The MTMC will also be offering dissertation boot camps on May 23 – June 2 and July 11 – July 21. Dissertation boot camps are writing focus sessions where graduate students can set writing goals to make progress in long projects. Coffee and snacks will be provided, and an MTMC coach will facilitate the event. The bootcamps run the entire time the MTMC is open for two weeks in track A and track B. Graduate students should come ready to write, bringing a laptop and headphones (if needed). Students should expect to research sources outside of bootcamp times. Each grad student will be given a goal of 2 thousand words to reach before the center closes for the day. An MTMC coach will be present to keep writers on task and answer any questions. Anyone interested in signing up for a boot camp can contact me (wedeherd@mtu.edu).
In addition, the MTMC will offer online appointments, so graduate students can find writing support anytime, anywhere.Online appointments are conducted through asynchronous email interactions between students and coaches. After signing up for an online appointment, writers will automatically be contacted by “mtmc-coach@mtu.edu” (please allow up to one hour for the email to arrive). Writers reply to the email with their attached document (Word and Google Doc are acceptable file formats). Online appointments last 30 minutes. Sessions conclude with coaches returning students’ papers with written comments inside comment bubbles in the document. Students must sign up for online appointments at least 24 hours before the requested appointment time, and be prepared to respond to an email from the MTMC when prompted.
Those interested in signing up for a group can do so by clicking the following link:
Join the Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) at 6 p.m. tomorrow (March 17) in Chem Sci 215 for a professional development workshop,”Developing Confident Leadership Skills”, led by Ruth Archer.
Archer is the Manager of Process Improvement at Michigan Tech and the president of the Superior Leadership Institute. The workshop will help improve your leadership skills and confidence as you take on these roles in the future.
For more information on GradSWE, visit our website. To join our mailing list, email gradsweadmin@mtu.edu.
by GradSWE
Poster Design
Due to demand the library is offering an additional session of Poster Design on Thursday, February 4 at 2:00pm in Library 242.
Making a research poster for a conference or other event? This session will cover some basic tips and tricks for presenting your research and information in a visual format. We’ll also cover resources and tools available at the library to help you design and print your poster! Register at http://mtu.libcal.com/event/2344442
Copyright and Your Thesis or Dissertation
Due to demand the library is offering an additional session of Copyright and Your Thesis or Dissertation on Wednesday, February 10 at 12:00pm in Library 242.
Can you use a figure from a journal article in your thesis? Do you need permission to use your own article as a chapter in your dissertation? What’s an embargo, restricted access, or global access? Why does your work go onto Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech?
Attend this informative workshop to learn how U.S. Copyright law affects your thesis or dissertation. Also, learn about the publishing agreements you’ll sign and your options for sharing your thesis or dissertation with the larger research and professional communities. Register at http://mtu.libcal.com/event/2347237
The Graduate School has several fellowship opportunities for new and returning students. A complete listing of all awards and fellowships is online. Several have deadlines in the next few weeks and are highlighted below.
- The DeVlieg Foundation provides funding for two summer fellowships for current PhD students. Applications due February 9, 2016.
- Doctoral finishing fellowships are available for up to ten PhD students expecting to complete their degree in summer. Applications due February 16, 2016.
- PHF Graduate Fellowships are available to PhD students completing health-related research that is aligned with the PHF’s mission. Applications due February 16, 2016.
- KCP Future Faculty Fellowships are available to MS and PhD students (new and continuing) who are underrepresented in their fields and intending on a career in higher education (administration or faculty). Applications due March 1, 2016 for full consideration.
- Dean’s Fellowships are available to PhD students entering in the summer or fall. Applications due March 15, 2016.
Contact the Graduate School (gradschool@mtu.edu) with any questions about these opportunities.
The Vice President for Research Office is also accepting nominations for the Michigan Tech Research Award, which offers an opportunity for an individual to be recognized for outstanding achievements in research. For complete submission guidelines, see Michigan Tech Research Award.
Nominations should be submitted electronically in PDF format per the guidelines on the web pages no later than 4 p.m. on Mar. 10. All nominations should be sent to Cathy Jenich at cmjenich@mtu.edu.
by Cathy Jenich
The search committee for the Dean of the Graduate School invites public participation in the formative stages of its search, in accordance with the official search process, see Senate Procedures 803.1.1.
Members of the Michigan Tech community are invited to comment upon the draft of the job description.
Written comments may be submitted to Paul Bergstrom, search committee chair or Bruce Seely, associate chair. Members of the Michigan Tech community are invited to an open meeting of the committee from 3 to 4 p.m. Nov. 10, in the Memorial Union Alumni Lounge. The event is intended to allow a discussion of the job description criteria and to permit public suggestions about revisions to the job description and criteria.
Are you working on formatting corrections for your dissertation, thesis, or report? Do you need help? Join Harriet King (gscap@mtu.edu), coordinator of the Graduate School Communications Assistance Program for group work hours. These workshops are provided at no charge to students working on a dissertation, thesis, or report. Harriet is skilled with MS Office, Open Office, and Adobe Acrobat Pro. These rooms are equipped with PCs with University software, or you may bring your own laptop. If you need additional help or prefer one-on-one assistance, please contact Harriet to arrange for times and inquire about the services available.
Except for the event on November 20th, all workshops will be held in Dillman 213.
- Tue Sep 22 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Tue Oct 27 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Tue Nov 3 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Tue Nov 10- this session has been cancelled
- Thu Nov 12 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Mon Nov 16 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Tue Nov 17 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Wed Nov 18 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Thu Nov 19 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Fri Nov 20 1:00pm – 3:00pm – EERC 723 (note the room change)
- Mon Nov 30 10:00am – 4:00pm
- Tue Dec 8 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Tue Dec 15 1:00pm – 3:00pm