The Van Pelt and Opie Library at Michigan Tech is now a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC). A PTRC is a library officially designated by the Department of Commerce’s US Patent and Trademark Office to freely provide to the University and independent people and businesses the best and most up-to-date databases and other tools, workshops, online guides and assistance with patent and trademark searching.
Through collaboration between the Graduate School and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion underrepresented minority students at Tech were given the opportunity to travel to the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) to attend the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science Inc. (GEM) GRAD Lab last weekend.
This event was co-sponsored by the Graduate School at Michigan Tech and the University of Minnesota, and presenters ranged from current graduate students (including Michigan Tech’s GEM fellow, PhD student Sterling Prince) to senior managers, to faculty and senior administrators. They were selected from diverse communities and disciplines and presented on the following topics:
*Why graduate school?
*How to prepare for graduate school
*Understanding the GEM fellowship
*Voices from the field: real life research and internship experiences
In addition to the GRAD lab, students were treated to a reception, dinner and presentation by GEM alum/3M corporation scientist, Stan Rendon at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul.
Dr. Atsushi Akera, associate professor of science and technology studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), will present a public seminar on the topic, “Asians as Model Minorities–Navigating through STEM careers in a Globalized Workforce.”
The talk will be held in the Alumni Lounge in the Memorial Union on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 4 p.m. Refreshments will be available.
The Van Pelt and Opie Library and the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) invite faculty and graduate students to attend a module, Incorporating Information Literacy into Instruction, consisting of three one-hour sequential workshops.
Instruction and Learning Librarian Sarah Lucchesi is delivering the module through theCTL’s University Teaching and Learning (UTL) Seminars program. In this module, using the framework of Michigan Tech information literacy rubric for undergraduate students (learning goal #6), we will explore the library’s information resources, digital tools for keeping current in a field of study and assignment elements that allow students to practice information literacy skills.
Faculty and graduate students are welcome to register only for this three-workshop series, or as a part of the complete UTL Course Design program. The workshop sessions are:
- Monday, Nov. 4th, 11th and 18th
- 11 a.m. to noon in Library 242
Please register by noon, Friday, Nov. 1.
If you have any questions, contact instrlib@mtu.edu
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The Luc Hoffmann Institute pursues synthesis ideas that will deliver cutting edge results with a clear pathway to application for decision makers and civil society practitioners in WWF’s key focus areas. WWF focus areas can be broken into goals focused onpriority places and priority species, and goals focused on reducing human impact, or the human footprint. Many of these goals receive additional focus through WWF’s Global Initiatives.
Our next call for full proposals is JANUARY 5th, 2014. For this call, we are accepting proposal ideas across the full suite of WWF focus areas, with a particular focus on synthesis proposals relevant to the goals of WWF Global Initiatives, as well as proposals that explore trade-offs and consequences of alternative social, economic, and ecological futures in the greater Yangtze River area.
To allow enough time to make the next proposal deadline, we recommend that you send us your proposal ideas no later than December 1st, 2013.
If you have any questions related to our process, or in submitting your idea, please contact Emilie Cavallo at ecavallo@wwfint.org.
Proposal submission is a two-step process.
All great ideas start someplace! The SmartZone is holding a special open house and tour for Graduate Students and Dual Career clients and you’re invited to come, network and learn more.
The SmartZone offers coaching, tools and mentoring to help you build a thought into an idea, and into a model, then into business and beyond. This special event is designed to help you see new opportunities for your knowledge and skills. You will meet others who have nurtured an idea into a business and other success stories. This is a great platform to get you thinking in a new direction.
Refreshments will be served. There is no cost.
You are welcome to bring your spouse/partner or a guest.
A response that you will attend would be greatly appreciated, email carrie@mtu.edu.
Thursday, 3:00 – 5:00p.m. October 17, 2013, Ground floor Lakeshore Center
GRE Presentation for Students
GRE Information and Strategies – More opportunities for Success with the GRE
- Thursday, October 17, 2103 (5:30 PM)
- 404 Administration Building – Graduate School
- Pizza and beverages will be served
- All students are encourage to attend, no RSVP required
GRE Presentation for Faculty and Staff
An Update from the GRE Program
- Friday, October 18, 2013 (7:30 AM)
- Memorial Union Building – Ballroom B1
- Breakfast will be served
- Faculty and staff, please RSVP to Heather Suokas (hlsuokas@mtu.edu) by October 11th.
GRE – Offered on Michigan Tech’s Campus
ETS (GRE) has agreed to offer a paper-based GRE® revised General Test on Michigan Tech’s campus. This is a one-time event. We hope to expand offerings in the future. The GRE® revised General Test is scheduled for February 8, 2014.
For additional information on this exam and GRE subject tests, please contact James Schultz (jschultz@mtu.edu).
The NC State University Building Future Faculty (BFF) Program is a two day all-expenses paid workshop for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars who are interested in pursuing academic careers, who are committed to promoting diversity in higher education, and who are one to two years away from beginning a job search.
Application deadline: Sunday, November 10, 2013
Program dates: Wednesday, April 2 – Saturday, April 5, 2014
For more information on the workshop, http://oied.ncsu.edu/faculty/building-future-faculty-program/
Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to join the staff of the Van Pelt and Opie Library for the October First Friday University Social on Oct. 4, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Opie Reading Room. Complimentary soda, beer and wine will be served along with some delicious food.
Visit with library staff and meet the newest members. Learn about some of the library’s latest programs and services including the undergraduate information literacy program, Browzine, Digital Commons @Michigan Tech, the planned opening of the US Patents and Trademarks Resource Center and more. Appreciate “People, Place and Time: Michigan’s Copper Country through the Lens of J. W. Nara.” Talk or tour with the provost and library and IT leadership to celebrate the progress with the new workstations and student-centered furniture as they unfold throughout the library.
The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to the diversity and equal opportunity at UC.
Fellowships are awarded for research conducted at any one of the University of California’s ten campuses or the three UC-affiliated National Laboratories—Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, and Los Alamos National Laboratories.
Each award is for a minimum of 12-months and may be renewable for an additional term upon demonstration of academic/research productivity and includes:
- Competitive salary
- Benefits package including health insurance and paid vacation/sick leave
- Up to $5,000 for research-related and program travel expenses.
ELIGIBILITY: U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must hold or receive a Ph.D. from an accredited university before the start of their fellowship.
Apply online before the deadline November 1, 2013
For more information, visit online: ppfp.ucop.edu/info or email: ppfpinfo@berkeley.edu