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The Graduate School is pleased to announce the following graduate student award recipients:

CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award Nominee:

Gary Kaunonen, PhD Graduate in Rhetoric, Theory and Culture

DeVlieg Foundation Fellowships:

Joseph Niehaus, PhD Candidate in Atmospheric Sciences
Shawn O’Neil, PhD Candidate in Forest Science

Doctoral Finishing Fellowships:

Mehran Bidarvatan, PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Kamal Dhungana, PhD Candidate in Physics
Rebecca Frost, PhD Candidate in Rhetoric, Theory and Culture
Ruilong Han, PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering
Jun Tao, PhD Candidate in Computer Science
Xu Yang, PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering

King-Chávez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowships:

Alexander Miranda, PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics
Renee Oats, PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering
Sterling Prince, PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics

Photographs and details of awards and fellowships coordinated by the Graduate School can be found online.

Ten Times Over

Published May 12, 2014

By smcrisma

A sea of stories and support behind the Class of 2014

It’s never a snapshot of just one perspective.

On campuses across the country, students are ascending one side of a stage, shaking hands, and descending as graduates, careers and experiences and possibilities laid out before them.

These are a few snapshots of one. But not just one. Rebecca Miner is finishing her third Tech degree today, a doctorate in Rhetoric and Technical Communication. Her family is seated in a skybox in the arena while she’s up near the stage with the rest of the newly minted PhDs. It’s quiet in the arena. Warm. The only constant sound, aside from the voices calling names, is the sound of camera shutters capturing every moment ten times over.

Read the full news story.

Published in Tech Today by Kevin Hodur, content specialist

Grad student interviewed on Michigan Radio

Published March 7, 2014

By smcrisma

Katie Snyder, a PhD candidate in rhetoric and technical communication and editor of Beyond the Glass Ceiling, was interviewed by Michigan Radio, Michigan’s flagship public radio station, regarding the publication and its role on campus. You can hear her interview here.

Published in Tech Today

RTC PhD graduate quoted in Inside Higher Education

Published January 17, 2014

By smcrisma

News

Cheryl Ball, a Rhetoric and Technical Communication PhD graduate from Michigan Tech, was quoted in an Inside Higher Education article on digital scholarship in the humanities. She now is an associate professor of new media studies at Illinois State University. See Inside Higher Education

Published in Tech Today.

New Dissertations Available in the Library

Published December 5, 2013

By Debra Charlesworth

News

The Graduate School is pleased to announce new dissertations are now available in the J.R. van Pelt and Opie Library from the following programs:

Biological Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Forest Science
Geology
Materials Science and Engineering
Mathematical Sciences
Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Rhetoric and Technical Communication

Alumnus named one of Ebony magazine’s Power 100

Published November 18, 2013

By smcrisma

Michigan Tech alumnus Otha Thornton ’01, president of the National PTA, has been named one of Ebony magazine’s Power 100, the country’s African American leaders. See online.

DOE Scholars Program is now accepting applications

Published October 22, 2013

By smcrisma

The Department of Energy (DOE) Scholars Program is now accepting applications for Summer 2014.

The DOE Scholars Program offers unique opportunities that introduce students or post-graduates to the agency’s mission and operations. Participants in the DOE Scholars Program gain a competitive edge as they apply their education, talent and skills in a variety of scientific research settings within the DOE complex. Appointments are available in a variety of disciplines at participating DOE facilities nationwide.

Application deadline is January 12, 2014 at midnight EST.

Being selected as a DOE Scholar offers the following benefits:

Career possibilities with the nation’s leading sponsor for scientific research
Opportunities to learn from top scientists and subject matter experts
Stipends of up to $650 per week (depending on academic status)
Travel arrangements to and from appointment site

Eligibility requirements:

US Citizens
Undergraduates, graduates or post-graduates of an accredited college or university

For an overview of the program, click here.

To contact the DOE Scholars Program, click here.

Alumnus featured during NBC Evening News

Published October 14, 2013

By smcrisma

News

RTC graduate and retired Army lieutenant colonel Otha Thornton ’01 was featured during the NBC Evening News Oct. 8 with Brian Williams because of his new role as president of the National PTA. Thornton, who was on Michigan Tech’s ROTC faculty, is the first African American man to serve in that capacity.

Published in Tech Today.