Need a break from studying? Or simply want to take a moment to relax? Then stop by and enjoy an immersive soundscape accompanied by projected visuals. “Aural Canvas Vol.1: Ambient Fields” features eight paintings recontextualized through the use of sound design and music.
Denise Sekaquaptewa, professor of psychology, associate chair, and associate director, ADVANCE at the University of Michigan will speak on her experimental research. Dr. Sekaquaptewa’s research program focuses on implicit stereotyping, prejudice, stereotype threat and effects of category salience on test performance and academic motivation. Her current projects include studies of how environmental factors influence women students in math and science and how stereotypes affect interracial communication. After the presentation, we’ll have an open forum discussion on advancing a positive climate at Michigan Tech. Refreshments will be served.
When: Thursday, April 21 in MUB Ballroom B2, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. For more information visit the site.
RSVP here to let us know you’re coming.
Hosted by Michigan Tech Women in Science and Engineering, and the Pavlis Honors College
The Women’s Programming Committee is presenting this (free) screening of The invisible War, a powerful documentary about rape in the military, Wed, 7:30 pm, Fisher 139. There will be a facilitated discussion held after the conclusion of the film.
Wed, 4/13 at The Orpheum Theater in Hancock, 6:00 pm
Free Community Screening of Naomi Klein’s, “This Changes Everything” followed by a brief community discussion.
Wednesday, 4/13, at The Orpheum Theater in Hancock, 6:00pm Free Community Screening of Naomi Klein’s, “This Changes Everything”
This film is being brought to you by Transition Marquette, Transition Keweenaw, and Green Film Series co-sponsors. We will follow the
film with a brief community conversation regarding next steps.
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Saturday, 4/16, 1-4pm, at Portage Lake District Library. Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) Houghton Chapter Launch. Please join us for a
workshop to create the political will to address climate change. Become a citizen climate advocate and help create a livable world.
Interested in digital cinema? Consider producing, editing, and submitting your short film to student-run TUFF – Tahoe Underground Film Festival. Deadline is August 22.
Here is the link: https://tahoeundergroundfilm.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/submissions-for-the-inaugural-tahoe-underground-film-festival-are-now-open/ (Links to an external site.)
The Pavlis Honors College is looking for undergraduate and graduate students interested in becoming agents of change to become University Innovation Fellows (http://universityinnovationfellows.org/) and work on improving the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem here at Michigan Tech. The college will be sponsoring 4 students to become Fellows during the Fall 2016 semester. We are looking for creative, action-oriented students who are passionate and excited about innovation and entrepreneurship. Please forward this on to any students who may be interested. We appreciate all of your help in finding awesome students for this opportunity!
The application can be found here: http://goo.gl/forms/N6zQwMHDVr We will be accepting applications until Friday, April 15th at 11:59pm.
The University Innovation Fellows is a 6-week training program administered by Stanford University’s d.school (a commitment equivalent to a 1-2 credit class at Michigan Tech). Through the fellowship, undergraduate and graduate students from across the nation are charged with cultivating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship at their university. Fellows gain skills, tools and the networks crucial for their mission through online training and video-conferencing sessions. Fellows hone their leadership and communication skills and broaden their understanding of experiential learning, design thinking, interdisciplinary education and, most importantly, student innovation and entrepreneurship.
Upon completion of training, fellows are invited to attend a 4-day retreat at Stanford University and Google. The fellowship is an opportunity to enact meaningful change while being part of a national movement. Current fellows at Michigan Tech have been working on many exciting initiatives (for examples, see the following links, here and here) and can’t wait to have your help in creating the future on our campus.
The Humanities Department will be hosting an afternoon, hands-on, workshop for Michigan Tech students on gaming and social advocacy. Students will play games, design aspects of a digital game, and discuss how gaming might be used to promote active participation in social issues and citizenship.
This event is Free and open to the public! Space is limited!
Register by October 31st at http://bit.ly/1NbMoK2
When: Friday, November 6 12:30-3:30pm
Where: Walker Arts and Humanities Center, 120C
I am a senior in the Communication, Culture and Media program, with a media concentration. An Upper Peninsula native, I grew up in Calumet and have a deeply rooted love for the area. For that last two years I have had the opportunity to work for director Suzanne Jurva on Yoopera!, a documentary about creative growth around cultural heritage in the Upper Peninsula. The film specifically looks at the Pine Mountain Music Festival and the commissioning of an opera based on the story of a mining tragedy from the early 1900’s in the town of Rockland Michigan. The film also tells the story of a joint project by community artist Mary Wright and the impact her Storyline project has had on local residents and their sense of collective self, young and old alike.
As a sophomore I had the opportunity to first try my hand at film making in Erin Smith’s documentary course, producing a short film about PANK Magazine with three of my fellow students (see the video below). Being involved in the Cin/Optic Communication and Media Enterprise since my freshman year, I have worked on various video productions across campus as well as a book cover for the Keweenew Research Center and a shirt for the CCM major. I currently work as a media lab consultant at the HDMZ in Walker and as a graphic designer for University Marketing and Communications.
Sharing an affinity for the hat they call the Stormy Kromer, Andrew Benda and myself have been a tremendous team in the past year or so. Our short film “Ouroborus” was a winner for story (ten total) and top ten finalist in the Hint Fiction Film Competition at the Vail Film Festival. Winner will be announced at the end of March during the festival. We have collaborated on both video production and design – the trailer for NLFF is a good example (we did all the filming and music). We are also currently collaborating on a brochure for our major and a hodgepodge of other creative endeavors.
Serving as former President of MTU’s Rotaract Club, I spoke at last years Rotary 6220’s District Conference on Rotaract, Media, and the Future of Rotary. While president I led a fundraising initiative to send our representatives to Rotary’s International Conference which was held last year in New Orleans. At the conference I was intrigued by ShelterBox, a disaster relief non-profit, and I am now one of district 6220’s representatives.
I work during the summers at Camp Manito-wish YMCA where I do leadership initiatives in a wilderness setting with youths from around the midwest paddling lakes and rivers of Northern Wisconsin for four to five day routes.
Justin and I wrote directed, and produced a short film for the Hint Fiction Film Contest, where we were given a poem under 25 words and were given 1 minute of film to tell its story. The film has been selected as a finalist, and we will be traveling to Vail, CO at the end of March to see it screened.
I also play guitar in the band Two Sunrises. We play around town.