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Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage Month Workshop Event

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Thursday, November 30, 5:00-6:30PM in Walker 120A

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Guidance for (Land) Acknowledgements within Ojibwa Homelands

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Honoring Land and Life within Ojibwa homelands is the shared responsibility of all peoples, including Michigan Tech community members. In this November’s national celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage, we center the spotlight on the Keweenaw’s history and landscape to learn more about the original stewards, the Anishinaabe Ojibwa, and their long-held and contemporary practices, as they have done since time immemorial. In this workshop, we will engage participants in ways Michigan Tech community members can be active in our responsibilities to honor land and life. Specifically, we will share information and resources on local history and tribal nation communities, as well as how to practice acknowledging our place within the Keweenaw as informed and respectful community members. We’ll also hear from students, staff, and faculty about their experiences in practices of acknowledging, share stories of personal growth, and provide space to address participant thoughts and questions in a good way.  All are welcome to join this timely dialogue in celebration of Indigenous heritages and our shared commitment to Keweenaw lands and livelihoods.

Refreshments will be provided!

Sponsored by Institute for Policy, Ethics and Culture, Great Lakes Research Center, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and the Van Pelt and Opie Library

Contact Kendall Belopavlovich, kybelopa@mtu.edu for more information.

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This Week’s IPEC Programming

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Join us for two events this week, co-sponsored by IPEC

  1. Cayuse Training will occur Tuesday, October 24 from 4:00pm-5:00pm in Library 242.
    • Cayuse is a platform for managing proposals, awards, technologies, inventions, conflict of interest, human and animal ethics and institutional bio- and radiation safety activities.  For more information, see Michigan Tech’s Cayuse Implementation site.
    • Questions about this training can be directed to IPEC director Stefka Hristova, shristov@mtu.edu.
  2. GSG Research Journeys will occur Thursday, October 26 from 6:30pm-7:30pm in the Writing Center (Walker 107).
    • Join the Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture, and the Graduate Student Government today at the Writing Center (Walker 107) from 6:30pm-7:30pm to discuss research journeys. This event is perfect for graduate students who are looking to gain insight on all things research: funding, development, writing, and promotion. We hope to see you there! The Writing Center is located on the first floor of the Walker Arts and Humanities Building.
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Join Us for IPEC’s Fall Membership Get-together!

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Members and non-members both are invited to the Rozsa mezzanine from 6:00-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 12 for heavy appetizers and drinks. Then join us afterwards for The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, a one-hour opera in the McArdle Theatre. Free opera tickets are available by contacting IPEC Director Stefka Hristova, shristov@mtu.edu.

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How Black College Students Learn Code Switching

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Join us for an open lecture with author, entrepreneur, and public speaker George Paasewe on his book “How Black College Students Learn Code Switching”. George will help to imagine a campus community where all members are culturally aware, sensitive, and can effectively communicate with one another. Find solutions to overcoming racial tensions and education on becoming a social change agent through learning and mastering the tool of code-switching.

Register here.

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IPEC Presents Podcast presents Rich Canevez

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The Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture (IPEC) is pleased to announce IPEC Presents. Each episode of IPEC Presents is dedicated to discussing the research our institute conducts in service of policy engagement, and teaching that address the ethical and cultural challenges, implications, and strategies unique to the emerging techno cultural environment. In our first episode, guest Dr. Richard Canevez (HU) and host Kendall Belopavlovich (HU) discuss his rising academic career and research as an IPEC executive committee member and research area lead. Rich is a multi-talented professional whose expertise draws on multiple disciplinary backgrounds, including philosophy, information sciences and technology, artificial intelligence, and communication. 

IPEC Presents can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify by searching for “IPEC Presents”. Our website also hosts the podcast, located here. 

Website: https://www.mtu.edu/ipec/research/podcast/podcasting/ 

Streaming: Spotify, Apple Podcasts

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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, a Guerilla Opera Production

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“Thrilling Adventures as much a triumph as it is a bit of wacky fun.”  Aaron Keebaugh, Artfuse 2023

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage is a new one-act opera by composer Elena Ruehr and librettist Royce Vavrek, adapted from the steampunk graphic novel written and drawn by Sydney Padua, commissioned, produced, and performed by Guerilla Opera. This comedic new opera features Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, the true-life unsung inventors of the first computer, in an alternative universe where they use their new invention to “fight crime.”

Ada Lovelace was a mathematician, gambler, and proto-programmer, whose writings contained the first ever appearance of general computing theory. Charles Babbage was the eccentric inventor of the “Difference Engine”, an enormous clockwork calculating machine that would have been the first computer, if he had ever finished it.

Ada Lovelace was the first great genius to develop a programming language, and who is still not generally known. By bringing this historical figure to light, this opera demonstrates that there is a history of great scientists that are women.  

The project is a collaboration with the Department of Computer Science; the College of Computing; the College of Sciences and Arts; and the Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture. It is part of the celebration of 50 years of computer science at Michigan Tech.

Tickets available at the Rozsa website.

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