Psychology and Human Factors News

Healthy Minds Survey

Published October 8, 2018

The Healthy Minds Survey (HMS) is a campus-wide, nationally recognized, online survey about student mental health and well being. Since its national launch in 2007, HMS has been fielded at over 180 colleges and universities, with over 200,000 survey respondents. Getting this information from students across the country will help the Healthy Minds Network get a clearer picture of how students handle the stresses of college life and how well their mental and emotional health needs are being met. More importantly, Michigan Tech will gain valuable information that will help the university make informed decisions about the mental health services and outreach programs available to students.

Take approximately 25 minutes out of your day to give the university your feedback on mental health and wellness on campus.

Take the survey here.

The survey remains open from September 24th – October 22nd.

ACSHF Students Attend Design Thinking Workshop

Published September 27, 2018

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Students in the Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors graduate programs attended a Design Thinking Workshop in Michigan Tech’s MakerSpace on Monday, September 24. Design thinking is a human-centered, iterative design process used to solving complex problems. Mary Raber and Amber Kemppainen facilitated the workshop.

Author Meet & Greet at Black Ice Comics

Published September 25, 2018

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Isaac Flint, doctoral candidate in the ACSHF program, along with his wife Stephanie, will be hosting a meet and greet at Black Ice Comics in Houghton from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. on Friday, September 28. The couple has co-authored several science fiction books and started their own publishing company, Infinitas Publishing, in 2015.

Donations Needed for Semi-annual Free Sale

Published September 18, 2018

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Co-founders of the highly successful semi-annual free sale at Michigan Tech were featured in a segment on TV6 news on Monday evening. Female faculty began the free sale five years ago due to limited local options for women’s business attire.

Ready to clean out your closet and help students at the same time? Consider donating your gently used, clean women’s business clothing and accessories to the Free Sale. Your items will be available to all Michigan Tech students at no cost. Donations help provide students with business attire for the fall career fair. Sizes 12 and up are particularly needed this year.

It has become kind of a passion of mine and I think the reason why is because when you see those students stand taller, look a little prouder and realize that they do look wonderful and their gratefulness that they have when they are leaving is just, I think, what inspires us to keep going — Susan Amato-Henderson, Cognitive and Learning Sciences Department chair.

The next semi-annual Free Sale will be held from 11-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Meese Center. Donations are now being accepted during normal business hours at the following locations:

Van Pelt and Opie Library – Front Desk and Jeannie DeClerk’s office, 219
Lakeshore Center – Pat Muller’s office, 320 A1
Academic Office Building – First Floor and Latika Gupta’s office, 128
Dillman Hall – Tess Ahlborn’s office, 108A
Meese Center – Susan Amato-Henderson’s office, 107

The semi-annual Free Sale is held the weekend before Career Fair. Your donations have helped hundreds of students dress for success. In addition to business suits, we gratefully accept and give away business-appropriate shoes, jewelry, blouses, briefcases, blazers and more.

We are in particular need of larger sizes. Want to volunteer and join the fun? Contact Tess Ahlborn for more information.

In the News

Published September 14, 2018

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Kelly Steelman (CLS) was quoted in the Daily Mining Gazette on her role as president of the Keweenaw Roller Girls, which defeated the Kingsford Krush, 242-64, last Saturday in front of several hundred fans.

ACSHF Student Receives Local Hero Award

Published September 6, 2018

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Whitney Boroski, MS student in the ACSHF program and Manager of Student Health and Wellness, was recently awarded the 2018 Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking (MCRUD) Local Hero Award. MCRUD provides leadership on state and national issues, and assists individuals, grassroots groups, and organizations to reduce underage drinking locally.

Boroski has been resourceful in creating programs and utilizing campus and community resources to assist in reducing underage drinking at the university.

Stockero tops most cited articles

Published September 6, 2018

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Sha ri Stockero (CLS/Math) co-authored two of the most cited articles in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education (JMTE) and Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (JRME). According to Google Metrics, Stockero’s article “Characterizing pivotal teaching moments in beginning mathematics teachers’ practice”, was the 9th most cited JMTE article from 2013-2017. Laura Van Zoest from Western Michigan University is co-author.

A second article, “Conceptualizing Mathematically Significant Pedagogical Opportunities to Build on Student Thinking”, was the 12th most cited JRME article for that same time period. The article was co-authored by Keith Leatham and Blake Peterson (Brigham Young University) and Laura Van Zoest.

Research for Teachers Poster Session

Published August 30, 2018

By Heather Powers

A poster session for the Michigan Tech 2018 Research Experiences for Teachers was held from 3 to 5 p.m. yesterday (Aug. 9) in the Great Lakes Research Center Second Floor Atrium.

The poster session concludes the NSF-funded Teacher Professional Development summer institute, “Computational Tools and the Environment.” Twelve in-service teachers were paired up with civil and environmental engineering graduate students to research topics such as water quality, lead contamination, aquaponics and renewable energy.

The results of their research have been translated into curricula for science and mathematics classes. They will present the results of their research and curriculum development at the poster session.

Group of Teachers present posters on mobile chalkboards to attendees

A presenter and a group of student onlookers

Michigan In-service Teachers Participate in Engineering Course at MTU

Published August 3, 2018

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Through the generous support of a grant from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, 8 Michigan teachers participated in a two-week long summer institute on the campus of Michigan Tech last month. The teachers are newly admitted students in the Master’s of Applied Science Education program, housed in the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences. The teachers engaged in hands-on experiments in the course, The Engineering Process, which was taught by Dr. Irwin from the School of Technology. Teachers took part in both the technical and creative sides of the problem solving process surrounding engineering.

New Funding

Published July 6, 2018

By Heather Powers

Kevin Trewartha (CLS/RICC) is the principal investigator on a project that has received a $455,884 research and development grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/National Institutes of Health. Shane Meuller (CLS/RICC) is the Co-PI on the project “Motor Learning as a Sensitive Behavioral Marker of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Alzheimer’s Disease.”

This is a three-year project.