Thousands of people packed the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena Saturday morning to hear how a dish washer became a strategist for a $104 billion technology company and watch almost 1,000 Michigan Technological University students become alumni.
Read more at the Mining Gazette, by Stephen Anderson.
Service saluted from beginning to end Saturday
Nineteen Air Force and Army ROTC cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants.
Read more at the Mining Gazette.
TEDx Houghton, a spinoff of the national event TED, will be hosted on campus this March 23, 2013, in McArdle Theatre. TEDTalks videos and live speakers will be hosted. Among the local speakers is Tim Scarlett, and Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences. Check the live stream webcast during this all-day event.
Michigan Tech is hosting the 40th Annual Meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) Thursday to Saturday, September 27 to 29. It is one of the largest international meetings of its kind, according to Ron Strickland, chair of the humanities department, and it brings many benefits with it.
Strickland said the annual meeting is also a chance to showcase the University’s humanities programs, faculty, and facilities. The humanities department will set up a couple of tables to present their publications and grants, one focusing on technical communication.
Read more at Tech Today, by Dennis Walikainen.
Part of his research project, which is currently sponsored by the Michigan Tech Research Excellence Fund (REF), seeks to build more awareness and future connections between the Veteran’s Affairs Office, the University (including [Air Force and Army] ROTC programs) and veterans themselves.
“ROTC has shown great interest,” Saurav Pathak says, “and we will be traveling to the Ishpeming, Marquette and Calumet Armories to talk about my work and see how much interest there really is.”
Read more at Tech Today, by Dennis Walikainen.
Don’t miss the 2012 Alumni Reunion at Michigan Tech. Among the featured groups will be the Department of Biological Sciences, which will be honored for its 50th anniversary. The reunion takes place August 2, 3, and 4. There will be tours, picnics, talks, sporting events, ceremonies, and many other social events… [read more]
Roxane Gay, who received her PhD in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from the Department of Humanities in 2010, has had a story, “North Country,” selected for the 2012 edition of Best American Short Stories, published by Houghton Mifflin Co. Gay is the coeditor of [PANK] Magazine… [read more]
Randall (Randy) Isaacson took a BS in Biological Sciences (’86) and an MS in Rhetoric and Technical Communications (’88) from Michigan Tech and turned them into a successful health care marketing and advertising career. On March 1 and 2, he will return to campus as the third speaker in the Scott Pattullo Visiting Executive Series… [read more]