Michigan Tech ranks as the No. 1 Peace Corps Master’s International (PCMI) university nationwide for the seventh consecutive year. There are eight distinct PCMI graduate programs here, and the ones in the College of Sciences and Arts include Applied Science Education,Rhetoric and Technical Communication, and Biological Sciences… [read more]
Four graduate students are going to Lansing for Graduate Education Day, Thursday, March 29. Attending from the College of Sciences and arts will be Stephanie Groves, a PhD candidate in biological sciences from Scottville. She will be presenting on converting industrial waste to biofuels and other products… [read more]
A forty-fifth anniversary is a great reason to celebrate, and the jazz program at Michigan Technological University intends to party hearty. It all starts with the Off ‘Dem Jam Session at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Hancock. The forty-fifth anniversary concert takes place at the Rozsa Center. It will also be the twelfth annual Don Keranen Memorial Concert… [read more]
Doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: This is an interdepartmental program that builds on existing faculty and existing courses in the Departments of Biology and Chemistry, as well as the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science. Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Bachelor of Arts in Physics with a concentration in secondary education: Seel says, “The motivation for offering a BA in physics is to provide students with a strong foundation in the field, but fewer course requirements…” [read more]
Sarah Weinreis completed her BS in Chemistry at Michigan Technological University in 2008, but her dream was to help high school students succeed in science and mathematics. She found a path to her goal through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, which enabled her to earn her teacher certification. The Noyce program, run by the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, placed her at Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, MI, a high-needs urban school… [read more]
Air Force ROTC took the overall crown at the Winter Carnival awards ceremony Saturday night. It had been a decade since the Air Force ROTC won, said Jayna Weingarden, Winter Carnival chair for the Air Force ROTC. “We put in a lot of hard work…” [read more]
The Graduate School has announced the recipient of a Graduate Student Government (GSG) Outstanding Service Award is PhD Candidate Shreya Kumar. Shreya is a graduate Teaching Assistant in the Computer Science Department. GSG as a liaison between the administration and grad students at Michigan Tech… [read more]
The Michigan Tech chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has been selected as one of the 2011 Outstanding SPS Chapters. This is the second year in a row that the local chapter has earned such a distinction from the Zone Councilors and Associate Zone Councilors. “This chapter makes a great push to keep alumni involved…” [read more]
Two of the nominees are in the College of Sciences and Arts. Sarah Mets is majoring in biological sciences. She is studying centrosome assembly in the nematode C. elegans, investigating the genes involved in centrosome duplication and how they are related. Physics major Ben Malec tracks particles in a turbulent fluid in which gravitational settling also plays a role… [read more]