SPIE/OSA will be hosting a photo competition with a chance to win $200, $100, and $50 Amazon gift cards! SPIE/OSA has decided to extend our photo competition until Monday April 6th! Please register at http://tinyurl.com/osa-345. The room to pick up the etching is in EERC 631. If you have any questions email Michael Briseno at mjbrisen@mtu.edu.
The MTU Film Board will be showing Hobbit(3): Battle of the Five Armys this
coming Weekend.
This weekend is also the Nanocon (Anime, Gaming and Scifi) Convention so we have added extra showtimes.
Friday (March 27) 5:30pm, 8:30pm, and 11:30pm
Saturday (March 28) 11:30am, 2:30pm, 8:30pm, and 11:30pm
Sunday (March 29) 11:30am, 2:30pm, and 5:30pm
Tickets are $3. Candy, popcorn, and soda are all $1 each.
Next week, Film Board is showing “Taken 3”
We hope to see you there!
Matt Heyse
Film Board’s Publicity Chair
Khana Khazana, a weekly international lunch will feature Saudi Arabian cuisine this Friday, March 27 cooked by Zainab Alshoug , student of Chemical Engineering Department at Michigan Tech.
The main dish is Bukhari Rice. This dish is prepared by cooking the chicken with cumin seeds, black pepper, carrots, tomatoes, onions and served with hot sauce, lemon and garnished with chickpeas,roasted almond and raisins.
The second dish is Ba’lilah. It is a traditional salad made of boiled chickpeas and served with cucumber, carrot, beet, vinegar, hot sauce and cumin.
The final one to end your meal would be Kleeja. These are the wheat cardamom cookies stuffed with honey and cardamom powder.
We will start serving at 11am to 2pm at MUB Food Court. The whole meal is $6.95 with free fountain soda or $2.5 for each item.
Please join us to support our international cooks and enjoy a great meal! Please find the attached flyer.
MEDtalks
Join the MedLife chapter for its first MEDtalks event! Tuesday, March 31 at 6pm. Fisher 125
Light refreshments will be provided.
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS GRADUATING IN MAY 2015: The Michigan Tech Student Foundation (MTSF) and the Student Philanthropy Council invite you to make your upcoming commencement day even more meaningful by participating in the Class Tribute Program. It’s an opportunity for you to recognize someone special to you in the printed commencement program.
Not only will tributes appear in the commencement program, but they will also be displayed on the new video scoreboard in the ice arena! It’s gonna be crazy!
NEW THIS YEAR – You have the option to upload a picture with your tribute! Maybe a special picture of you and your parents? Spouse? Best friend? Imagine that person/s sitting in the audience and seeing the photo and tribute appear on the big screen!
Just go to http://www.mtu.edu/classtributes for program and participation details. The deadline for tribute submissions is Monday, April 6, 2015.
For questions, contact Jenn Biekkola at 487-1056 or jrbiekko@mtu.edu.
Buy tickets here: http://mubfoodandwine.eventbrite.com/
Biological Sciences Seminar
Lisa Johnson, MFA, Michigan Technological University’s Assistant Professor Of Visual And Performing Arts, presents a Biological Sciences Seminar in Dow ESE 642 on Friday, March 27, 4:00 PM, titled “Art in the Field: Reimagining Environmental Experiences as Art, Science and Community.” For more details please see the attached press release.
Poetry Reading By Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Join the Center for Diversity and Inclusion for a Poetry Reading Friday, April 3, 2015 from 7:00-8:30PM in MUB Ballroom B. Our guest poet and the author of Karma’s Footsteps Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie will share her original poems which focus on women, ancestry, violence, and the healing power of art. Snacks will be provided.
Relay For Life Team – Bake Sale Today
The Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honor Society sponsored Biology Week ends today with a bake sale to support their Relay For Life Team. It is 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM in the Dow Lobby. We hope to see many of you there!
Visiting Jazz vocalist Kathy Kosins will be giving a jazz vocal master class on Friday, March 27, from 4-5PM on the Rozsa Stage. She will work with three local vocalists, and demonstrate a variety of helpful information. This event is free and open to the public. She will be accompanied by members of the Michigan Tech Jazz Lab Band. Ms. Kosins will perform in concertthe following evening. Michigan Technological University’s Jazz Studies program presents the Don Keranen Jazz Memorial Jazz Concert with Special Guest Kathy Kosins at the Rozsa Center on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at 6:00 PM.
Kathy Kosins is an American singer specializing in jazz and R&B; she has shared the stage with many jazz greats, and most recently performed with contemporary jazz legend Herbie Hancock.
Fundraiser Opportunity – DDIY
Who: Primary Fundraiser, DDIY (Don’t Do It Yourself, a 510c3 nonprofit helping Houghton and Keweenaw county families facing financial hardship due to medical crisis.)
What: 2nd Annual Folk-and-Food Festival, Food, Crafters and Music!!
When: Saturday, April 11, 2015, 10:00am-6:00pm
Where: Copper Country Mall, old Curves storefront
Why: To promote DDIY, and other clubs and organizations, concerning the services they provide and raise monies to support said services.
Your nonprofit group/club can sell items or goods, provide service or sell food. If you are preparing food at the event you MUST obtain a health certificate prior to the event. However, of you sell something like pizza, already made in a commercial kitchen (Dominos), you do not need a certificate. Also, homemade food items may be sold if prepackaged: cookies, breads, jams, jellies, ect…
There is NO fee for taking part in this event. Of course, any donation to DDIY it is always appreciated.
This event is being held the same day as the Kiwanis Family Fun Day. They expect up to 1,000 people at their event. This should provide great foot traffic for out event, as well.
Need more information? Contact Ellie: ellie@aubreyfreeman.org
Interested: please complete the attached Vendor Agreement DDIY Vendor Agreement NP
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