SPECIAL EDITION: Student News Briefs, 11/30/15

MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS

Last Fall Semester HuskyLEAD Session – Dealing With Difficult People The last HuskyLEAD for the semester will be held tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 1) at 6PM in the Memorial Union Building Alumni Lounge. The topic will be “Dealing With Difficult People” and the presenter will be Joe Cooper, director of Student Activities. Participants will learn to identify and approach group members and leaders in the organization, team or workplace who may be putting their own interests over the common good. HuskyLEAD is a series of hour-long workshops designed to develop the organizational, classroom, and professional leadership skills of students. The sessions are open to all students and are free. You need not be a member of an organization to attend. If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future HuskyLEAD sessions, please contact Maryann Wilcox, Student Activities, at 906-487-2402 or mawilcox@mtu.edu.

American Society for Engineering Management to Meet

Katie Hickey and Tony Schwen, technical sales, ThermoAnalytics will share their experiences on how they blended Business and Engineering in their careers. Interested in being a member of a professional organization for Engineering Managers and with National ASEM affiliation? The B.S. in Engineering Management is a STEM program. All interested students are welcomed. Interested in going on a two-day trip in March to visit different companies and learn more about various industries and career? Attend the meeting at 7:00PM. December 2 in 104B Chem-Sci. If you have any questions or are unable to attend but are still interested, email Tim Spehar or Justine Barker to stay in the loop. Pizza and pop will be provided.

CAMPUS NEWS

Toy’s for Tots Donation Box on Campus

The Registrar’s Office is once again participating in the Toys for Tots program that runs until December 23rd. While you are out shopping for the holidays, please consider purchasing a toy that will benefit a local child. The program is looking for new, unwrapped donations for children up to age 16. The donation box is located on the first floor of the Administration Building by the elevators. If you have any questions about the program, please contact the Registrar’s Office at 906-487-2319 or visit the Toys for Tots website.

Book Drive to Support Community Center in Ghana, Africa

Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership this past summer  had the incredible opportunity to travel to Ghana, Africa to carry out numerous projects.  Part of the experience led to a community center in a small town called Abesim.  The Pavlis program has worked with this community center in the past, but the team felt that they should bring attention back to this incredible resource for students.  One of the most unfortunate things about this community center is that it is etremely lacking in educational material for students achieving higher education.  Therefore, as part of a Senior Capston Experience, Courtney De Cramer is working with the Ghana team that will be traveling to the country in the summer of 2016 to donate college-level textbooks to this community center.  Therefore, they are running a book drive from December 7-December 19 to collect any college level materials for the team to bring on their journey.  They will accept any and all donations.  To donate or for questions please contact Pete Seim (pjhokeme@mtu.edu) or Courtney De Cramer (ckdecram@mtu.edu).