Student Scoop – September 24, 2025

Every fall, Huskies come together to make a real impact—and this year is no different. On Saturday, October 25, join Student Leadership and Involvement for Make a Difference Day, the largest national day of community service. Students, faculty, and staff will team up to support local organizations, agencies, and community members through meaningful volunteer projects.

What to Expect
Projects will vary depending on community needs and may include painting, weeding, planting, raking, organizing, cleaning, and more. It’s a great opportunity to get involved and make a visible difference in just one day.

Know Someone Who Needs Help?
If you know a local agency or individual who could use volunteer support, let us know. Submit a request through our site registration form or share it with someone who could benefit from the help of Husky volunteers.

Ready to Volunteer?
Sign up on our GivePulse community service website starting Monday, September 22 at 8:00 AM. Registration closes on Monday, October 20 at 8:00 AM.
Please note: Each member of your group or organization must register individually.

Event Check-In
All volunteers must check in between 8:30 and 9:00 AM on October 25 in the Commons on the ground floor of the MUB. Information packets will be handed out at check-in, and groups will head to their assigned service locations. Some sites may require driving, so plan accordingly.

This is your chance to get involved, meet new people, and support your community in a big way. Let’s make this Make a Difference Day the best one yet.

It’s that time of the year again. Applications to attend the 30th LeaderShape Institute at Michigan Tech are now open!

The Institute is not a typical leadership retreat, it is grounded in helping individuals identify the values they hold that lead to making a difference in the communities around them. By leading with passion, integrity, and a healthy disregard for the impossible, participants explore who they are and the impact that they want to have on communities working towards a more caring, just and equitable society.

This year The Leadership Institute will run from Saturday, December 13th through Tuesday, December 16th. Learn more about The LeaderShape Institute and where to apply on the Student Leadership & Involvement website

Safety is everyone’s responsibility. Whether you’re planning events, managing budgets, or coordinating volunteers, knowing how to identify and manage risks is key to your community’s success. Join us for a workshop focused on developing risk management plans and strategies that keep your participants safe, make your events run smoothly, and protect you from liability. You’ll learn how to identify potential risks, develop event-specific and general safety plans, and ensure your organization is meeting university standards. Whether you’re organizing one big event or overseeing a year’s worth of programming, this session will give you the tools to plan confidently and responsibly.

Date: Monday, October 6th

Time: 4:00-5:00 PM

Location: Chemical Sciences & Engineering Building Room 101

If you are interested in attending, please register here. Additionally, if you have any questions about this event, please email Student Leadership & Involvement at activites@mtu.edu. We hope to see you there!

Let’s build a safer, more inclusive Husky community—together. Michigan Tech invites all students to join the upcoming Hazing Prevention Week events happening throughout late September and early October.

Hazing isn’t just a tradition—it’s a dangerous, harmful practice that affects campus communities across the nation. This year’s events focus on building healthy, safe traditions and making sure all students feel a strong sense of belonging.

Here’s what’s happening:

Haze: Documentary Screening & Community Conversation
– Tuesday, September 30
– Fisher 139
Watch this powerful documentary and take part in a guided discussion about hazing culture, prevention, and how we can make change together.

FAQ: Federal Hazing Law & Michigan Tech Policy Updates
– Thursday, October 2
– Fisher 125
Learn how new national laws and recent changes at Michigan Tech are shaping how we define, report, and prevent hazing on campus.

Pop-Up Prevention Tables
– Throughout the week of Sept. 29–Oct. 3
– Various locations across campus
Stop by our tables to learn more, talk with peer educators, and make your own button showing your commitment to safe, healthy traditions.

Get involved. Be part of the solution.
Whether you’re a student leader, a first-year Husky, or just curious to learn more—you have a role to play in ending hazing at Michigan Tech. Let’s lead with respect, tradition, and safety.

Find full event details on the Involvement Link

A Minecraft Movie

Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected expert crafter.

A Minecraft Movie is rated PG

Friday (9/26) 5:30pm 8:30pm 11:30pm
Saturday (9/27) 8:00pm

Located on Michigan Tech’s campus in Fisher 135. Free admission for tech students and $5 for community members. Concessions are $1.50 card is accepted. We hope to see you at the movie this weekend and have a great day.

Hey Undergraduate Students and RSOs,

The Undergraduate Student Government will be temporarily moving our meeting location to the Memorial Union Building Ballroom A for tonight’s meeting at 7:00PM! We will be introducing our new members who were recently elected, and voting on Ways and Means Recommendations as well. All members of the public are welcome to join and participate during public comment, and we encourage everyone to get civically engaged with our meetings throughout the semester.

Please let us know if you have any questions at usg@mtu.edu!

College is stressful, we get it. Take 10 minutes to check in with yourself at our free Mental Health Screening Day. You deserve to feel your best! Thursday, September 25th from 12-2p.m. in the Hamar House.

Your Voice Matters. Help Shape Student Health and Well-Being!
This fall, Michigan Tech is participating in the National College Health Assessment (NCHA), a nationwide survey about college student health and wellness. By taking the survey, you help ensure our campus programs and services truly reflect the needs and experiences of students like you. The more students who respond, the better we can support you. So make your voice count! Survey open: September 15 – October 6.

Take a break from the books and roll the dice! Join us for Board Game Night on Wednesday, October 1st from 6-8pm in the Wadsworth Hall Annex, (G11, the room attached to the Campus Cafe) for free games, good vibes, and maybe even a little friendly competition.

Not sure if counseling is right for you? Try Let’s Talk on Monday, October 6th from 10am-12pm in the Minerals & Materials Building, room 338! 
This free, informal, and confidential service is a chance to chat with a Michigan Tech counselor about mental health questions or concerns. Available to all undergraduate and graduate MTU students—stop by and start the conversation!
 
Let’s Talk is not a substitute for formal counseling and does not constitute mental health treatment. Additionally, Let’s Talk is not designed to provide emergency or crisis support. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or emergency, please contact emergency and crisis support at 1-877-376-7896.

Get ready, Huskies—Geek U.P. returns to the MUB on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 12 PM – 7 PM! This annual Comic-Con–style charity event brings together students, community members, and fans for a full day of fun.

Highlights include a cosplay contest, celebrity panel & autographs, live music, and vendors in the Alumni Lounge (video games, comics, art, music & more). Student orgs are invited to host games, tournaments, and activities in the Commons—so come hang out, play, and show your support!

All proceeds benefit Copper Shores Meals on Wheels, so every ticket makes a difference. Student orgs interested in participating can email mubrooms@mtu.edu for details.

Come learn how to fix your bike outside the library Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00-7:00.

Come Hike Mt. Baldy with the OAP! We will hike to the top and stop to eat lunch and view the panoramic fall colors! On our way back to town, we will get a chance to stop at the Jampot, Jacobs falls, as well as Eagle River Falls before arriving back to campus.Transportation will be provided for the event, leaving and returning to the OAP Rental Center. Total Hiking miles ~6. To sign up, visit our website

Come check out Copper Harbor with the OAP over fall break. We will be canoeing around the harbor, looking at the fall colors and enjoying nature. We will spend around 90 minutes paddling around the Harbor before heading back to campus. Sign up at our website.

Dr. Ian Bogost is a Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and an award-winning game designer with games like Cow Clicker and A Slow Year gaining international recognition. He is a founding partner of Persuasive Games and a longtime contributing editor at The Atlantic.

5PM to 6PM- Food in the Rozsa Lobby and student research demonstrations
6PM to 7PM – Ian Bogost’s Keynote Talk

Attendees please register on the MTU Events website using this link

The NSLS, National Society of Leadership and Success, needs your help! A chapter is being developed on MTU but we need students who are willing to be the leaders of tomorrow to help govern this student organization!

We need: Secretary, Treasurer, and a Publicity Chair to get us started. There are many other positions available too if those don’t tickle your fancy.
Please click the link or scan the QR code to get started!
If you have questions, you can email us directly!

Join us for WIBIT Wednesday on Wednesday, September 24th, 5:00pm-8:00pm!

Test your individual skills on the course or challenge your friend to a race across the obstacles.

Current MTU students and SDC Members (minimum 3-month) participate for free! (No registration required. Student/Member ID required for admission.)

Not a current student or SDC member? Purchase a WIBIT Wednesday Pass!

Receipt is required upon entry. No SDC day pass or action pass will be accepted for admission. A waiver of liability and concussion awareness form are required to be completed prior to participation. All participants under 12 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Adults must have event access (MTU student/SDC member/WIBIT Wednesday Pass holder). 

Potential featured pieces include:

The Step — This piece allows users to climb up onto the course.
The Base — Users must make their way across a horizontal surface. Be careful how fast you move, as it can get slippery!
The Cliff — Users must navigate either side of a slope using the handles and their balancing skills.
V-Connect — Users must use limited footing space to navigate across the horizontal structure.
The Bridge — Users must navigate up and over an arched structure without falling through.
The Slope — Users must climb up a six-foot wall that leads to a slide into the pool water below!

September 24th combination | Step, Bridge, V-Connect, Slope

Can’t make it? Come visit us next time!

Wednesday, October 29, 5:00-8:00 pm | Step, Cliff, V-Connect, Slope
Wednesday, December 3, 5:00-8:00 pm | Step, Bridge, Cliff, Slope

Questions? Contact Aquatics Manager Annie Boyle at ambengry@mtu.edu or 906-487-2995.

See you at the pool!

Mark your calendar! Registration for session 2 of Fall 2025 Michigan Tech Aquatics programs opens on Wednesday, September 24 at 8:00am!

Explore our programs for all ages and abilities:
– Huskies Group Swim Lessons Parent & Child Aquatics (ages 6 months to 3 years)
– Huskies Group Swim Lessons Preschool Aquatics (ages 4-5 years)
– Huskies Group Swim Lessons Learn to Swim Levels 1-5 (ages 6-17 years)
– Huskies Swim Training (ages 6-17 years)
– Adult Huskies Swim Lessons (18 or older)
– Adult Huskies Swim Training (18 or older)
– Private and Semi-Private Swim Lessons

We’re excited to announce that beginning with Fall 2025 program registration, we will be transitioning to a NEW RECREATION PROGRAM REGISTRATION SYSTEM designed to better support our youth and family programming. As part of this upgrade, there is an important change to how you will register your child for youth programs:

Important Information for Parents/Guardians:
To register your child for aquatics programs this coming fall, you’ll need to:
1. Create your account *Note: Due to system constraints, only current students, faculty, and staff may use an MTU email. All others must use or create a different email address to create an account.
2. Add your children as your affiliates (with their date of birth)
3. Register your child through their affiliate profile (profile options in top right corner), not your own, for any program with an age requirement
This ensures accurate participant info and correct age group placement.

Create your accounts early to be ready!
Additional information on how to create your user account can be found here.
Additional information on how to create your child’s affiliate account can be found here.

Thank you for your support as we make this exciting transition! We’re confident this new system will offer a more user-friendly and efficient experience for all.

Questions? Contact Aquatics Manager Annie Boyle at ambengry@mtu.edu or 906-487-2995.

See you at the pool!

Upcycled Food Operations (UFO) delivers leftovers and ready to eat meals from Wadsworth Dining Hall directly to the HuskyFAN food pantry. UFO meals are free and available Tuesday through Friday on the first floor of Fisher Hall.

Check the Sustainable MTU instagram highlights for the latest meal, and check the HuskyFAN calendar (https://www.mtu.edu/huskyfan/) for pantry hours!

Drop by the Wadsworth Hall Garden on Sunday evenings from 5-6pm through the month of September. Dig your hands in soil, meet new friends, and score some fresh veggies! Gardeners of all levels are welcome. We’ll teach you everything you need to know!

Be sure to follow SustainableMTU on Instagram and add the Sustainability Events Calendar to your Google Calendar to stay up to date on updates regarding weather!

There will be fresh produce from the wads garden in the HuskyFAN food pantry every Sunday from 6-8pm (until the weather no longer allows for produce).

Consumer Product Manufacturing (CPM) Enterprise is focused on taking you through the design process. From consulting companies and sponsors, researching problems to fix, applying research to create a solution, and finally, bringing that solution to life.

CPM will enrich your ability to work through the manufacturing process, and create real products for sponsors, no matter where your interests lie. Each project will meet you at your own experience level to help teach you more about the process. We are open to all majors, and offer a diverse number of projects that span many different interest areas.

If you are interested in CPM, please email: cpm-recruiting@mtu.edu – and visit our website!

Join us for our Career Fair Special meeting! Representatives from HDR will be educating us in-person about some of their rail projects. We will also hear from RailPros about their company. There will be free food, so come on by and become more familiar with what HDR and RailPros have to offer in a relaxed environment!

Please fill out this form to join our Winter Carnival email List to get updates!

Dive in with us! Register now for our PADI Open Water SCUBA Course!

This PADI Open Water Diver Course is conducted over two weekends and includes: 10 hours of academic instruction (some coursework to be completed independently), 10 hours of confined water training (SDC Pool) and certification dives in Lake Superior (Marquette). Upon registration, students will be given all required reading material and paperwork to complete prior to the start of the course. Class size is limited.

Course Dates:
October 10
4:00pm-7:00pm – SDC Room 237
8:00pm-10:00pm – SDC Pool

October 11
7:00am-9:00am – SDC Pool
12:00pm-4:00pm – SDC Room 237
5:00pm-10:00pm – SDC Pool

October 12
8:00am-10:00am – SDC Pool
10:00am-12:00pm – SDC Room 237

October 18-19 or 25-26
Open Dives in Marquette

Registration closes this Friday, September 26, at 11:59 pm!

Questions? Contact MTU Aquatics at 906-487-2995 or email aquatics@mtu.edu. For more information or to register, visit SCUBA.

Were you enrolled in UN1015 in Spring or Summer 2025? Submit your work to Michigan Tech’s undergraduate research journal, Paw Prints! If you’re proud of your work in UN1015 and would like to see it in print, visit our submissions page here: Submissions | Paw Prints, fill out your information, and submit a link or upload the draft. It’s that easy!

Review of submissions will begin immediately, but for consideration in the Fall ‘25 issue, your article must be submitted by October 15. The deadline for Spring ‘26 will be mid-February.

Paw Prints is part of the Ink & Ore Enterprise, made up of advanced undergraduate students. These MTU students are serving as editorial leaders for the journal and will be reviewing and selecting pieces to include. If your article is accepted, you will work with upper-division students on revising and editing your piece to polish it for publication in the journal.

Email your questions to Dr. Holly Hassel at pawprints@mtu.edu.

Keweenaw Pride is excited to present the upcoming 26th Annual Drag Show on Saturday October 4th, 2025! The show will be taking place at the SDC Wood Gym. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm. Michigan Tech students who bring their Tech ID can get in free! General tickets are on sale on the MTU ticketing website. The drag show is a great opportunity to celebrate an important part of LGBTQ+ culture and build community in a queer-positive atmosphere!

Important: The show will include flashing lights, fog effects, loud music, and adult language. This year we will be providing earplugs at the door, and it is highly encouraged that you bring your own to help with the sound.

How to get into Law School – meet your MSU Law admissions rep!
When: Monday Sept 29, 10-1pm
Where: MUB 106A.
Get your questions answered on admissions, scholarships, tests, essays, pre-reqs, and much more.
If you are interested but can’t make it contact admissions directly at admiss@law.msu.edu. You can also contact Susanna Peters (MTU prelaw advisor) at speters@mtu.edu for more pre-law help.

Biskaabiiyaang Collective would like to invite you to observe Orange Shirt Day on September 30th. We will meet on Walker Lawn at 6pm for a short vigil to recognize the victims, survivors, and intergenerational trauma caused by the Indian boarding school system across the US and Canada. We will then walk to the writing center (Walker 107) to watch a movie surrounding the history of boarding schools. We will provide snacks and refreshments during the movie. Please wear your orange shirts, bring a candle, and/or your traditional medicines.

Biskaabiiyaang Collective is looking for new members! Our meetings are Tuesdays at 6:15pm in the Annex Lounge. Please email us for questions or directions at aises@mtu.edu.

The Michigan Tech Office of Sustainability and Resilience is planning for the 16th annual Sustainability Film Series for spring of 2026. We are gathering input for potential films to screen and opportunities to connect with partners through academic courses or student involvement. Please let us know if you have ideas in this form

For reference: we typically show 4-5 films in Fisher Hall at 7pm on the third Thursday of each month, January – April/May, but could be flexible on the timing if required for an on-campus partnership.

Please send questions to Alan Turnquist at sustainability@mtu.edu

Come join the log rolling club at Michigan Tech Sundays from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in the SDC lap pool! Have fun rolling on the logs while listening to music. Compete against friends to see who has the best balance and endurance. No experience is necessary. All you will need to do is wear swimwear and bring your Tech ID to tap in. If you choose to wear shoes while log rolling, make sure they are designated swimming shoes (nothing dirty!).

Calling all students! We’re gathering data on how satisfied students are with the University Shuttle System for our Transport Team. Please take a minute out of your day to fill out this quick survey.

Looking to refresh your wardrobe or clear out your closet?
Join us for a free pop-up thrift store in the MUB Commons from 11 AM – 3 PM on Tuesday, October 7th, and Wednesday, October 8th!

This clothing swap is a great chance to find new-to-you clothes completely free of charge. No donation is required to participate.

Want to donate? We’re accepting gently used clothing and accessories (please no swimsuits, undergarments, or pajamas). Drop-off bins will be available starting one week before the event in Wads, DHH, McNair, East Hall, Fisher, the Library, MUB, and SDC. Day-of donations are welcome too!

Come thrift, swap, and support sustainable fashion on campus!

October is Domestic Violence awareness month and SAVE will be hanging up purple ribbons on campus Tuesday afternoon. Please help us decorate campus then. The official time will be posted as an event at our Involvement Link site

Please help us help make the world a better place

Support Geek U.P.!

Get ready, Huskies—Geek U.P. returns to the MUB on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 12 PM – 7 PM! This annual Comic-Con–style charity event brings together students, community members, and fans for a full day of fun.

Highlights include a cosplay contest, celebrity panel & autographs, live music, and vendors in the Alumni Lounge (video games, comics, art, music & more). Student orgs are invited to host games, tournaments, and activities in the Commons—so come hang out, play, and show your support!

Various Shifts on Sat, September 27th

Support the Keweenaw Color Run!

Join us for the 2025 Color Run hosted by Keweenaw Young Professionals! This year, we’re closely collaborating with Visit Keweenaw and the City of Houghton, with the Color Run just one of the events in the new Canal Colors Fest schedule of events during the first weekend in October.

Various Shifts on Sat, October 4th