Student Scoop – November 12, 2025

Stop by and see the Automotive Enthusiasts this Sunday, November 16th between 10 AM – 2 PM to ensure that your vehicle is ready for winter! This outdoor vehicle safety awareness event will assist students, staff, and faculty in preparing their vehicles for winter weather by offering a brief inspection of key vehicle elements, providing minor services, and offering recommendations.

Experienced volunteers will perform tasks including:

-Check and adjust your tire pressure

-Inspect your windshield wiper blades

-Top-off windshield washer fluid

-Inspect your tire tread depth

The event will take place in Lot 14 by the Broomball Courts. The inspection area will be clearly marked with cones and directional signage to ensure an organized traffic flow, please proceed slowly and cautiously upon arrival. A volunteer will greet you.

Hot cocoa and baked goods will be available for event attendees!

Xi Sigma Pi’s annual silent auction is going to be on Tuesday November 18th from 10:00am to 6:00pm, which is the week before Thanksgiving break. We’ll have various items donated by CFRES students, faculty, and staff. In the past we’ve had earrings, posters, shirts, and hats. 

Items will be displayed in the wood room on the second floor of the U.J. Noblet building with papers for bidding with each item. 

Item pickup will be starting at 6:00pm, when the auction ends, until 6:30pm. Anything not picked up then will be held in Noblet 145A, the CFRES learning center, during our regular hours the next day. If items are not picked up then by the highest bidder, the second bidder will be emailed and can pick it up the following day. 

Payment in cash is preferred, but Venmo is accepted. 

Come get some cool items, and we hope to see you there!

Join us on Sunday, November 16, and soak up the good vibes of local Houghton band Cattle Dogs at WMTU’s first Tiny Booth Concert!

Can’t make it? No worries — listen live on 91.9 FM or watch on Twitch at twitch.tv/WMTU_Live!

Questions? Feel free to reach out on Instagram @wmtu.fm!

Club Discord: https://discord.gg/7JJNgKqc
Involvement Link: https://www.involvement.mtu.edu/organization/huskiesbaking
Instagram: @huskiesbakingclub

Unfortunately due to current flight cancellations, Ryan is unable to make the trek up here for this Friday’s comedy show and will be postponing to the Spring Semester.

MUB Board is currently working with the Rozsa to move the date and tickets, so stay tuned for more information as we have it. We apologize for the situation but hope to bring him soon!

Be sure to follow our Instagram (@mubboard) for real time updates!

Need a breather before finals? Come sip hot cocoa and make cards with us! Create something special for the holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, or just to say thank you to someone who made your semester great. Bring a friend, enjoy the cozy vibes, and take a break on Tuesday, December 2 from 6–8 PM in the MUB Commons. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with our latest events!

Come join us for a hodgepodge of various crafts. From paint to beads, keychains to ornament making, and so much more! Hang out and craft with MUB Board’s Arts and Leisure committee and the amazing Tiny Knitz who will be providing lessons on how to crochet! Come while supplies last!

Design Ornaments, Decorate A Winter Tree

While Supplies Last!
Come check out the Alumni House, hangout with peers while designing and decorating, and decompress for a bit. Snacks Provided. Open 8-5 pm, stop by anytime. Everyone is welcome!

Where: Alumni House
When: November 10th – November 14th

Help us raise awareness around food access on our campus by designing an idea for a statue made of cans to go in the MUB for Winter Carnival!

Click here to submit, see specs, and learn more!

Does your bike need some love? Want to learn some basics on how to keep your bike safe and efficient? Drop by the Campus Bike Lab popup, and we’ll help you fix your ride! We’ll be in the Fisher Hall lobby from 5-6pm every Monday and Wednesday until Fall Break.

Pro tip: add the MTU Sustainability Events Calendar to your Google Calendar for the most up to date schedule of all campus sustainability events!

Noche de Baile is a free cultural event hosted by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. It will take place in the DHH Ballroom on campus, making it easy for everyone to join. We expect about 90–100 people to attend. This event is a fun way for students to relax, meet new people, and learn about Latino culture. There will be music, food, games, prizes, karaoke, glow in the dark face painting, and plenty of dancing!

Join GradSWE at the Grad Commons on Thursday, November 13th, from 5-6:30pm for game night! All are welcome!

Do you like free cookies? Come and get some at Cookies and Coloring! Stop by the Alumni House basement on Friday, November 14th between 2-4pm for some free cookies and coloring! Enjoy tasty treats while you relax with some coloring—it’s a perfect way to de-stress and recharge.

College life comes with new freedoms—and new financial decisions. Join us for our Financial Wellness Husky Hour, an interactive workshop where you’ll learn practical strategies for budgeting, saving, managing credit, and making your money work for you. Whether you’re trying to stretch your meal plan, avoid debt, or plan ahead for big goals, this session will give you the tools to feel confident about your financial future!

Laptops required!

Confused by copays, deductibles, and what’s actually covered? You’re not alone. Join us for our Navigating Health Insurance Husky Hour, a fun event designed to help you make sense of navigating health insurance and your coverage. We’ll break down key terms, explain how to use your insurance, and help ease frustrations with understanding your policy.

Passionate about mental health? Looking for a way to make a difference on campus?

P.A.W.S. (Peer Awareness for Well-Being and Support) is accepting nominations for the Spring 2026 cohort! This program equips students with valuable training in active listening, empathy, and stress management while fostering a supportive community dedicated to mental health awareness. If you want to enhance your skills, connect with like-minded peers, and help create a culture of well-being at Michigan Tech, P.A.W.S. is the perfect opportunity. Nominate yourself or a friend today! Nominations close November 21st for Spring 2026!

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.

Are you a current BL2010 student? The Biology Learning Center (BLC) is hosting an exam review session for your next exam! Come review with us in the Biology Learning Center (BLC), located in DOW 744, TOMORROW (Thursday 11/13) from 7-9pm. No need to RSVP, just show up and bring all your questions!

Stop by the BLC or email Micaela at mrgebork@mtu.edu if you have any questions about the review session.

Receive $40 to spend on food at the Calumet Cool Season Farmers Market! All you have to do is show your SNAP/EBT card at the market info table! There is a variety of local produce available.

Open Saturdays, 10am – 1pm, at the Copper Country Curling Club in Calumet.

Learn more at: [doubleupfoodbucks.org/bonus-bucks]

MTU students, staff, and members of the Houghton/Hancock community are invited to be a part of the Mining Survey created by the Quincy Mine team in AEE. The Quincy Mine team is working with Tom Wright, the Facilities Manager at the Quincy Mine Hoist Association, to understand perceptions of local non-operational mining sites, associated environmental concerns, and the possible utilization of existing mining sites for energy generation. The survey is anonymous and will only take 5-10 minutes to complete. The survey can be found here !

Join us for Stitching Sustainability with Women in Natural Resources. We will be having a relaxed evening of creativity, community, and conservation. Enjoy hot chocolate and cookies while you breathe new life into old clothing through embroidery and upcycling.

We’ll provide some clothing pieces and all the supplies you’ll need, or feel free to bring your own items to personalize. No experience required – just come to unwind, connect, and make something meaningful together.

Biomedical engineers often work with electronics to create tools that sense, measure, and interact with the human body. This workshop introduces students to the fundamentals of circuit design through a real-world example: a custom controller for lab instrumentation.

In this two-part series, participants will:
– Session 1 (Nov 14): Learn how to design a schematic from scratch, using best practices and validation techniques to ensure accuracy.
– Session 2 (Nov 17): Get hands-on with PCB layout tools to turn your schematic into a physical design. While we won’t fabricate the boards this semester, you’ll leave with a complete layout ready for future prototyping.

What is a PCB?
A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is the physical platform that connects and supports electronic components. It’s essential in biomedical devices—from pacemakers to lab sensors—and knowing how to design one empowers engineers to prototype, troubleshoot, and innovate.

Who should attend?
This free workshop is open to all students interested in biomedical instrumentation, electronics, or hands-on design. No prior experience is required—just bring your curiosity and a laptop if you have one!

Registration for the first event of the Winter Carnival 2026 Winter Games has opened.

The first event is banner painting; each team will receive a blank banner that they will paint based on their interpretation of the theme, “Through Ice and Snow To Space We Go.” Registration ends Monday 11/17 at 5pm. If you have any questions, please email bkevents@mtu.edu or stop by the Blue Key office in Mub 106. For updates and to register check the Winter Carnival Website

Looking for a fun thing to do this weekend? Come join the Husky Amateur Lego Organization for a Lego Build-A-Thon! We will have tons of sets available for your building pleasure, as well as bins of bulk bricks so you can build whatever you want. We will also be be doing a raffle for giveaway lego sets!

Stop by the Wads Annex (G11) on Saturday, November 15th, anytime between 12pm and 4pm to relax and build some Legos!

Come get to know Green Campus Enterprise by playing Jeopardy with our teams!

Learn about our 9 subteams, meet our advisors, and learn how you can engineer a difference in campus sustainability. Subteams include Aquaponics, Bioretention, Campus Bike Lab, Composting, Carbon Footprint, SDH Heat Pump, Solar, Transportation, and Waste Heat. Green Campus is open to all majors and, for many, can be used as senior design or capstone requirement. Snacks will be provided! Please RSVP with the QR code provided.

Mu Beta Psi is dedicated to the promotion of music on campus and in the community, and to support music through service, recognition, and scholarship. The men and women of Mu Beta Psi are a diverse group with many interests, but with one thing in common: we share a love for music.

Superman (2025)

Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned.

Superman (2025) is rated PG-13

Friday (11/14) 5:30pm 8:30pm 11:30pm
Saturday (11/15) 5:30pm 8:30pm 11:30pm
Sunday (11/16) 5:30pm 8:30pm

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.

Husky Hobbies: Shrinky Dinks is Nov. 18th from 7-9pm in the Alley Makerspace! Come make your own little charms! Shrinky dink paper will be provided and all experience levels are welcome. Please sign up for the event on Involvement Link! You can still register even if your event fills up.

My favorite thing to do is to look up art on Pinterest and then make charms based on it. Hopefully, I will see you there and can share art. -Sam, Craft Club Vice President

Currently enrolled MTU students are invited to be part of Michigan Tech’s first food security survey since 2018! Findings from this research will help to inform improvements to campus food access.

The survey is anonymous and only takes about 5-10 minutes to complete. When you finish the survey, you can choose to be entered to win one of sixteen $10 MTU gift cards.

We hope you take the time to help yourself and your fellow Huskies get better food access. Survey closes November 21, 2025.

Fill out the survey here! (https://michigantech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eWMcBEvL62uF64e)

Didn’t have time to prep a meal? Want to help reduce food waste? Stop by the HuskyFAN food pantry Tuesday through Friday to grab a UFO meal! These pre-packaged meals are easy to just heat up in the microwaves in Fisher Hall, the library, or the MUB!

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 as supplies last.

Check the Sustainable MTU instagram highlights for the latest meal, and check the HuskyFAN calendar for pantry hours!

We at the Euchre Club are excited to bring our first euchre tournament of the 2025-2026 school year! Unlike our previous tournaments, this one will be hosted in Round Robin fashion, where every team will play 5 games. Although it may seem discouraging, a registration fee of $5 per person playing in the event is required. However, the winning team will be rewarded a cash pool prize, as well as a comically large check to go along with it.

This tournament will take place in the MUB Commons on Wednesday, November 19th at 6pm – 9pm. Please arrive at 5:45 for check-in.

To register, fill out this form here , or scan the QR code in the flyer.

The Douglass Houghton Hall Council at Michigan Tech is hosting a special event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald this Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. in the DHH Ballroom.

This gala will honor the 29 crew members lost in the 1975 storm and celebrate the enduring legacy of the Great Lakes. Highlights of the event include the screening of a documentary, a playback of Gordon Lightfoot’s classic song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” as well as charcuterie and refreshments. It is gently encouraged that guest make the most out of this fun formal event by dressing somewhat semi-formal if able.

No strict dress code or RSVP will be enforced though, as is it intended to be a fun event above all else!

Meet us in MEEM 402 for the Acoustical Society of America Student Chapter’s first social event at 6 pm on November 20th. There will be ice cream! If you are interested in attending or learning more about the ASA Student Chapter please fill out this form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6CJjG9lzCDQv9Kk_ScpLvoNhaoRb0PoEZ8TGT3nXRblCesw/viewform?usp=header).

Thank you, and we hope to see you there!

Join the Biskaabiiyaang Collective at Michigan Tech in making your own dreamcatcher this Thursday in the library, Room 243 from 1pm to 3pm. Materials will be provided!

Hey robot enthusiasts and FIRST Alumni, 

Copper Country Robotics at Michigan Tech is hosting the second year of Robot in 3 Days at Michigan Tech, where the most dedicated FIRST Robotics students will ideate, design, build, program, and market a robot from scratch in just 72 hours! Starting on January 10th, 2025 at 12:00PM, we will work as a group to pioneer these engineering challenges. This year’s FIRST Robotics Competition game: REBUILT, presents great challenges to high school teams across the world, and colleges throughout the midwest and beyond are ramping up to show our skills and expertise as a core pillar of robot ideation and design. We’re looking for students to join our crew and help us become an example across the entire Upper Peninsula for what a sound and beautiful robot looks like.

Students participating in the challenge don’t have to be engineers (or even good at building). We need all sorts of skills ranging from programming, marketing, electronics, streaming, and presenting to make this run. Half of the battle is streaming this across the nation on our social media platforms and highlighting the expertise and design that makes Michigan Tech special!

If you want to get involved, RSVP before December 1st on our Involvement Link. In addition, check out our 2025 Robot in 3 Days robot, Blizzard T. Robot

Questions? Email ccr-contact@mtu.edu to get in touch with our Executive Board and RI3D Committee. We look forward to seeing you on the team!

Hey students,

While the Winter Break Bus Tickets are initially sold out, the waitlist is still open to join. The Undergraduate Student Government contracts more buses if we can get enough interest in the appropriate waitlist, inviting those on the waitlist to purchase an additional ticket.

If you’d like a spot on the Lower Michigan or Wisconsin / Chicago Break Bus waitlist, please email breakbus@mtu.edu with your name, the bus that you’d like to join, and a note that you are joining the Winter Break Bus waitlist.

For more information on the Break Bus, please see usg.mtu.edu/break-bus, or contact breakbus@mtu.edu with any questions that you have. Hope to see you on the bus!

Next week on Tuesday, November 18th from 11 AM – 2 PM outside the Wads Dining Hall, the Maple Syrup Club will be having a tabling event where we sell maple flavored cotton candy made with our own maple syrup. If you want to stop by and say hi or maybe even buy some (they will only be $1), we would love to see you!

Please join Well-Being Advocates in writing letters for those who you are thankful for this Thursday 2-6pm in the library exhibit space. You can write a letter for a loved one, best friend, or to your future self!

You can also stop by for some mental health resources and a small sweet treat!

Do you have an unpaid parking citation? Looking for an easy way to clear it while supporting the campus community?

The Division of Student Affairs, HuskyFAN, and Transportation Services have teamed up for Can Your Citation, a food drive that allows you to pay off your tickets with non-perishable donations to the HuskyFAN food pantry!

How to “Can The Citation”
Donate non-expired, non-perishable food or personal care items between November 3rd and November 23rd at the Dean of Students Office (Administration Building).

Your donation will remove a citation from your account based on the following tiers:
– 1 Full Brown Grocery Bag = $25 citation removed from your account
– 8 12 oz cans = $25 citation removed from your account
– 4 12oz Cans = $10 citation removed from your account

Please note: A maximum of three citations are eligible for removal from your account during this donation period.

Bonus Raffle Entry!
Every person who donates will be entered into a raffle to win a FREE parking pass!

Don’t have a citation but still want to donate and be entered into the raffle? We welcome and appreciate all donations to help stock the HuskyFAN food pantry for our students.

Questions about the program can be directed to the Dean of Students Office at deanofstudents@mtu.edu.

Thank you for supporting HuskyFAN and our campus community!