May 30, 2024

Don't forget, registration is now open for summer Huskies Aquatics programs! We are excited to offer programs for both youth and adults from beginners to advanced participants with an extended variety of times. (Additional classes have been added.)

• New! Huskies Diving Clinic (ages 6-17 years) — A second session has been added for younger ages. Private and semi-private springboard diving lessons are also now available. Contact Aquatics Manager Annie Bengry at ambengry@mtu.edu or 906-487-2995 for more information.
• Adult Huskies Swim Lessons (ages 18 years and older)
• Adult Huskies Swim Training (ages 18 years and older)
• Huskies Group Swim Lessons Parent & Child Aquatics (ages 6 months to 3 years) — Morning and evening classes.
• Huskies Group Swim Lessons Preschool Aquatics (ages 4-5 years) — Morning and evening classes.
• Huskies Group Swim Lessons Learn to Swim Levels 1-5 (ages 6-17 years) — Morning and evening classes, additional classes added.
• Huskies Swim Training (advanced participants ages 6-17 years)

If the class or level you are looking for is currently full, please contact Aquatics Manager Annie Bengry at ambengry@mtu.edu or 906-487-2995. You can also fill out a waitlist request. We will try to add additional classes based on level demand!

Register now for the Lean HE Americas Encore event on June 13 from 1-4:30 p.m. ET on Zoom.

Lean HE is an international community of practice composed of lean and related improvement practitioners in higher education. The virtual mini-conference encore event will showcase presentations from the Lean in Higher Education International Conference held in San Diego, California, last October.

Presentation Lineup:

• "Rapid Improvement = Growing Enrollment" by Julie Taylor and Janyce Fadden, University of North Alabama
• "Reducing Resistance in Projects" by Candice Beckman and Tabitha Wiles, University of Texas-Arlington
• "Low-Touch Touch-Time: Collecting Process Time Data on an Enterprise Scale" by Brad Sollenberger, University of California San Diego
• "Lean HE International Conference 2024 Update" by Linda Spinks, University of Cambridge

Registration is free and open to all. Please share with interested colleagues and friends. We look forward to connecting and growing together in pursuit of organizational excellence.

Job Posting for Thursday, May 30, 2024

Staff and faculty job descriptions are available on the Human Resources website. For more information regarding staff positions, call 906-487-2280 or email humanresources@mtu.edu. For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted.

Assistant Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics. Apply online.

Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Accommodations are available. If you require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations to apply for employment, or for an interview, at Michigan Technological University, please notify the Human Resources office at 906-487-2280 or humanresources@mtu.edu.

Bradley Wells (CEO) is the principal investigator (PI) on a project that has received a $50,000 other sponsored activities contract from the Michigan Department of Transportation.

The project is titled "Michigan Tech Summer Youth Programs - National Summer Transportation Institute 2024."

Jannah Tumey (CEO) is a co-PI on this project.

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Libby Meyer (VPA) is the recipient of a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

This grant will support a multidisciplinary art series at the Rozsa Center in fall 2024. Additionally, composer Daniel Wohl will be in residence with HUB New Music in October 2024.

In total, the NEA will award 1,135 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling more than $37 million as part of its second round of fiscal year 2024 grants.

Meyer’s recent guest podcast episode with IPEC Presents can be streamed on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Zhanping You (CEGE/MTTI) was mentioned by the University of Michigan as a member of a research team awarded a $10,000 sustainability catalyst grant from U-M’s Graham Sustainability Institute. Inspired by mussel-binding proteins, the team aims to “strengthen asphalt roads, reducing the need for repairs and lessening their impact on the environment, economy and society.”

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Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, mentioned Michigan Tech’s 1,000-acre campus, 16 centers and institutes, and $100 million in research expenditures in a press release about its new vice president for finance and administration and CFO, Susan Kerry. The announcement was picked up by CEOWORLD Magazine.

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The Daily Mining Gazette mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about a new hockey coaching/consulting company in the Copper Country started by former Husky Raymond Brice.

Cliff Drive Closed Saturday

Cliff Drive will be closed to all traffic from Parking Lot 1 eastward on Saturday (June 1). A new sanitary sewer line for the East Hall project is being installed across Cliff Drive near the entrance of Parking Lot 10, and this will cut off the exit access at the east end of Cliff Drive.

Access around the closure through the construction site will be available for emergency use only.

If you have any questions, please contact facilities@mtu.edu.

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