The Student Development Complex will close at 6 p.m. on Tuesday (June 18) to accommodate a power outage necessary for completing the work on the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena HVAC systems. The SDC will reopen for regular hours on Wednesday (June 19).
For summer building hours, please visit the SDC Facilities Schedule.
We appreciate your patience and understanding while we complete the necessary updates to the ice arena.
The Van Pelt and Opie Library is undergoing carpet cleaning on our third floor next week, beginning Monday (June 17). While the library will remain open for regular summer hours, the third floor will not be accessible during this time. If you need to access materials from the third floor, please place a hold through the library catalog using your library account or by visiting the Circulation Desk to put in your request.
If you have other questions or need assistance, please email library@mtu.edu, call 906-487-2508 or visit the Circulation Desk.
Job Posting for Thursday, June 13, 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.
Office Assistant (12 months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #24170, College of Computing (UAW posting dates June 13 to June 19, 2024 — external applicants are encouraged to apply; however, internal UAW applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the internal UAW posting dates). 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.
Ph.D. candidate Nithin Allwayin (physics) was quoted by the National Science Foundation in a story highlighting two recently published papers whose findings may help scientists better understand the inner workings of clouds and make climate predictions. The first study found that cloud droplets of the same size tend to cluster in pockets across marine stratocumulus clouds. Allwayin, Raymond Shaw (Physics) and Mike Larsen ’01 ’06 (B.S. Ph.D. Physics) were co-authors of the paper, which was also mentioned by the Holy City Sinner in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The Keweenaw Report mentioned Michigan Tech’s Husky Food Access Network in a story about the start of summer farmers markets in Houghton, Hancock and Calumet.
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The Mining Journal mentioned Michigan Tech in its “Superiorland Yesterdays” section, featuring a notice about typing, English and math summer seminar courses Tech offered to local high school students in 1964.
VAF Annual Conference Ending Saturday with Research Presentations, President's Plenary at the MUB
Saturday (June 15), the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) 2024 Conference will end with a day of over 40 research papers presented at Michigan Tech's Memorial Union Building. The MUB will also host the VAF’s President’s Plenary session, with roundtable participants presenting on the first three years of community engaged architectural field schools, co-sponsored by the VAF and the Mellon Foundation, at sites of significance for African American built heritage.
Michigan Tech’s Department of Social Sciences (SS) is pleased to be hosting the annual conference of the VAF, North America’s leading professional organization for the study of everyday buildings and landscapes. This week, 200 academics and heritage professionals boarded buses to visit sites throughout the Keweenaw that tell stories about the copper mining boom and bust, immigration, urban growth and industrial labor, as well as postindustrial patterns of recovery, reinvention and reinterpretation.
Conference Chair Sarah Fayen Scarlett (SS), associate professor of history, and the conference planning team of colleagues from the Keweenaw National Historical Park and formerly of Finlandia University have been working with property owners, municipalities, heritage sites and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to produce a heavily illustrated three-volume set of guidebooks providing new research and perspectives on buildings and sites in the Keweenaw.
The guidebooks, co-edited with Michigan Tech Professor Emerita Alison K. Hoagland (SS), will be shared throughout the community and are available for download now on Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech. The guidebook’s essays and site histories highlight important contributions made over 30 years by graduate students and faculty in Michigan Tech’s industrial heritage and archaeology program.
For more information, visit the VAF 2024 Conference webpage or contact Scarlett at sfscarle@mtu.edu or 989-487-2110.
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Updated Tables for Estimating GRA Stipends and Tuition
The Vice President for Research Office (VPR) has updated the graduate student tables for budgeting stipends and tuition for graduate research assistantships (GRAs). These rates are to be used immediately in proposal budgets to external sponsors.
The tuition rates per credit differ between Non Engineering/Computer Science and the Engineering/Computer Science disciplines. Remember to take this into account when budgeting for 1 credit.
The updated stipend and tuition tables can be found on the VPR forms page at:
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No Tech Today on Friday
Tech Today will not publish tomorrow (June 14) due to a planned professional development retreat being attended by the University Marketing and Communications news and media relations team.
Submissions for the Monday (June 17) issue of Tech Today are due by noon today (June 13).
To have your event automatically appear, please submit them to the University Events Calendar.
Railroad Transportation and Engineering 2024 Hybrid Delivery Program: Virtual, Hands-on, and Field Trips June 10–14, 2024 Open to high school students who will be enrolled...
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