October 14, 2024

The University invited three candidates to interview for the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President for Administration position. Each candidate’s interview will be conducted over two days and will include a presentation of their vision for research at Michigan Tech at an open forum.

Candidate Open Forum Presentation:
Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. in MUB Ballroom B
CFO candidate Chris Porter will provide a public presentation titled “Academic Finance and Administration: A Vision for Michigan Tech” at an open forum tomorrow, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. in Ballroom B of the Memorial Union.

Candidate resumes, cover letters, interview dates and open forum information can be viewed at the Chief Financial Officer Search page. A Michigan Tech login is required to view candidate information.

The search committee encourages the campus community to attend and to provide feedback by completing the anonymous comment form provided on the candidate webpage. Feedback forms will be posted immediately following each candidate's visit and remain available for 72 hours following the last candidate’s visit. 

Recordings of the candidate presentations will be available to those who are unable to attend because of a valid scheduling conflict, those working 100% remotely and those who have accommodations. Please contact the Office of the President at hlherman@mtu.edu to request access.

October is designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence, also known as intimate partner violence, is a serious and widespread problem. In the United States, one in four women and one in nine men experience contact sexual violence, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime and report negative impacts such as injury, fear, concern for safety, and needing services (CDC, 2017).

"When people hear about survivors of narcissistic abuse or domestic violence, the immediate reaction is often judgment," writes Mariana Nakashima, senior administrative aide in International Programs and Services. "Survivors often face skepticism, disbelief, and even blame, especially if they didn’t report the abuse right away. This response not only dismisses the survivor’s pain but also ignores the complex dynamics of trauma, manipulation, and psychological torment."

In her guest blog, Nakashima discusses the complex nature of narcissistic abuse and the path to healing. Learn more on the Engagement and Belonging Newsblog.

Midterm grades are due at noon today, Oct. 14.

Midterm grades must be submitted for all first-year students and transfer students with fewer than 30 credits. The Waino Wahtera Center for Student Success coordinates outreach to these students based on the midterm grades submitted. This supports timely intervention for students who may be experiencing academic and/or other difficulties.

Electronic Grade Submission
Instructors have two options for electronic grade submission. They may submit grades via Banner Self-Service by going directly into Banweb, entering grades and then clicking submit. Those with larger class sizes where grades have already been totaled in Canvas may submit grades via Canvas by going to CourseTools and using the Grade Wizard to first extract them from Canvas and then submit them to Banner.

If grades are submitted using Banner Self-Service, only the students who require a midterm grade will appear. For those who submit their grades via Canvas, a first-year student column has been added to identify these students in your course grade book.

Satisfactory grades (A-C) should be entered as “SA” and Unsatisfactory grades (CD-F) as “UN”.

Midterm grades are for full-semester courses only. Grades not turned in by the deadline will have an M (missing) grade assigned.

The Waino Wahtera Center for Student Success is looking for students who are passionate, outgoing and great student leaders to serve as Orientation Executive Staff (OES).

Students who hold OES positions spend the summer planning fall Orientation. We are looking for five students to fill the roles of our team.

Find more information on these roles at the Wahtera Center’s Hiring page. Please submit applications no later than next Monday, Oct. 21, by 5 p.m.

Available OES Positions:

• Lead OES — Responsible for mentoring, role modeling and assisting other members of the OES at Michigan Tech.

• Communication OES — Leads the design, production and distribution of key electronic and printed documents about Orientation at Michigan Tech.

• Logistics OES (LC-OES) — Leads the creation of O-Week Teams, vehicle and room reservations, and the production of the University Welcome for Orientation at Michigan Tech.

• Training OES — Leads the creation of training for all Orientation Team Leaders (OTLs), who will work with the incoming class for Orientation at Michigan Tech.

• Programming OES — Leads the creation of O-Week programming for all of the Orientations at Michigan Tech.

The Human Resources office will be closed on Friday, Oct. 18, for its annual departmental retreat. The office will reopen the following Monday, Oct. 21.

Questions during this time can be sent to hr-help@mtu.edu.

A production system maintenance window is scheduled for Oct. 27 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The following production services will be unavailable during that time:

• Apps.mtu.edu
• Banner
• Banweb
• MyMichiganTech
• Aspire
• Course Tools
• Fischer/mylogin.mtu.edu
• mtu.edu/tips
• OAP Rental System
• Oracle Reports
• Papercut Printing
• Perceptive Content (Imagenow)
• Pinnacle
• Sunapsis
• UC4/Appworx
• Virtual Cashiering
• WebFocus

If you have any questions or concerns, we can help. Email IT at it-help@mtu.edu or call 906-487-1111.

Husky Eats would like to invite Michigan Tech campus faculty, staff and community members to join us in celebrating the Grand Reopening of The Eatery at McNair Hall on Thursday, Oct. 17, from 2-4 p.m. Join us for a tour of the updated space and enjoy assorted desserts and pizzas cooked in the new Wood Stone pizza oven.

The Eatery at McNair Hall underwent a complete renovation this past summer, and the transformation has been a huge success. Some exciting new additions include:

• Pitco fryers, Southbend grills and an Electrolux panini press to enhance our cooking capabilities.
• A Vulcan tilt skillet and a walk-in freezer for greater efficiency in our kitchen operations.
• A brand-new chef’s table area designed for teaching kitchens.
• Updates to improve accessibility, including enhanced elevator access and a new hallway leading to the main entrance.

For more information about campus dining halls or retail menus, meal plan options, hours of operation or nutrition information, please visit us online at the Husky Eats website or download the Dine on Campus app.

Physics alum Swarup China is the recipient of the 2024 Early Career Award from the Advanced Light Source (ALS) User Group. The award recognizes significant contributions from early career investigators who have performed original and independent research at ALS.

China received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from Michigan Tech in 2014, working with Professor Claudio Mazzoleni on “Morphology and Mixing State of Atmospheric Particles: Links to Optical Properties and Ice Nucleation.” After graduation, he continued his research on atmospheric aerosol properties and processes, heterogeneous ice nucleation, and aerosol-cloud interactions at EMSL. Currently he is a team leader for Terrestrial-Atmospheric Processes at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) in Richland, Washington.

Job Posting for Monday, Oct. 14, 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 – Environmental Engineering, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering. 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.

Michigan Tech was mentioned by the Escanaba Daily Press as a past recipient of grant funding from the Native American Heritage Fund. According to the story, in 2018 the University received $30,488 to co-create educational programs with Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College.

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Grand Rapids’ 104.9 WNWZ-AM mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about HGTV’s rankings of the most charming small towns in America. According to the story, Houghton was the most charming small town in Michigan. 

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The Keweenaw Report mentioned Michigan Tech in coverage of awards given out at the inaugural Upper Peninsula Accessibility Summit, held at the Rozsa Center Sept. 26-27. Ann Bengry (KIP) and the Student Development Complex were both cited as award recipients. 

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Michigan Tech was mentioned in a Canadian Manufacturing article about the economics of solar power written by Adjunct Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE).

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The Keweenaw Report mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about two presentations given by Lisa Dietlin, the president & CEO of Transformational Philanthropy. Deitlen was a keynote speaker for the 2024 Global Community Engagement Conference at Michigan Tech on Saturday (Oct. 12).

Today's Test of MTU's Emergency Alert System

Today, Oct. 14, the University will send out a message at 11:55 a.m. to all students, faculty, and staff as a routine test of the emergency alert system. This routine test is an important part of our commitment to the safety and security of all our Huskies.

The initial message will be sent via email with the subject “MTU Alert: Routine test of MTU’s Safety First Alert System.” A secondary message will be sent via text with the same information.

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SS Brown Bag Lecture: Paul Bunyan and Settler Colonialism

Join the Department of Social Sciences (SS) today, Oct. 14, at noon in GLRC 202 or on Zoom for a special event hosted for the Department of Social Sciences’ Brown Bag Series.

Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, will be joining us to present their lecture: “Paul Bunyan & Settler Colonial Greenwashing of Indigenous Environments.”

Join the SS Brown Bag Lecture on Zoom.

Smiles is of Ojibwe, Black and Swedish descent and a citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. They are an Indigenous geographer whose research interests are multifaceted, including Indigenous geographies/epistemologies, science and technology studies, and tribal cultural resource preservation/protection.

Smiles’ talk centers around the American legend of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, and how they have underpinned popular folk narratives about the development of the United States, particularly in the Upper Midwest, for over a century. However, the legacy of Paul Bunyan has a darker side — it serves to obscure the real-life dispossession and destruction of environments and spaces Indigenous peoples have inhabited and have had relationships with dating to before colonization.

Building off of the work done by Nik Nerburn in his zine “In The Shadow Of Paul Bunyan” (2014), this talk traces the history of the legend of Paul Bunyan. It places it alongside settler colonial development and environmental degradation, bringing these histories into conversation with awareness (or lack thereof) of surrounding historical and contemporary Indigenous relationships to land and environment in various American geographies.

We invite anyone to join. There will be time for conversation with Smiles after the lecture.

Questions about the event can be directed to Mark Rhodes at marhodes@mtu.edu.

This lecture is partially funded/sponsored by the Visiting Professor Program, which is funded by a grant to the Office of the Provost from the State of Michigan's King-Chávez-Parks Initiative. Matching support comes from the Department of Social Sciences.

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that thing between my teeth is my foot Exhibit - Michigan Tech Art

Monday, October 14, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. | Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Rozsa Art Galleries A-Space

MICHIGAN TECH ART SERIES EVENT Douglas Degges is presenting two parallel artistic explorations in the Rozsa A-Space Gallery. Since the fall of 2019, Degges has been creating...

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Paul Bunyan & Settler Colonial Greenwashing of Indigenous Environments, Social Sciences Brown Bag: Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles

Monday, October 14, 12:00–1:30 p.m. | Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), 202

The American legend of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, has underpinned popular folk narratives about the development of the United States, particularly in the Upper...

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The Ecology of Fear

Monday, October 14, 12 p.m. | U. J. Noblet Forestry Building, G002

College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Present: Fall Seminar Series Dr. Liana Zanette Professor Wildlife Population, Conservation, and Behavioural Ecology,...

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Hot Cocoa/Lemonade Handout

Monday, October 14, 1–3 p.m. | Fisher Rock Garden

Come join us and keep cool or warm (weather dependent) and learn about who Christ is in the Fisher Rock Garden

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Husky Statue's 10th Birthday Celebration

Monday, October 14, 1 p.m. | Michigan Tech Campus

Michigan Tech alumni and friends are invited to celebrate the 10th Birthday of the Husky Statue on Monday, October 14 at 1 p.m. Join us at the Husky Statue Plaza for a brief...

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Lets Talk

Monday, October 14, 1–3 p.m. | CDI Basement

Let’s Talk allows students to have a brief conversation with an MTU counselor. This meeting is free, informal, & confidential for all students who would like to have a...

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Distinguished Lecture Series by Professor Massimo Moraldi

Monday, October 14, 2–3 p.m. | Walker Hall, 144

The Elizabeth and Richard Henes Center for Quantum Phenomena is pleased to announce that Professor Massimo Moraldi, from the University of Florence and Michigan Tech...

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Degree Program Assessment Workshop

Monday, October 14, 3–4 p.m. | Memorial Union Building (MUB), Ballroom A1

Assessment coordinators and other interested faculty are invited to the "Mapping Success: A Guide to Undergraduate Program Assessment" workshop hosted by the Assessment...

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From Classroom to Mining: Environmental Engineering at The Kensington Mine, Alaska

Monday, October 14, 3 p.m. | Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), 202

Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar Wycliff Oduor, Master's Student, Environmental Engineering Science, Michigan Tech This presentation provides an overview of...

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Husky Transfers

Monday, October 14, 3–4 p.m.

Join us to learn more about the process of transferring to Tech, review important deadlines, and hear from a current Husky transfer student.

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Stammtisch

Monday, October 14, 4:30–5:30 p.m. | Walker Arts and Humanities Center, 120C HDMZ

Please join us for German conversation, snacks, games, and more! All levels of German language proficiency are welcome.

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Python Workshop

Monday, October 14, 5–6 p.m. | Rekhi 113

A free, in person, python workshop for beginners!

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Parent & Child Aquatics - Session 1

Monday, October 14, 5:10–5:50 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Pool

Come make a splash in Huskies Group Swim Lessons! American Red Cross Parent & Child Aquatics levels are being offered at the SDC Pool for ages 6 months to 3 years old. A...

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Preschool Aquatics - Session 1

Monday, October 14, 5:10–5:50 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Pool

Come make a splash this in Huskies Group Swim Lessons! American Red Cross Preschool Aquatics levels are being offered at the SDC Pool for ages 4 to 5 years old. Space will...

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First Voice Generation Film Screening and Discussion

Monday, October 14, 6–8 p.m. | Forestry G002

Join the Center for Diversity and Inclusion for a screening of the documentary, First Voice Generation, followed by a discussion with filmmaker, Cyhthia Martinez, on Monday...

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First Voice Generation Film Screening and Discussion

Monday, October 14, 6 p.m. | U. J. Noblet Forestry Building, G002

Join the Center for Diversity and Inclusion for a screening of the documentary, First Voice Generation, followed by a discussion with filmmaker, Cyhthia Martinez, on Monday...

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Bi-Weekly General Club Meeting

Monday, October 14, 7–8 p.m. | Fisher Room 101

We have fun plant themed events! Join our discord to get more information!