Cyndi Perkins

Contact

cmperkin@mtu.edu
906-487-3181
Administration Building G03

Associate Director of Communications, University Marketing and Communications

Biography

An award-winning editor, journalist, and columnist, Cyndi generates and manages key communications projects that tell the story of Michigan Tech on digital and print platforms. A story shepherd who thrives on collaboration, her superpowers include content strategy and editorial management. She finds work-life balance in the garden, on her yoga mat, and anywhere near the water.

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About Cyndi

The former Daily Mining Gazette journalist and editor hails from Houghton and has written for a variety of international, national and regional publications.
Specializing in compelling storytelling and cohesive on-brand messaging, the Michigan Tech alumna manages, writes, and edits content across university platforms, from webpages to MTU News.
A novelist active in the Upper Peninsula Authors and Publishers Association, the Authors Guild member looks forward to writing more books—and to camping trips in her RV with husband Scott and Goldendoodle Max.

Recent Stories

Student in the background at a desk turned around and looking at the yellow and black robot dog.

Meet Balto, Michigan Tech’s Robo Doggo

Balto, named for the legendary husky and lead sled dog who ran the last leg of a more than 500-mile dog sled relay to deliver diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925, will be the greeter in Michigan Tech's new robotics lab, coming to Rekhi Hall.
About the ResearcherAs plans for the facility come together, Balto has been paying visits to students around campus. Michael Walker, assistant professor of computer science, leads the demonstrations. Read More

Two students working on adding details to a snow statue during all-nighter.

It’s Joust About Time for Michigan Tech Winter Carnival

Campus and community will gather Feb. 5-8 for Michigan Tech's annual Winter Carnival, now in its second century. In addition to the event's renowned snow statues and other traditional events, a laser show befitting this year's medieval theme is among the spectacles to look forward to.
The laser show will be projected onto the exterior of the Walker Arts and Humanities Center, located near the Michigan Tech broomball rinks. It will take place directly after the Alumni All Stars Broomball Game on Wednesday, Feb. 5., with a tentative 11:15 p.m. start time. Read More

A white-crowned manakin—black bird with large red eye and white crest on its head.

‘Pristine’ is Not Protection: 27-year Study Links Hotter, Drier Conditions to Decline in Rainforest Bird Populations

The results of the team's 27-year study, "Climate change aggravates bird mortality in pristine tropical forests," were recently published in Science Advances. They reveal that rising temperatures and decreasing rainfall have played a key role in drastically reduced survival rates in dozens of bird species — in some individual species by as much as 50%. Read More

Scientist's hands holding a large moth in front of several insect specimen cases.

Michigan Tech Insect Collection Offers Regional History Lesson (As Told by Bugs)

At 10,000 specimens and counting, Michigan Tech's digitized insect collection is relatively small. But its value is huge because of the unique historical perspective of the region you won't find anywhere else, said Tara Bal, an assistant professor of forest health in the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science. Read More

Thomas Werner in the woods prepping a vial.

Michigan Tech Researcher Finds Fruit Fly Believed to Be Extinct

Armed with a banana-baited live trap and a strong desire to disprove a gap in a species distribution map, the Michigan Technological University professor of genetics and developmental biology found a single specimen of the species Drosophila narragansett on the Maasto Hiihto public recreation trail in Hancock, Michigan. Read More

Professor and student looking at green computer screen in server room.

Michigan Tech Showcase Envisions a World Where Computing is Everywhere

The integration of computing into industry, research and society will be explored in the three-day showcase, happening from Wednesday to Friday, Oct. 2-4, on Michigan Tech’s campus. Sponsored by Tech’s Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC) and the College of Computing, Showcase [C+X] features speakers, panels and exhibits from across the University and the country. Read More

Michelle Scherer, David Flaspohler, and LaReesa Wolfenbarger standing outside with the Rekhi/Library bridge in the background.

Meet the Deans: A Conversation with MTU’s Newest Academic Leaders

All three new deans at Michigan Tech bring a depth and breadth of experience gained through leadership roles and as internationally known researchers who have addressed some of the most pressing contemporary issues affecting the planet.
David Flaspohler leads the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (CFRES). His work in conservation biology focuses on the influence of human activities on natural ecosystems. Flaspohler's studies range from the effects of forest fragmentation on songbird populations to the cascading effects of deer overbrowsing and the influence of riparian forest management on birds, fish and aquatic invertebrate communities. Flaspohler has spent his entire career at Michigan Tech, most recently serving as interim dean of CFRES for 21 months. Read More