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1. The Finns Are Here and Tech is Key |
We’ve heard about it for three years--FinnFest in the Keweenaw--and it’s finally arrived. Michigan Tech is one of the main venues, and everybody has been pitching in to help, according to Mike Abbott, director of GLRC operations.
“Everybody’s been great,” Abbott says. “[Vice President] Les Cook has made sure we have enough IT support staff for presenters; Kathy Pintar [student services] has made sure the rooms are available; the MUB folks: concessions, catering, food services, they’ve all taken on the extra workload in stride.”
Michigan Tech faculty, staff, and students have really stepped up to volunteer their time in many areas of FinnFest programming, including serving as festival planners, lecture docents, registration aids, cooking demo assistants, film projectionists, even roadies!” says Hilary Joy Virtanen, FinnFest Board Member.
“It has been really exciting to work with people who may or may not have a connection to Finnish heritage themselves, but who recognize the value that this festival holds in enriching us as people, and in boosting the region's tourism industry this season,” she adds.
Abbott, who’s been on the Board during the three years of planning and is now working on many things such as logistics, “like getting maybe 1,000 people to Toivola for the bonfire Saturday night,” he says. “That’s a lot of busses!”
Campus is already abuzz, thanks to registration and the main Tori, the central market place, up at the SDC. The opening ceremony is slated for Wednesday night in the Rozsa Center.
And just the on-campus lectures alone are daunting.
“Every day, from 10:00 to 3:00 or 4:00, we’ve got hour-long lectures, totaling some 36 to 40 per day,” he says.
The pattern for every day is: events on campus in the mornings and moving into the communities in the afternoons and evenings, he says.
“Thursday, later events move up to Calumet: the Calumet Theatre and the Calumet Colosseum,” Abbott says.
Friday, the Houghton/Hancock, South Range are hosting various evening events, including the FinnFest/Bridgefest Parade.
Saturday, Copper Harbor is also hosting all day events and an evening dance. And there will be fireworks over Houghton and Hancock.
Some other interesting events include a combination boat trip/history tour to Jacobsville with Professor Emeritus Larry Lankton. There will also be a business forum to attract businesses to the Keweenaw and an education forum.
Finally, Tech's own Assistant Professor Pasi Lautala (CEE) and his PasiCats will be performing their music at various times and places throughout FinnFest.
A complete schedule is here: http://www.finnfestusa2013.org/schedule |
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2. Memorial Service for Art Weaver June 30 |
Arthur S. Weaver, 87, former MEEM professor and resident of the Houghton Canal, died on March 6, 2013, following a brief illness. There will be a memorial service for Art on Sunday, June 30 at 3:00 p.m. in the Rozsa Center. A reception will follow the service at the same location.
He was born on Oct. 6, 1925, in Medford, Mass., attended Tufts College and graduated in 1945, cum laude in mechanical engineering, and, after a stint in the Navy, began teaching at Tufts College in the Department of Engineering Drawing. In 1948 he joined the mechanical engineering department of the University of Maine, where he taught and obtained an MS degree in 1954.
In March 1958, he came to the Michigan Tech and rose through the academic ranks to professor, received the campus-wide Distinguished Teaching Award in 1961, and the Teaching Award of the ME-EM department in 1984. He served on the Faculty Senate for several years and took early retirement in 1984.
"Art was involved in the early development of the department and had a major impact on the quality of our academic program," said Bill Predebon, chair of the ME-EM department. He was an outstanding teacher and mentor who truly cared about teaching and student learning. He had high expectations of his students and was highly respected by them and the faculty alike. He was a valued colleague and will be missed.
He was married to Madelyn Dolley of Augusta, Maine, on June 21, 1949. She passed in September 1992.
He also served as a visiting professor at Alaska Fairbanks, where he received Best Teacher Award of the mechanical engineering department. He later filled in at Michigan Tech in several different capacities until 1997.
He was honored with the Ken Hamar Award from the Michigan Tech Huskies Club in 2010 and Art was also University Marshal at Commencement for many years.
He is survived by four daughters: Susan (Doug Beckman) of Kalamazoo, Mich., Alice of Portland, Ore., Carole (Robert) Radcliffe of Alamogordo, N.M., and Ellen (Jan) Rankinen of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren, Lauren (Scott) Bourgeois and Jordan Rankinen; one great-grandson, Korbin Bourgeois; his wife since 1998, Phyllis Boutilier; four step-children, Karen (Chris Schwertfeger) of Alameda, Calif., Elaine (Christian Blackshear) of Durango, Colo., Alan (Kathy) of Kent, Wash. and Eric (Joan) of Lake Zurich; and three step-grandchildren, Janet, Joe and Elise Boutilier. |
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3. Student Employment Resources Available from HuskyJOBS |
Need to hire student employees? Student employment resources are available.
Are you looking for student help? If so, please consider posting and advertising your student employment opportunities through the Career Services on-campus job management system, HuskyJOBS. When you post your job opportunities on HuskyJOBS, they’ll be advertised by email to all qualifying students, and you’ll be able to collect resumes, schedule interviews (optional) and hire the applicant(s) you see as a good fit for your needs.
Want to know more? Career Services is happy to offer you hands-on training, where you’ll learn how to post a position and gain access to those students interested in working for you.
To get started, email career@mtu.edu with a request for HuskyJOBS training. If you have any questions, please contact Career Services at 7-2313 or career@mtu.edu. |
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4. Noon Basketball at SDC Moved to Houghton High School |
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Due to the use of the General Purpose gym and the Wood gym at the SDC this week for Finn Fest, Noon Ball has been cancelled there this week. However, arrangements have been made for the use of the "old" basketball gym at Houghton High School (HHS) by the principal at HHS, Julie Filpus. The HHS gym will be open from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday and Friday, June 19 and 21, for those interested. Bring your own basketball. Enter the gym through the large "glass" entrance and turn right, after entering, into the old gym. Please wear only clean court shoes while on the court. For more information, contact David Shonnard, drshonna@mtu.edu. |
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5. In the News |
CBS Detroit and its Technology Report featured a story about Michigan Tech alumnus Greg Sesselmann's development of Scent-Lok, a line of hunting gear that hides human scent. See online.
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Research by Professor Jaroslaw Drelich and PhD student Patrick Bowen (MSE) is highlighted in the June edition of the MRS Bulletin. The story, "Is Zinc the Perfect Material for Bioabsorbable Stents?" appears in the bulletin's Bio Focus section. |
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6. Job Postings |
Staff and faculty job descriptions are available in Human Resources or at http://www.mtu.edu/hr/job-postings/. For more information regarding staff positions, call 7-2280 or email jobs@mtu.edu. For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted.
Custodian (12-mos. Full-time)
AFSCME Internal/External Posting
Facilities Management
Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer. |
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