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1. Michigan Tech Community Can Now Choose How to Receive Alerts |
Michigan Tech’s new Safety First Alert communication service allows the University to send emergency and time-sensitive notifications via voice, email and text message. This service will enhance emergency preparedness and keep the campus community better informed.
Please go to www.mtu.edu/safetyfirstalert and indicate how you would like to be contacted when an emergency or time-sensitive communication is sent. The Safety First Alert service can deliver a recorded message to up to three phone numbers, a message to your Michigan Tech email address and one text message. If you do not want to make use of this service, you must go to www.mtu.edu/safetyfirstalert and "opt out." (You will continue to receive email reminder messages until you take action.)
To maintain your privacy, the information you provide will be used only for Safety First Alert communications. It will not be shared or used for other purposes. You will be asked to update your information or "opt out" annually. If you have questions, please visit FAQs at www.mtu.edu/safetyfirstalert , email safetyfirstalert@mtu.edu or call the Office of Student Records and Registration at 906-487-2319.
Sign up before Sept. 30 to enter a raffle to win two season tickets to the Great Events Series at the Rozsa Center or two season tickets for Huskies Hockey. You decide! |
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2. Registration for Fall Session of Community Programs Begins Aug. 26 |
Anyone can register for community programs online beginning Aug. 26 at 8 a.m. at www.aux.mtu.edu/rec/ . Click the "Online Registration" link and follow the instructions from there.
If you are using any discounts such as TechFit or the SDC Membership, you still need to visit the SDC ticket office to register.
Youth Classes
- Swimming–available to anyone over six months of age (Babies, toddlers and children up to five can sign up for the Parent and Child Class.)
- Aikido–a great martial arts activity for both youth and adults
- Learn to Skate–Kids learn proper skating form and are given an opportunity to participate in the Copper Country Skating Association's Community Ice Show. Learn to Skate also accepts adults and is a great way for a parents to participate with their kids.
- Tennis–Both youth and adult classes will begin in September. Call 487-2975 for more information.
Due to resurfacing of the tennis courts, we will no longer offer gymnastics at Gates Tennis Center. We will be looking for an alternate site and hope to reintroduce the program in the near future.
Adult Classes
- Social Dance–Be a star on the dance floor at weddings!
- Eastern Dance–New. Increase your flexibility, grace, strength and rhythm while learning the technique and art of near and middle-eastern dance.
- Aikido–combines elements of aerobic exercise, mindful meditation and self-defense
- Aqua-Fit–Water aerobics is perfect for those looking for a low-impact workout.
- Aerobics–A great variety of classes are offered throughout the week.
- Pilates–focus on core muscles that help keep the body balanced (Noontime in the ROTC gym is back!)
- Pilates Plus–This is a unique class that combines Pilates and aerobics.
- Scuba Diving–Become certified and start exploring Great Lakes shipwrecks.
- Yoga–Several types of Yoga classes are offered that feature both strength and cardiovascular conditioning and flexibility components while using music to enhance the experience.
Register for these classes at the SDC Ticket Office or online at www.aux.mtu.edu/rec/ .
You can use your TechFit benefit on Community Programs classes, but you must visit the SDC ticket office to take advantage of the discount.
To view the brochure online visit www.aux.mtu.edu/rec/ .
For more information please call Sports and Recreation at 487-2975. |
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3. Grand Opening of New Playground at Michigan Tech Preschool |
MTU Preschool Inc. announces the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new playground. Michigan Tech’s Provost Lesley Lovett-Doust will perform the ribbon cutting this Saturday, Aug. 23, at 4 p.m. Michigan Tech preschoolers, alumni and all community members are invited to the celebration.
While the preschool children were still very much enjoying the old playground, newer equipment was needed to maintain its state certification. During this past school year a volunteer parent committee met with BCI Burke Company and Miller and Associates Inc. to design the new play structures. In addition to new equipment, the play area was expanded. Construction costs are being shared between the preschool and Michigan Tech.
The new playground coincides with the preschool’s 50th anniversary.
The preschool is a fully licensed, nonprofit, cooperative preschool serving children ages three to five. It is open to all community members and provides affordable, high-quality education. Non-English speaking children are welcome.
For more information about the school or to register, visit www.mtupreschool.org or call Brita Odegard at 482-5193. |
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4. Michigan Tech Volleyball Picked Third in Coaches' Poll |
Submitted by Ian Marks, assistant director of athletic communications
The Michigan Tech women's volleyball team tied for third in the North Division of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference pre-season coaches' poll announced yesterday. The Huskies are tied with Ferris State for third place with 16 points.
"We believe that this is an appropriate place for us to be ranked going into the season," said head coach Krista Mikesch, who enters her 10th year leading the Huskies. "This ranking will serve as a motivator as we enter the season."
Michigan Tech, which has earned a berth in the GLIAC Tournament in eight of the nine previous seasons, will open the season against the University of Mary on Aug. 28 at the Nebraska Omaha Invitational. |
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5. On the Road |
Michigan Tech faculty, staff and students participated in the annual Mid-Continent Conference on Aug. 14 and 15 in Madison, Wis. MidCon was co-hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University.
The University Transportation Center for Materials in Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (UTC-MiSTI) sponsored the conference and a Michigan Tech exhibit.
Technical presentations included the following:
- "Survey of Local Agency PMS (Pavement Management System) Implementation in Midwest States" by Director Terance McNinch (LTAP) and Civil Engineer Fernando de Melo e Silva (LTAP/TDG), presented by Senior Research Engineer Tim Colling (LTAP)
- "Laboratory Evaluation of Rheological Properties of Warm Mix Asphalt Using Sasobit" by PhD student Shu Wei Goh, PhD student Yu Lui, undergraduate Vivianna Terrest Ortiz and Assistant Professor Zhanping You (CEE)
- "Common Sense Solutions for Intersection Safety" Colling and McNinch
- "Fast Testing of Specific Gravities and Absorption of Fine and Course Aggregates: An Overview and Update" by PhD student Julian Mills-Beale (CEE) and You
- "An Overview of the MiSTI Center" by Coordinator Elizabeth Hoy (CEE)
- "Validation of RoadSoft Deterioration and Strategy Evaluation Models, and Development of Parent Deterioration Curves" by McNinch, Professor Jianping Dong (Mathematical Sciences), Research Engineer John Kiefer (LTAP) and Colling
- "Deleterious Chemical Effects of Concentrated Deicing Solutions on Portland Cement Concrete" by Professor Lawrence Sutter (VP for Research), Research Assistant Professor Karl Peterson (CEE), PhD student Gustavo Julio-Betancourt, Professor Doug Hooton (University of Toronto) and Dan Johnston (South Dakota Department of Transportation)
Goh and You also held a poster session, "A New Method to Determine the Tertiary Flow in the Repeated Load Test." |
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6. New Funding |
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Brad King (MEEM) received $10,000 from NSF for "Collaborative Research: I/UCRC in Space Power and Propulsion." |
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7. In the News |
Michigan Tech research stories on the melting Bering Glacier, the use of wolf bones to track atmospheric carbon, and the study of volcanic gases through weather balloons were picked up by United Press International and other outlets.
To find out more, click here. |
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8. Proposals in Progress |
Jaime Camelio (MEEM), Kathleen Halvorsen (Social Sciences/ SFRES), Yue (Robert) Li (CEE), Ann Maclean (SFRES) and David R. Shonnard (Chemical Engineering/SFI), "EFRI-RESIN: Development of Resilient and Sustainable Cellulosic Biofuels Production Infrastructures in the Upper Midwest," NSF
David D. Reed (Vice President for Research), "MTEC-UPPCO Smart Zone Incubator," U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
Brad Baltensperger (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), Andrew Burton (SFRES/ESC), Will Cantrell (Physics), Charles Kerfoot (Biological Sciences) and Alex Mayer (GMES), "Climate Literacy Project: Strengthening Teachers’ Understanding of Global, Regional and Local Climate Variability and Change," NOAA
Michael C. Roggemann (ECE/CISSIC), "Integrated Day Night Sight Technology (IDNST)," Teledyne Corporation
Komar Kawatra (Chemical Engineering), "Development of Biotechnology for Fine-Dispersed Gold Extraction from Ore and Waste using Microbiological Methods," U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, Cooperative Grants Program; and "Modeling of the Sequestration of CO2 in Particulate Solid Minerals and Byproducts," USDE
Peter D. Moran (MSE/IME), "IME: A Proposal to the MIIE Industry and Economic Engagement Fund for Forming a Partnership Between Tellurex, Corp. and Michigan Tech to Engineer Materials for High Efficiency Thermoelectric Power Generators," University of Michigan-MI Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIIE)
Stephen Kampe (MSE/IUP) and Spandan Maiti (MEEM/IUP), "Structural Reactive Materials," Matsys, Inc.
Jose L. Palma-Lizana (GMES) and Gregory P. Waite (GMES/RSI), "Source Location and Mechanism for Tremor and Long-Period Events and Their Relationship to Outgassing Activity at Villarrica Volcano, Chile," NSF
Sarah Green (Chemistry/RSI), W. Charles Kerfoot (Biological Sciences/RSI) and Robert Shuchman (MTRI), "Bio-Optical Satellite Algorithms and Their Application to Climate Change," NASA
Craig Waddell (Humanities) and Yue Li (CEE), "Communicating Hurricane Information: Hurricane Risks and Code Plus Housing," NSF
James B. Heikkinen (Facilities Management), "Houghton Mesocosm," USDA Forest Service |
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