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1. Michigan Tech Sports in Brief |
by Wes Frahm, director of athletic communications and marketing
What's Happening This Week
Monday, Jan. 5
Nordic Skiing at US National Championships (Anchorage, Alaska)
Wednesday, Jan. 7
Huskies Drive Time, 7:30-8 a.m. on Mix 93.5 FM Radio
Nordic Skiing at US National Championships (Anchorage, Alaska)
Thursday, Jan.8
Nordic Skiing at US National Championships (Anchorage, Alaska)
No. 14 Women's Basketball hosts Ashland, 5:30 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Men's Basketball hosts Ashland, 7:30 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Friday, Jan. 9
Hockey at No. 5 Denver, 9:37 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Saturday, Jan. 10
No. 14 Women's Basketball hosts Tiffin, 1 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Men's Basketball hosts Tiffin, 3 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Hockey at No. 5 Denver, 9:07 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
All times Eastern
Last Week's Results
Hockey (5-15-2, 1-11-2 WCHA)
Did not compete
Women's Basketball (9-2, 6-0 GLIAC)
Dec. 29--Minnesota Duluth 63, at No. 14 Michigan Tech 58
Jan. 3--No. 14 Michigan Tech 69, at Northern Michigan 60
Men's Basketball (6-5, 3-3 GLIAC)
Jan. 3--at Northern Michigan 66, Michigan Tech 62
Nordic Skiing
Did not compete
Top News of the Week
HOCKEY TRAVELS TO DENVER FOR RETURN TO WCHA PLAY
After its first weekend off since the season started, the Michigan Tech hockey team will resume play this weekend. The Huskies travel to play at Western Collegiate Hockey Association foe Denver Friday and Saturday (Jan. 9-10). Tech has won three of its last four games and is 3-1-1 in its last five contests.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REMAINS UNBEATEN IN GLIAC
Michigan Tech finished off its third sweep of an opponent this season with a 69-60 victory at Northern Michigan last Saturday (Jan. 3). The Huskies improved to 9-2 overall and 6-0 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with the victory. Michigan Tech, which has swept Northwood, Wayne State and Northern Michigan, is the lone undefeated GLIAC team remaining. |
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2. Chadde Named President of MAEOE |
Joan Chadde, K-12 education and outreach program coordinator for the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education and Center for Science and Environmental Outreach at Michigan Tech, has been named the 2009 president of the Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE), a statewide organization whose mission is to promote environmental literacy through education.
"I am thrilled to have this opportunity to promote environmental education in Michigan," Chadde said. "All of Michigan's children should have the opportunity to experience outdoor play and discovery in their backyards, schoolyards, local parks and natural areas, and in the state's forests, grasslands, wetlands, lakes and streams."
Chadde is also the lead author of the Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Support Water Quality unit for grades 6-8 students published by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
MAEOE is comprised of 200 outdoor and environmental education professionals and organizations around Michigan. MAEOE's activities include advancing environmental and outdoor education by conducting pre-service and in-service teacher professional development workshops and an annual conference, serving as an environmental education clearinghouse, bestowing awards for excellence in environmental education, and working to develop a statewide Environmental Literacy plan.
For more information about MAEOE, visit www.michiganenvironmentaled.org . |
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3. Flags at Half Staff Tuesday |
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Flags are at half staff today, Jan. 6, in memory of Army Specialist Stephen M. Okray of St. Clair Shores who was killed recently while serving the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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4. Club Finndigo Jan. 16 at Calumet Theatre |
submitted by Joe Kirkish
The seventh annual Club Finndigo comes to the Calumet Theatre Friday, Jan. 16, with the movie "Poika ja Ilves"--"The Boy and the Lynx." This family-friendly winner of numerous international awards is the story of a boy, a village and a captive lynx, all in a magical Lapland setting.
The event is sponsored by Michigan Tech's MuBeta Psi music fraternity.
The movie begins at 7:15 p.m., preceded at 6 p.m. by a grand buffet of Finnish/American delicacies created by chef Eric Karvonen and his Michigan Tech Dining Services staff.
Cost for both food and film is $17 for adults, half price for children, $5 for the movie alone. For the buffet, call the theater at least a day in advance to assure seating: 337-2610. |
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5. New Funding |
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Jeffrey Naber (MEEM) has received $54,000 from the Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative for "Prototype Development and Testing of a Combustion Sensing Technology for John Deere Powertrains." |
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6. In the News |
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Think it's cold here? Michigan Tech Nordic skiers Melanie Hoffman and Erik Mundahl are pictured in this Anchorage Daily News story on the US Cross-Country Championships, which have been postponed because of sub-zero temps: www.adn.com/sports/story/642643.html . |
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