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1. Watch the Inauguration: Library, C-SPAN, Rozsa, Memorial Union |
Via C-SPAN, Courtesy of Internet
submitted by Brenda Helminen, director, Telecommunications
If you are planning on tuning into some of the Inaugural ceremonies over the Internet on Tuesday, you can watch C-SPAN’s coverage of the ceremonies at www.i2-multicast.northwestern.edu/ . Or you can watch a unicast web stream of the ceremonies at http://inaugural.senate.gov/ . Coverage will begin at 6 a.m.
Since Michigan Tech is a member of Internet2 and our network is multicast-enabled, this first link should provide a high-definition, low-jitter experience without overly taxing Michigan Tech's off-campus network link.
On the Library's Information Wall
submitted by Christa Walck, interim director, J. R. Van Pelt and Opie Library
Watch the Inauguration activities on the Information Wall in the lobby of the J. R. Van Pelt and Opie Library. The Information Wall will stream the CNN broadcast with closed captioning all day. Sound will be turned on for the official ceremony. See history in the making.
In the Rozsa
Starting at 10 a.m., inauguration festivities will be broadcast in the Horner Lobby of the Rozsa Center live on the big screen.
Reminder: African Student Organization Hosts Broadcast in the Memorial Union
Inauguration coverage of President-elect Barack Obama will be shown on the big screens in Memorial Union Ballroom A from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., courtesy of the African Student Organization. Everyone is invited; bring your lunch and beverage. |
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2. Sports in Brief |
by Wes Frahm, director, athletic marketing and communications
What's Happening This Week
Monday, Jan. 19
Cager Club Luncheon, noon (Grant Hockey Ed Center)
Wednesday, Jan. 21
Huskies Drive Time, 7:30-8 a.m. on Mix 93.5 FM Radio
Thursday, Jan. 22
No. 15 Women's Basketball hosts Saginaw Valley State, 5:30 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Men's Basketball hosts Saginaw Valley State, 7:30 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Friday, Jan. 23
Hockey at Alaska Anchorage, 11:37 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Saturday, Jan. 24
Nordic Skiing at Central Super Tour (Coleraine, Minn.)
No. 15 Women's Basketball hosts Lake Superior State, 1 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Men's Basketball hosts Lake Superior State, 3 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Hockey at Alaska Anchorage, 11:37 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Sunday, Jan. 25
Nordic Skiing at Central Super Tour (Coleraine, Minn.)
All times Eastern; Home events in bold
Last Week's Results
Hockey (5-18-3, 1-14-3 WCHA)
Jan. 16--at Michigan Tech 3, North Dakota 3, OT
Jan. 17--North Dakota 5, at Michigan Tech 0
Women's Basketball (13-2, 10-0 GLIAC)
Jan. 15-- No. 15 Michigan Tech 54, at No. 4 Hillsdale 52
Jan. 17--No. 15 Michigan Tech 71, at Findlay 70
Men's Basketball (9-6, 6-4 GLIAC)
Jan. 15--Michigan Tech 69, at Hillsdale 61
Jan. 17--at No. 1 Findlay 83, Michigan Tech 69
Nordic Skiing
Did not compete
Top News of the Week
LADIES WIN TWICE BY A COMBINED THREE POINTS
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team won both its games last week by a combined three points. The 15th-ranked Huskies received a layup from Lisa Staehlin with less than a second left to upset No. 4 Hillsdale 54-52 on the road Thursday (Jan. 15). Tech then avoided upset at Findlay Saturday (Jan. 17) when Katie Zimmerman made two free throws with nine seconds to go in a 71-70 decision. Michigan Tech is 13-2 overall and 10-0 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The 10-0 league start is the second-best in school history, trailing only the 1992-93 team's 11-0 opening to conference play.
FOUR STRAIGHT HOME GAMES COMING FOR BASKETBALL
The Michigan Tech basketball teams will play their next four games at home beginning Thursday (Jan. 22) vs. Saginaw Valley State. Tipoff will be 5:30 p.m. for the women's game and 7:30 p.m. for the men's. Tech will also host Upper Peninsula rival Lake Superior State this Saturday (Jan. 24). The Huskies-Lakers men's game could potentially be for first place in the GLIAC North Division as Tech currently trails LSSU by a game in the standings.
HOCKEY WITH A TIE VS. NORTH DAKOTA; HEADING TO ALASKA
Michigan Tech's hockey team skated to a 3-3 overtime tie against North Dakota at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena last Friday (Jan. 16). Jordan Baker tallied his team-leading 15th point of the season on Peter Rohn's game-tying goal. Tech must now make the trek to the 49th state to play at Alaska Anchorage in a two game series Friday and Saturday (Jan. 23-24). |
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3. Malta Lunch and Learn Rescheduled |
The lunch and learn featuring a presentation by Associate Professor Mary Durfee (Social Sciences), "A Year in Sunny Malta," has been rescheduled for noon on Tuesday, Jan. 27, in Memorial Union Ballroom B.
As promised, cookies, coffee, hot chocolate and soda will be served. Feel free to bring your own lunch.
Durfee, professor of government, spent the 2007-08 academic year teaching international law and international relations at the University of Malta on a Fulbright.
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4. Western U.P. Center Coordinating Sherlock "Homes" Energy-Saving Workshops |
Learn how to become a Sherlock "Homes" energy detective and search for clues to energy waste in your home from 6:30-8:00 p.m., Monday, Jan. 26, in the community room of the Portage Lake District Library in Houghton. What you will learn about home energy efficiency and conservation can lead to significant savings, some of it with little or no up-front cost.
Following the 40-minute presentation, several activity stations will be set up for children and families, including measuring energy use of different household items using a Kill-a-Watt meter, testing insulation properties of different materials, comparing the light and heat produced by a regular light bulb and an energy-saving light bulb and more.
This is the first of four programs in the Energy Education Series at the Portage Lake District Library, coordinated by the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education and Michigan Tech, with funding from the Michigan Energy Office and Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO). The January-April calendar of energy education programs is posted at www.wupcenter.mtu.edu . |
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5. Jazz Cabaret Friday, Saturday |
submitted by Visual and Performing Arts
Warm your winter body and soul with some hot jazz at the Jazz Club Cabaret this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 23 and 24, starting at 7:30 p.m. in McArdle Theater (Walker Arts and Humanities Center).
Mike Irish, director of jazz studies, says three dynamic groups will perform each night. On Friday, the Calumet High School Jazz Experience directed by Scott Veenstra joins Michigan Tech's finest combos, Jaztec and Momentum. On Saturday night, Jaztec opens the show, followed by the On The Spot Blues Band; the night closes with Momentum.
The On The Spot Blues Band is preparing for its performance at the Invitational Blues Festival in Memphis in two weeks. They have a great set planned that will highlight their festival tunes. Jaztec continues in their great tradition of jazz standards and contemporary jazz, with their own unique creative twist. Momentum will be performing some of the deepest grooves and funkiest tunes in the area.
Irish promises, "The atmosphere is great, the jazz is hot, and the vibe is relaxing." McArdle Theater will feature cabaret seating at tables, and concessions are available.
Tickets are free for Michigan Tech students, $5 for other students, and $10 general admission. They've available at the door and in advance from the Rozsa Box Office (487-3200, www.tickets.mtu.edu ). |
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6. O'Brien and Orozco to Speak on Intellectual Property Issues |
submitted by the Rozsa Center
"Copyfight!" a lecture by English technology journalist Danny O’Brien ( www.oblomovka.com ), will be held Friday, Jan. 23, at 5 p.m. in the Rozsa Center as part of its "Intellectual Property Controversies" series.
O'Brien has written weekly columns for the Sunday Times, the Irish Times and The Guardian, and helped The Guardian formulate its online strategy. He worked for the UK edition of Wired, as well as for Channel 4 and the British ISP Virgin.net. Together with Dave Green, he founded and wrote the now-defunct email newsletter Need To Know. In May 2005, he succeeded Ren Bucholz as activist coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( www.eff.org/wp/osp ).
He is currently the EFF's International outreach coordinator. The EFF lays claim to a series of high-profile successes in its campaigns to educate the public, press and policy makers regarding online rights in a digital world, and defends those rights in the legislature and the courtroom. Its settlement with Sony/BMG, the MGM vs. Grokster decision by the US Supreme Court, and the cases surrounding Diebold have earned the advocacy organization considerable attention.
O'Brien also set up a pledge on PledgeBank to help establish "an organization that will campaign for digital rights in the UK," which led to the creation of the Open Rights Group.
Originally from London, he resides in San Francisco. He holds a degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford.
On Saturday, Jan. 24, at 5 p.m., Assitant Professor David Orozco (SBE), presents his lecture “The Shape of Things to Come: Nontraditional Trademarks, from the iPod to the Chippendale Dancers" ( http://works.bepress.com/david_orozco/ ). Prior to joining the School of Business and Economics, Orozco was a research fellow at the Center for Research in Technology and Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Orozco's research and teaching focus on the competitive advantage obtained by the proactive management of legal rights and intellectual properties. His trademark research has been funded by the Marketing Science Institute and featured in The Wall Street Journal. His discussions of nontraditional trademarks were also featured in the radio show "As it Happens."
On Friday, Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m., O'Brien and Orozco will join fellow panelists Kembrew McLeod and Molly Kleinman and moderator Michael Bennett for a four-person panel discussion which is sure to be both highly informative and entertaining. Audience members are encouraged to attend each panelist’s lecture and come with questions.
These events are free and open to all. For more information, call the Rozsa Center at 487-2844 or visit www.rozsa.mtu.edu .
The lecturees are sponsored by the Van Evera Distinguished Lecture Series Endowment along with the School of Business and Economics, the Department of Humanities, the Department of Social Sciences and the J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library. |
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7. MSE Seminar Friday |
Assistant Professor Greg Odegard (MEEM) will present a seminar, "Multiscale Modeling of Polymer Material Systems," on Friday, Jan. 23, 3-4 p.m. in M&M 610.
His talk is sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. For more information, contact Margaret Rothenberger at mproth@mtu.edu . |
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8. MEEM Grad Seminar Thursday |
Jinjie Shi from Pennsylvania State University will present "Acoustic Tweezers: Applying Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW) to Microfluidics and Active Plasmonics" on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 3 p.m. in MEEM 112.
For more information on this ME-EM Graduate Seminar, contact JoAnne Stimac, jstimac@mtu.edu . |
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9. In the News |
President Glenn Mroz and Financial Aid Director Tim Malette are quoted in Robin Erb's Detroit Free Press story on increasing aid to college students.
CS department chair Linda Ott is quoted extensively in Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers on careers in software engineering.
Telcom Director Brenda Helminen is cited in CIO Insight Magazine in the article "Unifying Enterprise Mobility."
The Wall Street Journal talked with Lorrie Graff, annual giving coordinator, about how companies are rolling back their matching gift programs.
And the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times references the humanities department's pasty-recipe site. Click here to read more. |
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10. Job Posting |
Staff job descriptions are available in the Human Resources Office or at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/postings . For more information regarding staff positions, call 487-2280 or email jobs@mtu.edu .
Faculty job descriptions can be found at www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/facpers/facvac.htm . For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted.
Faculty Position
Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor
Computer Science
Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer. |
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