Final Vice President for Student Affairs Campus Forums Happening Today

Today marks the last of five public presentations by the Vice President for Student Affairs candidates. Below is today's schedule. 

Each Vice President for Student Affairs candidate was asked to provide their ideas on the top issues facing the future of student affairs and share their thoughts on ways to address these issues at Michigan Tech. The campus community is invited to participate in each candidate’s public presentation via Zoom, which will be approximately 30 minutes followed by a 15-minute Q&A session. Candidate feedback forms are also available online along with links to the previously recorded candidate presentations.

The A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum Outdoor Copper Pavilion Open for the Season

by Administration Services

Visit our world-record 19-ton Lake Copper recovered from Great Sand Bay in Lake Superior.

The Copper Pavilion is located next to the Phyllis and John Seaman Garden just outside the museum.

The museum, gift shop and pavilion are open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

CEE Senior Design Colloquium

by Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department invites the University community to attend the Spring 2021 virtual Senior Design team presentations from 8-11 a.m. Friday (April 30).

This semester, students have undertaken a wide range of projects to fulfill the Department’s Senior Design requirement.

The schedule of events and Zoom links can be found on the CEE Undergraduate Advising Blog. 

MSU's Xinyu Lei to Present Talk Thursday

by College of Computing

Xinyu Lei, a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, will present a talk at 3 p.m. Thursday (April 29).

The talk, "Secure and Efficient Queries Processing in Cloud Computing," is based on Lei's work developing new techniques to support cloud storage.

Join the virtual lecture.

Read the blog post. 

Recycling Update

by CCRI, Copper Country Recycling Initiative, SDH

Our recyclables are now processed in Marquette. Join us for this webinar and get your recycling questions answered.

We will talk directly with Bradley Austin, the director of the new recycling processor, RECYCLE 906, Marquette County Solid Waste Management Authority (MCSWMA). He will introduce their new recycling program, offer guidelines and requirements for accepted materials and answer questions.

The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. today (April 26) via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 869 9743 0827.
Passcode: 980368

Last Education and Outreach Learning Series Webinar

by Great Lakes Research Center

Registration is open for the last webinar in our Education and Outreach Learning Series, hosted by the Great Lakes Research Center, Michigan Sea Grant and Michigan State University Extension.

Please join us virtually as we wrap up our conversation at 4 p.m. tomorrow (April 27) with “An Informal Meet and Greet: Fostering an Education and Outreach Network.”

Join us for an informal meetup with others who would like to work together to learn about and expand education initiatives or continue conversations from previous webinars.

Registration is free and open to all. Please feel free to share with others you think may be interested in attending.

Contact Lauren Jescovitch or Erika Vye with questions.

Job Posting

by Human Resources

Job Posting for Monday, April 26, 2021  

Staff and faculty job descriptions are available in Human Resources. For more information regarding staff positions, call 906-487-2280 or email mtujobs@mtu.edu.

For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted. 

Budget Coordinator/Office Manager, Mathematical Sciences. Apply online.

Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.   Accommodations are available. If you require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations to apply for employment or an interview at Michigan Technological University, please notify the Human Resources office at 906-487-2280 or mtujobs@mtu.edu.

Reminders

Fill Out the COVID-19 Symptom Tracking Form Before Coming to Campus

If you are working on campus while the University is at Health Safety Level Three, remember that no one is permitted to come to campus with symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

Employees are required to monitor their symptoms daily before coming to campus. The Daily Symptom Tracking Form is a short form that will help you determine if you have COVID-19 symptoms.

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Engineering Fundamentals Faculty Candidate Presentation

The Department of Engineering Fundamentals is conducting a faculty search.

The sixth candidate is Joanne Beckwith, who will present an active and collaborative first-year engineering lesson at 11 a.m. today (April 26) via Zoom.

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Want to Help Plan the Parade of Nations?

It’s been hard times for the Parade of Nations since the pandemic struck, but the Parade of Nations committee has carried on with the popular multicultural celebration. And they’re planning a Parade of Nations this fall on Sept. 18.

The committee is looking for new members to help them plan and run the Parade and a community scavenger hunt leading up to it. If you would like to play a role on the inside of this special event, the committee invites you to join. They meet once a month on Zoom, and anyone is welcome — students, faculty, staff and community members.

For more information or to join the committee, call or email Mayra Morgan, educational programs specialist in International Programs and Services, at 906-487-2160 or msmorgan@mtu.edu.

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Aquatics Summer Swim Program

Registration for Summer 2021 Aquatics Programs will open May 1. Michigan Tech Aquatics offers swim programs for youth ages 6 months to 17 years and adults ages 18 and older. Class sizes are limited and based on social distancing.

Three sessions offered:

  • June 14-25
  • July 5-16
  • July 19-30

Session 1 registration closes June 12. Social distancing will be maintained during classes. Instructors will remain on the pool deck.

A parent is required to be in the water with each participant for Parent and Child Aquatics and Preschool Aquatics. Visit Huskies Youth Aquatics for details on each of the four youth aquatics programs listed:

  • Parent and Child Aquatics (ages 6 months to 3 years)
  • Preschool Aquatics (ages 4-5 years)
  • Learn-to-Swim Levels 1-4 (ages 6-17 years)
  • Junior Huskies Summer Swim (ages 6-17 years)

Adult Huskies Summer Swim (ages 18 and older) provides additional attention and competitive guidance to adult swimmers looking to improve their swimming skills and fitness levels in a group setting. Visit Adult Huskies Summer Swim for details.

On the Road

The Plantationoscene

Dana Van Kooy (HU) presented her essay, "Assemblages of the Plantationoscene" at The London Stage and the Nineteenth-Century World III conference, sponsored by New College, Oxford University.

Invoking the neologism "plantationoscene," this paper examines John Fawcett's pantomime, "Obi; or Three-Finger'd Jack," which opened at London's Haymarket Theatre on July 2, 1800. Linking the era (cene) to the performance and visual reproduction of specific theatrical scenes, this neologism offers an alternative framework for interpreting Fawcett's pantomime, which assembled scenes of plantation life and its corresponding devastation into a formulaic plot.

Focusing on stage descriptions and those scenes advertised on its playbills, "Assemblages of the Plantationoscene" draws attention to the production of a visual ecology that reconfigured the colonial landscape.

Today's Campus Events

by University Events Calendar

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Teal Ribbons

Monday, April 26, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. | Michigan Tech Campus

All month there will be Teal Ribbons on Trees. These ribbons symbolize solidarity with victims of sexual violence and are meant to create conversation on campus about how we...

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Master's Defense: Dante Paglia

Monday, April 26, 1 p.m.–2 p.m.

Computer Science Co-advisors: James Walker and Paulus Van Susante A Software Tool for Using an Augmented Reality Sandbox to Calculate Volume Change

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Master's Defense: Dante Paglia, Computer Science

Monday, April 26, 1 p.m.

Graduate student Dante Paglia, Computer Science, will present his Master's Defense on April 26, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. The title of his presentation is, "A Software Tool for...

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Student Services Series: Career Services—Design Your Career

Monday, April 26, 6 p.m.

Join Career Services to develop an understanding of the opportunities available to first-year students. You'll get to create a resume based on a template that our corporate...

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Adult Huskies Group Tennis Lessons Spring Session 3

Monday, April 26, 7 p.m.–8 p.m. | Gates Tennis Center

Adult Huskies Tennis Lessons are now being offered for ages 17 and up who are looking to learn more about the game of tennis! Each class will include technique and games to...

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Teal Ribbons for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 26, all day | Outdoors

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. During the Month of April there will be Teal Ribbons displayed throughout campus. Teal has become the signature color for sexual...