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1. Native American Speakers' Forum, Spirit of the Harvest Powwow Oct. 23-24 |
by Marcia Goodrich, senior writer
Michigan Tech will showcase Native American culture next week at its 14th Annual Speakers' Forum Friday, Oct. 23, followed by the Spirit of the Harvest Powwow on Saturday, Oct. 24.
In addition, the 2009 Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year, Crystal Shawanda, will give a concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Rozsa Center. For more information or to buy tickets, go to www.rozsa.mtu.edu .
Speakers' Forum, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 23, Rozsa Center
The Speakers' Forum begins at 10 a.m. with a talk by Jessica Koski, a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC). She completed a BS in Social Sciences in May and is now earning a master's in environmental management at Yale University. Koski will discuss how she navigated college as a Native student.
Lowery Begay, a dazzling championship hoop dancer, will perform from 11 a.m. to noon. Begay grew up on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico and Arizona and spent much of his time with his grandparents learning Navajo ways, which are now both his calling and his career.
Lowery has traveled all over the world and is a flutist, artist and fancy dancer, and is currently ranked fourth in the world as a hoop dancer.
Crystal Shawanda, a Canadian country music singer and member of the First Nations Ojibwe band, will give a talk beginning at 1 p.m. Born in Ontario and raised on a reservation on Manitoulin Island, Shawanda has taken the country music world by storm. Her hit single, “You Can Let Go Now,” made it into the top 20 on the Billboard Country Music chart.
Country Music Television documented her rise to fame in the six-part series “Crystal: Living the Dream,” which aired in February 2008. She signed with RCA Records in 2007 and her debut single, “You Can Let Go,” reached top 10 on the Canadian Country Singles Chart in January 2008 and four months later was released in the US.
Spirit of the Harvest Powwow, noon to 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24
The Spirit of the Harvest Powwow begins at noon with a grand entry into the Multipurpose Room at the Student Development Complex.
Featured performers will be Lawrence Williams, head male dancer; Linda Cohen, head female dancer; Robert Voakes, head youth male; Jade Chauder, head youth female; Robert Rajacic, arena director; Four Thunders, host drum; Loon Travelers, invited drums; Donald Chosa, head veteran; the KBIC Honor Guard; and master of ceremonies Stanley Spruce.
Championship dancer Lowery Begay will give a hoop dance and flute exhibition at 1:30 p.m. Begay contributed art used on the powwow posters, and T-shirts with his artwork will be for sale at the powwow.
The pink shawl presentation will be held at 4:30 p.m.
Native food, art and crafts will be available.
The Spirit of the Harvest Powwow and Speakers' Forum are free and open to the public and hosted by Michigan Tech and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. Sponsors include Michigan College/University Partnership, Multicultural Affairs, Student Life, and Institutional Diversity.
For more information, contact Lori Muhlig at 906-487-2920 or at muhlig@mtu.edu . |
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2. Senate Seeks Committee Nominations |
The Faculty Senate has the following vacancies and requests nominations:
* Committee for Academic Tenure, Promotion and Reappointment. Each department and school can nominate one tenured faculty member. The nominees cannot be administrators, on sabbatical leave, hold emeritus status or have served on the committee for two of the past four years. This member is elected by faculty at large.
* Committee for the Faculty Distinguished Service Award. The position will end Aug. 31, 2012. This member is elected by faculty at large.
* Faculty Review Committee. This alternate position will end Aug. 31, 2012. This member cannot be from Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or SFRES. This member is elected by faculty at large.
Send nominations to Soner Onder, chair, Senate Elections Committee, at soner@mtu.edu by Oct. 28. |
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3. IPS Offers Passport Photo Service Tonight |
submitted by International Programs and Services
Going somewhere in the world? You will need photos to complete your passport application.
IPS, along with Brockway Photography, is offering passport photos for $11.
The session will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tonight, outside of Memorial Union Ballroom A2.
Photos will be taken and delivered on the spot.
Study Abroad participants, international students, frequent travelers and all others interested in obtaining passport photos are encouraged to stop by. Other uses for passport photos may be: visas, ID cards, study-abroad applications and more.
Passports are among the most widely accepted forms of identification in the world. A relatively new federal law requires US citizens to travel with a passport to nearby countries that did not require them in the past. As part of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004, travelers to and from the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, Bermuda and Panama must have a passport to enter or re-enter the United States. These new travel requirements are a major change from previous requirements.
Passports can be obtained from the Houghton County Clerk's Office or the US Post Office and can take up to two months to process; therefore September and October are the optimum months to obtain the photo, fill out the application form and have everything mailed in order to receive your passport by the first of the year. |
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4. Munich Scholar Presents Chemistry Seminar |
Professor N. Rösch of the Technical University of Munich, Department of Chemistry and Department of Theoretical Chemistry, will present a seminar, "Hydrogen Activation by Transition Metals," at 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16, in Chem Sci 101. A discussion period will follow and refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend.
For more information, click here .
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5. Colorado State Researcher Presents EPSSI Seminar |
Colette Heald of Colorado State University will present an EPSSI seminar, "Organic Carbon in the Troposphere: Mysteries and Challenges," at 4 p.m., Monday, Oct. 19, in M&M U113.
The abstract of the seminar is at http://www.epssi.mtu.edu/seminar/ . |
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6. Tech's Shonnard Presents Environmental Engineering Seminar |
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Professor David Shonnard, (Chemical Engineering and SFI), will present the Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Seminar, "Transportation Fuels from Forest Resources: Are They Sustainable?" at 3:05 p.m., Monday, Oct. 19, in Dow 642. |
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7. Tech's Datta Presents Biology Seminar |
Rupali Datta (Bio Sci) will present a Biological Sciences Seminar, "Green Remediation for Arsenic: Chemical and Plant-based Methods,"
at 2 p.m., Friday Oct. 16, in Dow 642.
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8. Tech's Drelich Presents MSE Seminar |
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Jaroslaw Drelich will present an MSE Seminar, "Mapping Charge-Mosaic Surfaces in Electrolyte Solutions Using Atomic Force Microscopy," at 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16, in M&M 610. |
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9. Discover Discoverer |
The Student Affairs Professional Development Committee will host a Discoverer workshop from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Fisher 232.
Karen Giddings, manager of Enrollment Services Information Systems, will host the session on this reporting tool for extracting data from Banner.
If you would like to attend this workshop, RSVP to Lynda Heinonen (lheinone@mtu.edu) by Tuesday, Oct. 20.
If there are specific topics you'd like covered, please include them with your RSVP. |
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10. Reminder: Diversifying the Faculty Thursday |
Speakers from the National Science Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science will present "Bias Literacy and Interventions on Campus" from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Memorial Union Ballroom A2.
Daryl Chubin, director of the AAAS Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity, and Ruta Sevo, the former NSF program director for research and gender in science and engineering, will give a joint presentation on what universities can do to create a welcoming climate and diversify the faculty.
Afterward, attendees can join one of two breakout sessions and discuss a core topic in depth. Sevo will lead "Getting Savvy About Climate. Chubin will address "Diversifying the Faculty."
For more information, click here. |
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11. Giveaways |
GMES has the following furniture:
* Two vertical, gray filing cabinets, 15 inches wide, 29 inches deep, and 53 inches tall, with locks and key. Each has four drawers and is made by Steelcase.
* One vertical, dark gray filing cabinet, 15 inches wide, 29 inches deep, and 55 inches tall, with four drawers and brass-colored handles.
* One horizontal, tan filing cabinet, 36 inches wide, 18 inches deep, and 42 inches tall, with three automatically closing drawers.
Contact Bob Barron at 487-2096 or at rjbarron@mtu.edu .
Memorial Union (Catering) has a HP Laserjet 3030 all-in-one printer and a HP Laserjet 12A printer cartridge.
Interested parties can contact Janet Larson at 487-2277 or at jhlarson@mtu.edu .
University property may only be transferred between departments; it may not be given or sold to individuals. |
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