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1. Friends of the Rozsa Christmas Tree Silent Auction |
The holiday season is almost here! The Rozsa Center is once again gearing up for our annual Christmas tree silent auction to benefit the Class Acts program. We are asking local artists and businesses to donate their time to decorate a holiday tree to be auctioned off.
The theme of this year's auction is "Hometown Holiday." Squonk Opera will be performing the musical, multimedia extravaganza, "Houghton-The Hometown Opera," at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11, the day the auction closes. Tree titles and descriptions are due to the Rozsa Center no later than Monday, Nov. 9. The finished trees should be delivered to the Rozsa by Wednesday, Nov. 25. The decorated tree display opens to the public on Tuesday, Dec. 1, and runs through Friday, Dec. 11. The silent auction takes place during the intermission of Friday evening's performance of "Houghton-The Hometown Opera." All proceeds will support the Class Acts Program, whose mission is to present a diverse program of performing arts events for young audiences in the Copper Country Intermediate School District. The program is designed to entertain and educate students and enrich the school curriculum with performances by professionals from a broad range of disciplines. To learn about this year's program lineup visit, http://www.rozsa.mtu.edu/ . |
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2. Escaped Prisoner--CAPTURED |
UPDATE: THE ESCAPED PRISONER HAS BEEN CAPTURED AND IS BACK IN CUSTODY.
A prisoner of the Baraga Maximum Security Prison escaped while on a work detail Monday near Painesdale and may be in the Houghton area, according to the Department of Public Safety and Police Services.
Residence halls are being locked as a precautionary measure. Students and University employees are encouraged to keep their vehicles, offices, and residences locked.
The suspect is John Walter Wilson, described as a 34-year-old white male, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 165 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. You may view a photo of Wilson here.
If you have any information on the suspect or observe any suspicious behavior, please 911 immediately.
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3. Human Resources will be Closed to Move Offices |
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Human Resources will be closed on the following days: Friday afternoon, Oct. 23, all day Monday, Oct. 25, and Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, and will be open again at noon. These times will be used to move offices from the Administration Building to the Michigan Tech Lakeshore Center (formerly the UPPCO building). If you need immediate assistance during this time, call Human Resources at 487-2280. |
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4. Reminder: Faculty and Staff Portrait Sessions |
Faculty and staff portrait sessions are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Memorial Union Ballrooms B2 and B3, and Thursday, Nov. 12, in Memorial Union Ballroom A.
No appointment is needed. Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend if a year or more has past since their last portrait was taken.
Portraits will be taken by Mike Galetto, of Brockway Photography, and will be available for viewing online through Brockway's website.
Details, including instructions for viewing your photo online or ordering prints, will be provided at the sessions.
To purchase a print of your photo, you must contact Brockway Photography directly and order through their studio.
If you would like to request an electronic copy of your photo or have any questions, contact Karina Jousma, photography coordinator, at kahautam@mtu.edu or 487-2330. |
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5. Campus Bookstore Weekly Special |
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The special of the week at the Campus Bookstore and University Images is 20 percent off men's and women's polo shirts. The sale is good Monday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Oct. 24. |
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6. Michigan Space Grants Available |
The Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) is inviting applications for 2010-11. The application and review processes are online at www.umich.edu/~msgc .
Funding is available for the following:
* Fellowship Program
* Research Seed Grant Program
* Precollege Education Program
* Public Outreach Program
* Teacher Training Program
Michigan Tech's MSGC liaison is Chris Anderson, special assistant to the president for Institutional Diversity. For more information, contact Anderson at csanders@mtu.edu or Michigan Tech's MSGC Assistant, Carol Argentati, at 487-2474 or caargent@mtu.edu .
Applications are due to Institutional Diversity no later than 3:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16.
The process for submission is as follows:
1) Create a budget be contacting Kellie Buss at Research and Sponsored Programs at 487-2226 or by email at kellie@mtu.edu .
2) Complete online forms at www.umich.edu/~msgc (but do not submit until after step 4).
3) Complete transmittal form by clicking here .
4) Print the materials and bring them to Institutional Diversity, which will provide a letter of approval to submit. Step 4 needs to be completed during the week of Nov. 16. |
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7. Registration for Community Programs Opens Today |
Registration for Community Programs begins 8 a.m. today. To register online, visit http://www.aux.mtu.edu/rec/ . Click the "Online Registration" link and follow the instructions from there. If you are taking advantage of any discounts, such as TechFit or the SDC Membership discount, you will still need to visit the SDC ticket office to register.
Youth classes include swimming, aikido, learning to skate and tennis. Adult classes include new programs such as zumba, a Latin-inspired dance fitness class and personal training sessions, among many others.
To view the brochure of programs offered, visit http://www.aux.mtu.edu/rec/ . For more information, call the sports and recreation department at 487-2975. |
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8. Tech Theatre Company Presents "The Bald Soprano" and "The Lesson" |
submitted by Visual and Performing Arts
Two groundbreaking one-act plays by Eugene Ionesco, "The Bald Soprano" and "The Lesson," will be performed this week by the Tech Theatre Company in the McArdle Theatre. The performances will be at 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 22 through 24. The Tech Theatre Company is composed of faculty, staff and students of the visual and performing arts department, and for this performance will be directed by assistant professor Patricia Helsel.
Tickets are available at the door only and are $10 for the general public and $5 for student. As part of the Experience Tech program, admission is free for Michigan Tech students.
Helsel says her students find the two Ionesco plays as utterly gripping and edgy, as she did in her own college days, and have enthusiastically enjoyed designing and preparing this production. The designers are advanced students in Tech's bachelor's degree programs in technical theatre and audio production, while the cast includes student actors trained in Tech's acting classes and prior productions.
"My students' enthusiasm proved to me the timelessness of Ionesco and was my inspiration to mount this production," Helsel says. "I've also been profoundly moved by the ability of the plays to evoke such a complex emotional response from the audience."
"The Bald Soprano," a hilarious look at communication in daily life, and "The Lesson," a tragicomic view of communication between a teacher and a student--or any authority figure and any innocent person--were pioneering plays in the "theatre of the absurd." The plays "tantalize with colorful and musical language in a circular plot full of contradictions, ironies and comical constructs," Helsel says, even as their meaning is easy to grasp. Pictures of the production can be seen on the web at www.vpa.mtu.edu . |
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9. Live Broadcast Features Business Leadership |
A live broadcast that features Jim Kouzes discussing business leadership will be held at 7 p.m., today, in Dow 641.
Kouzes is the executive professor of leadership at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business. He is the coauthor of "The Leadership Challenge," with over 1.6 million copies sold. The award-winning book has been selected as one of the 100 best business books of all time.
The National Society of Leadership and Success is hosting this live broadcast.
Faculty, staff, students and the public can attend. |
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10. Grain Processing Lecture Series |
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Bertrand I. Lee, of the American Chemical Society, will be speaking at the chemical engineering department Grain Processing Lecture Series on "Current Issues in Efficient Photocatalysts" at 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 23, in Chem Sci 102. |
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11. President of Twin Pines Solutions Presents ME-EM Graduate Seminar |
David Windstein, president of Twin Pines Solutions, will give the ME-EM graduate seminar at 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, in MEEM 112. His presentation is titled, "Some Random Thoughts on the Role of Statistics in Product Design."
For more information on this guest and the ME-EM Graduate Seminar Series, visit http://www.me.mtu.edu/seminar/ . |
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12. Professor from Trento University, Italy, Presents Physics Colloquium |
Zeno Gaburro, assistant professor in the Department of Physics of Trento University, Italy, will present a colloquium titled, "Towards Achieving Event Horizons in Nonlinear Optical Resonators," at 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct., 22, in Fisher 139.
For more information, contact Claudio Mazzoleni at 487-1226 or at cmazzoleni@mtu.edu or Petra Hüntemeyer at petra@mtu.edu . |
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13. Sports in Brief |
What's Happening This Week
by Wes Frahm, director of athletic marketing and communications
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Huskies Drive Time, 7:30-8 a.m. on WKMJ Mix 93.5 FM
Thursday, Oct. 22
Fall Sports Luncheon, noon (Grant Hockey Ed Center)
Friday, Oct. 23
Volleyball hosts Lake Superior State, 7 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Hockey at Colorado College, 9:37 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Saturday, Oct. 24
Women's Tennis at GLIAC Tournament, Midland
Cross Country at GLIAC Championships, 11 a.m. (at University Center, Mich.)
Football hosts Saginaw Valley State, 1 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Volleyball hosts Saginaw Valley State, 4 p.m.
Hockey at Colorado College, 9:07 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Sunday, Oct. 25
Women's Tennis at GLIAC Tournament, Midland
All times Eastern. Home events italicized.
Last Week’s Results
Volleyball (11-11, 7-4 GLIAC)
All Matches at GLIAC/GLVC Crossover (at Lansing, Mich.)
Oct. 16--Lewis 3, Michigan Tech 1 (18-25, 25-23, 18-25, 17-25)
Oct. 16 -- Michigan Tech 3, Rockhurst 1 (27-25, 26-24, 24-26, 25-14)
Oct. 17--Michigan Tech 3, Southern Indiana 0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-19)
Women's Tennis (7-2, 7-2 GLIAC)
Oct. 17--Michigan Tech 6, at Lake Superior State 3
Football (1-6, 1-6 GLIAC)
Oct. 17--at Indianapolis 38, Michigan Tech 20
Hockey (1-1, 0-0 WCHA)
Did not compete
Cross Country
Did not compete
Top News of the Week
Hockey Huskies Open WCHA Play Friday
After a week off, Michigan Tech opens its 2009-10 league play Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24. The Huskies play at Colorado College for the first two of 28 Western Collegiate Hockey Association games this year. Tech's first home WCHA games will Oct. 30 and 31 vs. St. Cloud State.
Tennis Second Place Finish Tops in School History
Michigan Tech finished its 2009 fall regular season schedule with a 7-2 record to tie for second in the GLIAC standings. It is the highest GLIAC finish for the women's tennis team in the program's 33 seasons. Tech will travel to Midland for the GLIAC Tournament Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24 and 25.
Volleyball Home After Seven Straight on Road
Michigan Tech will play its first home volleyball matches this weekend since Sept. 26. The Huskies went 5-2 in the seven matches since it last played at the SDC. The Friday, Oct. 23, match vs. Lake Superior State will be broadcast live on Mix 93.5 FM radio.
Final Fall Sports Luncheon on Tap for Thursday
The third and final Michigan Tech fall sports luncheon will take place noon, Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Begg Conference Room of the Hockey Educational Center. Football coach Tom Kearly and tennis coach Mike Axford will be the featured speakers. A complimentary light lunch will be provided, and the event is open to the public. |
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14. New Staff |
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Karen Bess is the new staff assistant 6 in the ME-EM department. She was previously employed as the administrative assistant to the director of engineering at Porter Hospital in Valparaiso, Ind., and she holds a BA in Anthropology from Michigan State University. |
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15. Job Postings |
Staff job descriptions are available in Human Resources 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.
Staff Job Postings 10/20/2009
Administrative Aide
Accounting Services
UAW internal posting only
Contracts Analyst
Technology and Economic Development
Research Engineer/Scientist II
Michigan Tech Research Institute (position is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Custodian
Facilities Management Building Operations
AFSCME internal posting only (Regular; full-time, 12-month, 1st shift)
Coordinator, International Admissions
International Programs and Services/Enrollment Services
Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer. |
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