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1. Executive Team Addresses Salary Adjustments |
This is a message from the Executive Team:
Salary adjustments this year will coincide with the first pay period of the new year, effective Dec. 25. These will be based on merit, not across the board. Supervisors have already received salary worksheets for faculty and nonrepresented staff, and those are due in Human Resources on Nov. 16. The bargaining unions (UAW, POA, AFSCME) are scheduled to meet in the next two weeks to negotiate salary adjustments as well as other terms of employment. |
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2. Archives Celebrates Completion of Cataloging Project |
The public is invited to an open house at the Archives at 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 7, to mark the completion of a two-year project to improve description of the Archives’ extensive holdings of regional manuscript material.
The initiative was funded through a $167,600 grant from the National Historical Records and Publications Commission, a division of the National Archives and Records Administration.
During the project, Archives' staff conducted a box-by-box survey of its entire collection, totaling more than 7,000 cubic feet and including personal papers, diaries, organizational records, business materials, mining company records, maps, newspapers and other historical documents. Conservation and preservation assessments were made, and some donations merged together into larger, single collections.
The project identified more than 700 collections and created standardized descriptions providing the size, content and dates of coverage for each. These descriptions are now accessible to researchers through the Archives' website, the online catalog of the J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library, and OCLC WorldCat, an international online resource for printed materials. Through this work, the holdings of the Archives are available to researchers throughout the world.
A small display will highlight interesting materials discovered and described. These include the June 1853 journal of civil engineer L.L. Nichols describing construction of the ship canal and locks at Sault Ste. Marie; a 1915 beer delivery log book from the Bosch Brewing Co.; coded telegrams from the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.; illustrated weekly reports showing military-mining courses at the Michigan College of Mines during World War I; printing samples from the Keweenaw Printing Company; and original field notebooks from the ongoing wolf-moose ecological study on Isle Royale.
The event will also introduce Elizabeth Russell, the primary cataloger on the project, who was recently hired as a full-time archivist.
Refreshments will be served.
For further information, contact the Archives at 487-2505 or at copper@mtu.edu . |
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3. Students, Alumnus Make Semi-finals in Accelerate Michigan Competition |
by Jennifer Donovan, director, public relations
Two students and an alumnus are among the semi-finalists in a statewide Accelerate Michigan competition. They will present their business plans at an event in Ypsilanti, on Wednesday, Nov. 16, and Thursday, Nov. 17. Accelerate Michigan is a business plan competition for companies and students, designed to spotlight Michigan as a state that welcomes innovation-based business growth.
Travis Beaulieu and Joel Florek's start-up company, AsfalisMed, uses encrypted Quick Response (QR) codes placed on ID cards to give medical first responders and health care personnel instant access to a person's medical records. Beaulieu, an applied physics major with a concentration in entrepreneurship and a minor in mathematics, and Florek, a first-year mechanical engineering major and member of the Pavlis Institute for Global Leadership, are working with the Michigan Tech Enterprise Corporation (MTEC) SmartZone's Entrepreneur Support Center and another student company, Clever Cloud Computing, to develop their business.
GreenSand, a corporation started by alumnus Domenic Popko and Associate Professor Ralph Hodek (CEE), plans to recover copper-containing sand from the Gay Stamp Sands, to use as raw material in making roofing shingles and other products. The copper in the sand, a byproduct of copper mining in the region, acts as a natural inhibitor of algae and mold growth, making it a useful additive for construction materials.
The students' projects will be judged on innovativeness, clarity of presentation, value and feasibility of the proposed product or service and market opportunity. Companies will be evaluated on innovation, proof of concept and financial plan.
Prizes in the student section range from $10,000 to $25,000. Companies are competing for $10,000 to $500,000. |
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4. Support the United Way: What is Given Here, Stays Here |
The annual Copper Country United Way Campus Campaign is in full swing. Return your contribution form to your unit volunteer or directly to Nancy Seely (Library 219) by Friday, Nov. 11. If you have misplaced your form, contact Seely at 487-2046 or nsseely@mtu.edu .
Seely coordinates the campus effort, which comprises the single biggest component of the overall Copper Country United Way campaign. She reminds the campus community to consider a gift through payroll deduction as a convenient way to make a helpful gift. Controller Joe Herbig, a United Way volunteer, urges those who haven't given before to donate a dollar a week; and those who have given to increase their donation by a dollar week. |
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5. Order Your Pumpkin Pies |
Dining Services is holding its annual day-before-Thanksgiving pumpkin pie sale. The nine-inch homemade pies sell for $3.50 each and can be ordered at bake@mtu.edu .
All orders must be placed by 4:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 21. You may pick up your pies from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 23, in the Memorial Union Food Mall. |
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6. Khana Khazana Goes to the Middle East |
Khana Khazana (food treasure), a weekly lunch cooked by international students, will feature dishes from the Middle East this Friday, Nov. 4. Khana Khazana is served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Memorial Union Food Court.
Sara Alian, a graduate student in applied geospatial information sciences, will cook kabab bakhtiari, a Persian chicken and lamb kabob; tomato and green peas rice, a Saudi Arabian dish; tabouleh, a popular Middle Eastern salad; and knafeh, a Middle Eastern sweet made with fine vermicelli-like pastry.
A full meal costs $6 and includes coffee, tea or a fountain soda. Individual entrees are available for $2 each.
Khana Khazana is a collaborative project of international students and Dining Services. |
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7. "Two Spirits" Showcases Native American Culture |
There will be a presentation of the film, "Two Spirits," today, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., in Fisher 135.
"Two Spirits" provides a revealing look at a time when the world wasn't simply divided into male and female, and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders. It tells the story of Fred Martinez, a male-bodied person with a feminine nature who became one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history.
The showing is free and open to all. This event is sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, AISES, Keweenaw Pride, and Delta Upsilon International Fraternity.
For additional information, contact Renee Wells, coordinator of GLBTQ outreach, at 487-2920 or at rrwells@mtu.edu . |
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8. Research Integrity and Compliance Holds Session on Export Control and National Security |
Research Integrity and Compliance will hold an educational session, "Export Control and National Security," from 12 to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 8, with location information provided at the time of registration, which ends 5 p.m., Nov. 7.
RESGISTER FOR EXPORT CONTROL AND NATIONAL SECURITY
This session is designed to provide faculty, postdocs and research/program staff with an overview of export control and national security concerns as they relate to sponsored research occurring at Michigan Tech.
Some of the topics covered will include:
* Licensing exceptions
* License application
* Michigan Tech policy
Beverages and desserts will be available; bring a lunch.
For more information, contact Catherine Curto at 487-2225 or cecurto@mtu.edu .
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9. On the Road |
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Professor Roger Held, chair of the visual and performing arts department, presented "The Tempest: A Psychological Perspective with Historical Trimmings" on the 400th birthday of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Ripon College, Ripon, Wis. |
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10. In Print |
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Assistant Professor Louise Dyble's (SS) latest article, "Tolls and Control: The Chicago Skyway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike," was published in the February issue of the Journal of Planning History. For the full article, see Tolls and Control. |
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11. New Funding |
Associate Professor Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP) has received $100,000 from the American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, for a 32-month project, "Synthesis and Characterization of Separated Graphene Sheets without Substrates."
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Assistant Professor Aleksey Smirnov (GMES) has received $100,000
from the American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, for "A Study of the Relationship between Hydrocarbon Migration and Magnetic Alternation of the Michigan Basin Soils and Sediments: Towards Understanding the Magnetic Signature of Hydrocarbons." |
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12. 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.
Assistant Professor of Geography, Specialist in Human Geography
Tenure-track position
Department of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor of History, European History (pre-1848): World History
Two tenure-track positions
Department of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Tenure-track position
Department of Social Sciences
Office Assistant 5 (reposted internal and external)
Vice President for Research
Coordinator of Greek Life
Student Activities
Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer. |
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