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1. Generations of Discovery Campaign Update |
Michigan Tech's Generations of Discovery Campaign seeks to raise $200 million by 2013.
Tech Today tracks the progress of the initiative with monthly announcements of gifts from individuals and from corporations and foundations.
In the month of November, 858 individuals made gifts totaling $1,954,278:
* In the $1 to $24,999 category--854 donors made gifts totaling $289,278.
* In the $25,000 to $249,999 category--2 donors made gifts totaling $65,000: an outright gift of $40,000 for an endowed scholarship, and a planned gift of $25,000 for the Priorities Discretionary Fund.
* In the $250,000 and above category--2 donors made gifts totaling $1,600,000: a planned gift of $500,000 for an endowed scholarship, and a planned gift of $1,100,000 that is currently undesignated.
The campaign total as of November 30, 2011, was $157,069,868. |
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2. Reminder: Register Now for Community Programs |
submitted by Jada Gullstrand, manager, recreational programs
Michigan Tech Community Programs will offer Dollar Days January 9-15 for the following classes:
* Beginner Line Dance
* Belly Dance for Fitness
* Introduction to Clogging
* Flirty Girl Fitness (Dance Aerobics)
* Just Spin
* Kickboxing
* Ultimate Conditioning
* Yoga for Fitness
* Zumba
Dollar Days are an excellent and inexpensive way to try out some great activities.
Registration for the first spring session of Community Programs will begin Wednesday, Jan. 4.
You may register in person at SDC Ticketing Operations, by calling 487-2073, or online at Community Programs.
If you are taking advantage of any discounts, such as TechFit, SDC Membership, or sibling discounts, please register at Ticketing Operations.
In our continuing effort to offer the best service and value, we would appreciate your opinion of the program(s) that you or your child participated in during the last session. Your comments and suggestions will assist in identifying both positives and negatives in each program. As a result, we will strive to make adjustments to provide the best experience for you and your family.
Please take a moment to fill out our online survey at Survey.
Feel free to make any additional comments that may be helpful in evaluating the program(s). If you would like to see a particular program or activity added, also let me know.
I may be contacted at 487-2975 or jmgullst@mtu.edu if you have any questions or concerns that need to be addressed personally.
For more information,
Email communityprograms@mtu.edu.
Website http://www.communityprograms.mtu.edu |
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3. Sports in Brief |
Monday, Jan. 2
Nordic Skiing at US National Championships (Rumford, Maine)
Today
Huskies Drive Time, 7:30-8 a.m. on WKMJ Mix 93.5 FM
Wednesday, Jan. 4
Nordic Skiing at US National Championships (Rumford, Maine)
Thursday, Jan. 5
Women's Basketball at Northern Michigan, 5:30 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Men's Basketball at Northern Michigan, 7:30 p.m. (Live Radio, Mix 93.5 FM)
Friday, Jan. 6
Nordic Skiing at US National Championships (Rumford, Maine)
Sunday, Jan. 8
Nordic Skiing at US National Championships (Rumford, Maine)
All times Eastern. Home events are italicized.
Recent Results
Hockey (9-11-1, 6-7-1 WCHA)
Dec. 16--at Northern Michigan 4, Michigan Tech 1
Dec. 29--No. 14 Michigan State 3, Michigan Tech 1 (at GLI)
Dec. 30--No. 3 Boston College 2, Michigan Tech 1 (at GLI)
Women's Basketball (8-3, 3-2 GLIAC)
Dec. 18--at Ferris State 71, No. 8 Michigan Tech 56
Dec. 19--at Grand Valley State 66, No. 8 Michigan Tech 40
Dec. 30--Michigan Tech 70, at Lewis 52
Men's Basketball (6-5, 4-1 GLIAC)
Dec. 18--Michigan Tech 77, at Ferris State 64
Dec. 19--at Grand Valley State 70, Michigan Tech 68, OT
Dec. 30--St. Joseph's 87, at Michigan Tech 78
Nordic Skiing
Did not compete
Top News of the Week
Tech-Northern Basketball Set for Thursday
Michigan Tech basketball will resume GLIAC play on Thursday, Jan. 5, with a doubleheader at Northern Michigan. The Huskies beat their archrivals in both women's and men's earlier this season at home. Each team will go for the sweep over NMU in its only game of the week. The doubleheader tips off at 5:30 p.m.
Hockey Falls Short at GLI
Michigan Tech lost a pair of close contests to nationally-ranked opponents at the 47th annual Great Lakes Invitational Hockey Tournament at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit last week. Tech fell to No. 14 Michigan State 3-1 on Thursday (Dec. 29) after the Spartans scored an empty net goal in the final minute. The Huskies were edged 2-1 by No. 3 Boston College Friday (Dec. 30) after having a goal with 29 seconds left disallowed. Tech will return to action with a home series Jan. 13-14 vs. Alaska Anchorage.
Giesler Goes for 28
Senior Lynn Giesler of the women's basketball team dropped in a career-high 28 points in a 70-52 victory over Lewis last Friday (Dec. 30). The 6-1 center was 11-of-14 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line. She also grabbed seven rebounds. Giesler (12.5 points per game) ranks second on the team in scoring behind junior Sam Hoyt (13.4 ppg). |
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4. Proposals in Progress |
Research Scientist Robert Chris Owen (MTRI) and Research Scientist Jessica McCarty (MTRI), "Estimating the Impact of Prescribed Fire on Regional Ambient Air Quality for Regulatory Attainment of Particulate Matter," BLM
Assistant Professor Michael Falkowski (SFRES/ESC), Assistant Research Professor Evan Kane (SFRES/ESC) and Master's student Karl Meingast (SFRES), "Assessment of spectral reflectance methods for peat moisture, peat fuel combustion and carbonaceous emissions in peatland systems," BLM
Professor and Chair K. Michael Gibson (Biological Sciences), "Behavioral Pharmacology and GHB Physical Dependence," Johns Hopkins University
Assistant Professor Thomas Oommen (GMES/EPSSI), "Application of Remote Sensing Techniques to Rapidly Delineate Liquefaction for a New Madrid Earthquake," NASA
Assistant Professor Audrey Mayer (SFRES/EPSSI), Professor John Gierke (GMES/EPSSI), Assistant Professor Michael Falkowski (SFRES/EPSSI) and Assistant Professor Thomas Oommen (GMES/EPSSI), "Using satellite imagery and vegetation loss indicators in a machine learning model for landslides in Central America," NASA
Assistant Professor Ahmet Hasan Sapci MD (SOT), "The Development of an Innovative Telemedicine, e-Health and Remote Patient Monitoring Course," NCIIA
Professor Julia King (ChE/ASISC), "Alternative Assembly Methods for High Efficiency Fuel Cell Manufacturing," RPI
Associate Professor Shiyue Fang (Chemistry/BRC), "Cyclic Biarylether Peptide Libraries for Drug Discovery," ACS
Assistant Professor Ossama Abdelkhalik (ME-EM), "Novel Algorithms for Effective Oil Reservoir History Matching," Texas A&M
Assistant Professor Wenzhen Li (ChE/SFI), "Selective Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Biorenewable Polyols over Supported Metal Catalysts," DOE
Assistant Professor Yongmei Jin (MSE/IMP), "Nanoheterogeneity and Magnetostriction of Fe-Ga Alloys," DOE
Assistant Professor Bruce Lee (BME/BRC), "Synthesis of Novel Polymers for Antifouling Applications," NSF
Associate Professor Haiying Liu (Chemistry/BRC) and Assistant Professor Ashutosh Tiwari (Chemistry/BRC), "Flourescence Resonance Energy Transfer of Fluorescent Glycopolymers in Biosensing Applications," NSF
Associate Professor Haiying Liu (Chemistry/BRC) and Associate Professor Yun Hang Hu (MSE/BRE), "Donor-PI-Acceptor-Based Bodipy Oligomeric and Polymeric Dyes for Solar Cell Applications," NSF
Professor Ezra Bar-Ziv (ME-EM/APSRC) and Professor David Shonnard (ChE/APSRC), "Insights into Structural Changes during Thermal Degradation of Hemicelluloses," NSF |
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5. In the News |
The Detroit News and WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio, reported Michigan Tech's plans to offer five new degree programs, including a PhD program in biochemistry and molecular biology, master's degree programs in biomedical engineering and medical informatics, and two bachelor of arts degrees in physics--including one for high school teachers. See Detroit News and Ohio.
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WJBK-TV (Fox) and CBS Detroit covered the Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers presentation of "The Science of Hockey" at the Great Lakes Invitational hockey tournament at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. See WJBK and CBS. |
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