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For the policy, eligibility and TRIP form, visit Tuition Reduction.

Completing a TRIP form allows faster processing and ensures the June 1 deadline. Send the form to Human Resources in person, by campus mail or fax it to 487-3220. For more information, contact Benefits at 487-2517.

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Michigan Tech will have a presence. Student-athletes will march as a show of support, Blizzard will pep things up, and alumnus Kim Maki '83 (SOT) will have a place of honor as this year's "Patriot of the Year."

The main organizer of the event and the recognitions is the Keweenaw Care Corps, which supports troops leaving or returning from their duties.

There will be a video of the parade that will be shown at military hospitals in the US and Germany. Groups participating in the parade will be able to send "a shout" or "a thumbs up" to hospitalized troops.

This is the seventh year that the parade will be staged. "It's getting bigger every year," says Dennis Korby, president of Keweenaw Care Corps.

The grand marshal will be Bill Archer, a decorated combat veteran who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. He is the father of Senior Lecturer Glen Archer of electrical and computer engineering.

The film will be shown at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 17, in Fisher 135. An audience discussion will follow, with coffee, tea and dessert served. The program is free. A donation of $3 is suggested.

The Green Film Series is sponsored by the Center for Water and Society, the Keweenaw Universalist-Unitarian Fellowship, the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative and the Keweenaw Land Trust.

It is partially funded by a grant from the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country, Friends of the Land of Keweenaw and the UP Environmental Coalition.

For more information, see Green Film.

CTT staff who assisted were Training Coordinator John Ryynanen, Research Engineer Christopher Gilbertson and Technical Writers Shaughn Kern and Trevor Kuehl.

Construction Career Days attracted more than 1,500 students and teachers from across Lower Michigan. The event is designed to show young people the wide variety of careers available in the construction industry--at all levels of education and experience.

Ryynanen serves on the Construction Career Days Advisory Committee.

For more information about Career Days, see Construction.

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Faculty and staff from the Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI), the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) traveled to Lansing to participate in the Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) biennial research summit on May 10.

Michigan Tech joined researchers from other Michigan research universities, consultants and MDOT personnel to discuss MDOT's research needs and contribute to the scope of future research projects.

Stan Vitton (CEE), director of the Transportation Materials Research Center (MDOT Center of Excellence located at Michigan Tech), presented on recently completed research led by Michigan Tech.

Other Michigan Tech participants included Associate Professor Tess Ahlborn (CEE), Chair Dave Hand (CEE), Associate Professor Amlan Mukherjee (CEE), Assistant Professor Andrew Swartz (CEE), Associate Professor Zhanping You (CEE), Research Scientist Colin Brooks (MTRI), Professor Larry Sutter (MTTI), Research Engineer Chris Gilbertson (MTTI) and Assistant Director Beth Hoy (UTC/MiSTI).

On May 11, Michigan Tech delegates met with MDOT personnel to provide an overview of the University's broad and growing capabilities and programs supporting transportation education, technology transfer, workforce development and research.

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 Posting 05/16/2012

Business Systems and Data Analyst

Graduate School

Apply online at http://www.jobs.mtu.edu .

Please note: Human Resources is transitioning to an online application process for the job posting above. To read the notice to applicants, see Posting

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