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PROPOSED REORGANIZATION WOULD SAVE TECH $1.5 MILLION

Michigan Tech would collapse 25 colleges, schools and departments into nine administrative units under a proposal by the university's administration. Kent Wray, provost and senior vice president, unveiled the proposal to the Budget Reduction Advisory Group on Wednesday, April 2.

University president Curt Tompkins organized the budget reduction group to review budget reduction alternatives and make recommendations to meet the reduction targets for 2003-04.

The group also received a proposal to eliminate the mining engineering program and the School of Technology. In addition, a tuition study committee report presented five possible tuition structures. The budget reduction group will consider these proposals, as well as other budget cutting plans.

"This is one way that we can significantly reduce costs without directly affecting a student's education," Wray said about the reorganization. He estimates the move would save the university about $1.5 million.

Colleges and departments would reorganize into a series of schools or divisions, each with one administrator with the title of "dean" or "division chair." The groupings would match departments with similar academic and research areas.

For example, the Department of Biological Sciences would combine with the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science. Civil engineering, geological engineering and surveying would comprise another school.

The reorganization includes eliminating the School of Technology and the mining engineering program. Two technology degree programs, chemical engineering technology and civil engineering technology, would also be cut. The others would be transferred to the appropriate school.

Tenured and tenure-track faculty members would move with the degree programs, but some vacant faculty positions will not be filled.

Mining engineering currently enrolls 20 undergraduates and seven PhD students. Chemical engineering technology has eight students and civil engineering technology enrolls 27. Both technology programs are two-year degrees.

The plan also calls for filling the position of Vice Provost for Instruction, which has been vacant for two years. Most of the administrative units now reporting to the Provost would be assigned to this position.

The graduate school will continue to exist, as will the department of distance learning, engineering fundamentals (the first-year engineering program), and international studies and programs.

The budget reduction committee will hold an open forum on April 16 and deliver its first draft on May 1. There will be a public comment period through May 21, with the committee's final report due to the president on June 3.

More information on the  and Michigan Tech's budget situation is available at www.mtu.edu/budget

MICHIGAN TECH REINSTATES FOOTBALL

Athletic Director Rick Yeo has announced the reinstatement of the University's football program. He said the 2003 schedule will be played as originally planned.

"We have had extensive discussions with alumni leaders and they have developed a viable plan for private funding," Yeo said. "My hat is off to the alumni and friends of the program. They took our original announcement as a challenge and developed a plan to meet that challenge."

Under the plan, the football program will become entirely self-supporting with private, non-general fund dollars. Yeo said that the university will provide some support for the program in 2003-04, but there will be no general fund support beyond that.

On March 18, Michigan Tech announced the elimination of football as part of a restructuring caused by state budget cuts. The governor's proposed 2003-04 budget includes a 10 percent reduction in support for Michigan Tech, or about $5.5 million.

President Curt Tompkins said, "The 2003 season has been saved. I have been, and continue to be, a big supporter of Michigan Tech football. While our original decision to make a permanent reduction in the athletic department budget still stands, our alumni, Coach Bernie Anderson and Rick Yeo have developed a way to ensure the long-term viability of the program."

"Our football alumni and friends are passionately committed to continuing the 82 years of positive contributions the football program has provided Michigan Tech," said Anderson.

Yeo said the decision was made after discussions between Tompkins and key alumni leaders at the Michigan Tech Fund board meeting last weekend in San Diego. He cited the work of Dennis Euers, a football alumnus and Michigan Tech Fund board member, as key to developing the plan.

Yeo said the University's 35-member football advisory council has unanimously endorsed a significant fund-raising effort. The plan includes

*attracting $300,000 in contributions by June 1, 2003

*developing $550,000 in special event revenues, including selling local business supporters 1,000 season tickets for five years, plus contributions from current players' family and friends

*commitments, by Dec. 31, for a $1 million football endowment

*future commitments for an additional $3.5 million endowment

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FINANCE STUDENTS FINISH THIRD IN NATIONAL COMPETITION

Students in the Applied Portfolio Management Program finished third in their category at the University of Dayton's RISE Symposium portfolio competition.

The MTU team, led by Assistant Professor Dean Johnson (SBE), was among 12 teams from throughout the U.S. and Canada to make the semifinals March 26-28. The semifinalists were sorted into three groups of four based on the contents of their investment portfolio: growth, blended or value. This year, the MTU portfolio was placed in the value group.

This is the third year in a row that the MTU team has made the semifinals, and while their portfolio lost value this year--it was down about 8 percent--Johnson was pleased with his students' performance.

"The S&P 500 [stock index] was down 22 percent in 2002," he noted. "They did well. You'd love to show a gain, but in this market, these are very good results." The MTU teams' portfolios have outperformed the market during each of the last three competitions.

Michigan Tech finds stiff opposition at the RISE Symposium. The winning team in the value category, the University of New Brunswick, includes MBA candidates. All of the members of the MTU team are undergraduates.

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STUDIES SHOW MICHIGAN TECH A LEADER IN GRADUATING ENGINEERS, CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH

Several Michigan Tech engineering programs were among the 10 most productive in their fields during 2000-01, according to a recent study.

The American Society of Engineering Education shows Michigan Tech granting the highest number of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees in the U.S., with a total of 34.

The geological engineering program ranked second, with 26 bachelor's degrees awarded. A total of 235 mechanical engineering degrees were granted, the third-highest in the U.S.

The materials science and engineering program ranked seventh, with 27 degrees awarded. Both the civil engineering and the chemical engineering programs ranked ninth, with 110 and 91 graduates, respectively.

In addition, the Engineering News Record has listed MTU among the leading universities in terms of civil engineering research in its Oct. 21 issue. Among the schools participating in the survey, Michigan Tech ranked 10th based on the percentage of departmental income from research. Fifty-four percent of the budget of Tech's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is derived from research, with the remainder coming from the university's general fund.

Approximately half of the 250 civil engineering programs in the US participated in the survey.

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NOMINEES NEEDED FOR AT-LARGE SENATE SEATS

The University Senate is seeking nominees for three at-large senate seats that will become vacant at the end of the academic year.

The seats are open to any member of the academic faculty and are elected by a vote of the entire senate constituency. The three-year terms currently held by senators Don Beck (Physics) and Dieter Adolphs (Humanities) are expiring. In addition, a new at-large senator is needed to fill the remaining two years of former senator Kelly Strong's term.

Nominations must be received by Friday, April 4. For more information, contact Jeanne Meyers at 487-3331,jemeyers@mtu.edu, or Robert Keen, 487-2346, rekeen@mtu.edu.

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NOMINEES FOR GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING AWARD SOUGHT

Nominees are being sought for the 2003 Graduate Dean's Award for Graduate Student Mentoring. The award is given, based on graduate student nominations, to the faculty member who exemplifies care and commitment in their advising of graduate students. Graduate students write the criteria for this award and select the recipient based on written nominations from currently enrolled graduate students.

Candidates for this award will most likely demonstrate strengths in collaboration, both with colleagues and across disciplines, modeling of ethical scholarship, advocacy for students in areas not limited to academics, keeping themselves up-to-date in their field, and perhaps most importantly, in listening to student needs and desires to invent creative solutions to real-world situations. Any faculty member is eligible.

Nominations from graduate students enrolled during the 2002-03 academic year should be sent to mdtrim@mtu.edu by noon,

April 15.

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TURNING OFF THE SWITCH MAKES (LOTS OF) ¢ENTS!

The second in a series of five on sustainability efforts at Michigan Tech

submitted by Environmental Sustainability Committee

With state budgets becoming tighter, governments and universities are looking for ways to save money. Surprisingly, some methods to achieve significant savings can be as simple as switching off the lights.

During the 2001-02 fiscal year, Michigan Tech spent about $4.84 million on utility costs (steam, electricity, water and sewage). Per student, this translates to about $833 per year. However, through awareness and minimal effort, this per-student cost could decrease about $84, saving a total of $484,000 or about 10 percent annually, according to Energy Manager Dave Taivalkoski.

"Saving energy is one of the most fundamental things we can do as members of the Michigan Tech community to save money and help balance our budget," President Curt Tompkins said. "This is an opportunity to cut expenses without affecting services; I encourage everyone to make energy conservation part of our daily routine." It's true; one person really can make a difference.

How can you do your part to help?

*Turn off lights when you are the last to leave a room unless it will be reoccupied within 10 minutes. Lights left on at night and on weekends cost the university up to $50 per month per classroom or lab.

*Set up your computer power management to turn off monitors when not in use for more than 20 minutes. Contrary to popular belief, screen savers are not energy savers and keep monitors running at nearly full power.

*Check with your systems administrator about shutting off your computer at night.

*Turn off lab equipment and energy sources when not in use. If ventilation fans that can't be switched off locally are running when not needed, please notify Energy Management at 487-2706, or chp@mtu.edu

*Keep fume hoods closed and turned off when not in use.

*Store chemicals in vented storage cabinets, not fume hoods.

*Report rooms that are too hot or cold to Building Operations at 487-1636, or wmitchel@mtu.edu. Please keep windows closed during the heating season.

*Report water leaks (487-1636) and look for ways to reduce water use in lab operations.

*Have an energy saving tip? Send it to mtugreen-l@mtu.edu.

Want to know more? Does energy use and reduction pique your interest? Here are a few ways you can learn more at Michigan Tech.

*Participate in the following Earth Week Events:

*Zero Energy House Presentation by Christina A. Synder, guest speaker from Ann Arbor, Tuesday, April 22, 5-7 p.m. in Dow 642

*Local Energy Efficient Homes Tours, Saturday, April 26, 10-2 p.m. Look for more information as Earth Day approaches.

*Water Conservation Presentation, Wednesday, April 23, MUB Ballroom A

*Visit the MTU Energy Management website at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/chp or contact Dave Taivalkoski at detaival@mtu.edu

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TEACHING AT TECH: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

by William Kennedy, Director

Center for Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development

Richard F. Elmore, professor of education at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, and senior research fellow with the Center for Policy Research in Education, writes in his foreword to "Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership" that "teaching is a messy, indeterminate, inscrutable, often intimidating, and highly uncertain task."*

In the course of this foreword, Elmore examines some of the more common dubious claims that seem to serve as points of departure for many practitioners of the art of college teaching. The first claim is that professors are hired to profess, not to teach. Those that make this claim feel that rising to the status of an acknowledged expert in their field of inquiry should be sufficient preparation for classroom instruction. Such a claim is based on the idea that students should be grateful for the opportunity to learn from such experts. Students should be willing and eager to do whatever is necessary to glean whatever they need from their professors. Instructors really shouldn't be expected to cater to the needs of the students or their transient whims and preferences. Proponents of this view maintain that superficial or uninspired learning is solely the fault of the students.

A corollary of this view is that more-advanced students, at the very least, should require less coddling than beginning students. Proponents of this view begrudgingly acknowledge that first-year students may require a dose of inspiration and some attempts to motivate their curiosity but that upper-class students should be expected to tough it out on their own. Advocates suggest that if intrinsic motivation hasn't kicked in by the junior year of study, then there really is no point in continuing on with various teaching tricks and other appeasements.

Another tactic faculty members use to explain variations in teaching performance is to acknowledge that some faculty members appear to be born as gifted teachers while others were not so favored. Gifted teachers are the ones who receive awards and plaques and those outside of this group feel that there really isn't any point in pursuing an ability that is founded primarily upon the presence or absence of some innate gift.

Other teachers regard differences in teaching techniques and approaches as inconsequential matters of style or taste. The norm on most campuses is that teaching is a relatively private affair. Teachers may have radically different styles or approaches to instruction without affecting student learning in any substantial way, according to this view.

Elmore responds, "Let's be blunt. Exposing one's knowledge, personality and ego to the regular scrutiny of others in public is not easy work under the best of circumstances. Whereas professors spend most of their graduate education preparing to conduct research, their only preparation for teaching is their own, largely unexamined experience as students. It should not be surprising, then, that we develop strong beliefs as a defense against uncertainties. These defenses, however, too often result in an eviscerated, flat and disappointing experience for both professors and students; an interminable montage of talking heads and illegible overhead transparencies, interspersed with short periods of stark panic at exam time."

Teaching, according to Elmore, should be "a transformational activity, which aims to get students to take charge of their learning and to make deeply informed judgments about the world." Changing students from passive, uninspired vessels to active and engaged life-long learners is the real challenge that we face.

* C. Roland Christensen, David A. Garvin, and Ann Sweet, Eds., Harvard Business School Press, 1991.

THE TROUPE PRESENTS ANNUAL COMEDY SHOW

submitted by Fine Arts

Michigan Tech's improvisational theater group, The Troupe, will fill the McArdle Theatre with laughter once again with its annual Campus Comedy Show, to be presented on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5, at 8 p.m.

The 11-member student ensemble, directed by Sue Stephens, creates its own comedy skits, improvising some of them on the spot, using suggestions from the audience. Skits also include spoofs of familiar stories and events, games and classic routines--a wide variety of fresh and appealing comedy. Audience members of all ages enjoy the show, designed for anyone who appreciates what an inspired improv group can do.

The Troupe performs throughout the year for local schools and service organizations, where they hold acting workshops and present educational programs on preventing alcohol and tobacco use, preserving the environment and similar issues. The group frequently tours other school districts to train K-12 students in improv techniques and collaborates with Michigan Tech bands to present evenings of music and comedy. In February, members of The Troupe starred in Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival production, "The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or How Not To Do It Again."

Tickets for the Campus Comedy Show are available from Rozsa Center Ticketing Services, 487-3200, other MTU box offices, http://tickets.mtu.edu, and at the door for $8 general, $4 students.

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UNLIKELY COMBINATION OF SCIENCE AND HUMOR AT THE ROZSA

submitted by University Cultural Enrichment

Scientific research is mostly a serious endeavor, worthy of the awe it inspires in us. But there is bad science, and there is real science about bad science, and there is also silly science. What are we to make of scientific studies with names like "How Dead is a Doornail?" or "Furniture Airbags" or "The Medical Effects of Kissing Boo-Boos"? Marc Abrahams, dubbed by the Washington Post as "the nation's guru of academic grunge," makes it his business to collect such gems of scholarship. He is the editor, co-founder and publisher of the bi-monthly magazine :"The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)," the publication of record for inflated research and personalities. It is an unlikely combination of science and humor and features reports of funny research--some genuine, some not--submitted by the world's most and least distinguished doctors, professors, students, science writers and researchers. Abrahams visits Michigan Tech on Tuesday, April 8, and will present a lecture titled "Improbable Research and the Ig Nobel Prizes" at 8 p.m. at the Rozsa Center. Admission is free and the event is open to all.

Referred to by "AIRheads" as the "joke journal of science" and "the MAD Magazine of science," AIR is now in its 10th year. The magazine's editorial board includes more than 50 distinguished scientists, including nine Nobel laureates, IQ record-holder Marilyn Vos Savant and a convicted felon. Abrahams also edits mini-AIR, a free monthly electronic supplement to AIR and one of the most widely circulated publications on the Internet.

Abrahams is also the creator and master of ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, honoring individuals whose achievements "cannot or should not be reproduced." The prizes are handed out by genuine Nobel laureates at a gala ceremony held each October at Harvard University and broadcast on National Public Radio and on the Internet. The ceremony is often described as a "hoot," a high-output outrageous time.

Abrahams has published the "Best of Annals of Improbable Research," which is a collection of interviews with real Nobel laureates, highlights from the Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies and reports of genuine and phony research, including the effects of peanut butter on the rotation of the earth, the aerodynamics of potato chips, and the taxonomy of Barney. He also writes in serious mode for other publications on the topics of science, technology and medicine. He wrote monthly back-page humor columns for the engineering magazine DesignNews and the now-defunct computer magazine Byte, as well as others.

Graduating from Harvard with a degree in applied mathematics, Abrahams subsequently spent several years developing optical character recognition computer systems (including a reading machine for the blind) and later founded Wisdom Simulators, Inc., a creator of educational software.

Abrahams' visit to Michigan Tech is made possible by funding from the MTU Committee for Campus Enrichment and is coordinated through the MTU Great Events Series Office (487-2844).

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JOIN THE CHAMPIONS AND GO GAELIC!

Where do international champions of Irish dance go when they've won all the competitions? They join ensembles like Trinity Irish Dance Company, who will be offering a free beginners Irish dance class on Saturday, April 12, from 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m. in Walker 210. More experienced dancers are also welcome. To register, call 487-2844. The company will also present a full-length performance with live music at 8 p.m. that evening at the Rozsa Center. Tickets for the performance, which is the Tech Arts Festival Main Event, are available from the Rozsa Center Box Office (487-3200, Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.) or online at http://tickets.mtu.edu. Both events are made possible by the MTU Memorial Union Board with funding from the MTU student activity fee.

No experience is necessary for the beginners class (recommended for ages 10 and up), which should give participants a good understanding of the basics of Irish step dancing, and certainly an appreciation for the amazing skill and dedication it takes to become a dancer.

The Anchorage Daily News says Trinity Irish Dance Company is "the real deal" and maintains a high regard for the old traditions. It was the birthplace of progressive Irish dance, which opened new avenues of artistic expression that led to Riverdance and the numerous other commercial productions that followed.

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MICHIGAN TECH PRESENTS ALL-BEETHOVEN CONCERT APRIL 12

submitted by Fine Arts

The Department of Fine Arts will present this year's third all-Beethoven chamber music concert on Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in McArdle Theatre, featuring pieces based on Scottish, Welsh and Irish folk songs.

Pianist Neil Paynter and violinist Cori Somers will play two sets of Beethoven's "Variations on Scottish Folk Songs," then will be joined by cellist Patrick Quimby and seven singers from Studio North Opera to present settings of folk songs from Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The singers for this lively and rarely heard repertoire are soprano Ann Campbell, baritone Greg Campbell, tenor Bill Francis, soprano Emilie Krznarich, bass Barry Pegg, alto Mary Richards-Kallman and tenor Charles White.

Tickets are available from Rozsa Center Ticketing Services (487-3200), http://www.tickets.mtu.edu, and at the door for $6 general, $3 students.

Paynter, who organized this year's Beethoven chamber music series at Michigan Tech, accompanies the Michigan Tech Concert Choir, the Copper Country Chorale and Studio North Opera. Additionally, he plays keyboard instruments with the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, maintains a private lesson studio and performs regularly in chamber groups. Violinist Somers is concertmaster of the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra and artistic director for the Copper Country Suzuki Association. Cellist Quimby, a materials science major at Michigan Tech, is active in the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra and chamber music groups.

More information is available from the Department of Fine Arts, 487-2067.

APRIL COMPUTER CLASSES

To register for classes, send an email to the Center for Professional Development and Quality Improvement at rwchrist@mtu.edu. Include the class(es) in which you want to enroll, your phone number and account number to which the class(es) should be charged. The charge for three-hour (half day) classes is now $70 and the charge for six-hour (full day) sessions is $140.

Participants must register by contacting Becky Christianson at rwchrist@mtu.edu. Include the class(es) in which you want to enroll, your phone number and account number to which the class(es) should be charged. Charges will be billed to your account the month following attendance. dL Education is located in the E. L. Wright Plaza, Suite 201A at 801 N. Lincoln Drive in Hancock. The Plaza is located on Quincy Hill, just below Pat's IGA. As you enter the building, the training center is just up the stairs and to the left.

Access level 1, Thurs., April 3, 1-4 p.m.

Access level 2, Thurs., April 10, 1-4 p.m.

Access level 3, Thurs., April 17, 1- 4 p.m.

Excel level 1, Tues., April 15, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Excel level 2, Tues., April 15, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Excel level 3, Tues., April 29, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

PowerPoint, Tues., April 22, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Word level 1, Tues., April 8, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Word level 2, Tues., April 8, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

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MEEM GRADUATE SEMINAR THURSDAY

Kalman B. Migler of the National Institute of Standards and Technology will present a seminar, "Understanding and Control of the Sharkskin Instability," on Thursday, April 3, 3-4 p.m. in MEEM 112.

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EXOTIC SPECIES SYMPOSIUM APRIL 3-4

A symposium on exotic species will be held Thursday and Friday, April 3-4, in Room G002 at the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science.

The symposium, "Invasive Species: The Past, Present and Future of Lake State Ecosystems," includes six hour-long talks. All interested persons are welcome to attend any of the presentations.

The sponsors are the U.P. chapter of the Michigan Society of American Foresters and the MTU chapter of the forestry honor society, Xi Sigma Pi.

On Thursday, John Witter of the University of Michigan will speak on "An Historical Perspective of Invasives in the Upper Great Lakes" at 1:30 p.m.

At 2:45 p.m., Bill Mattson of the U.S. Forest Service will present "What Makes Some Species Successful Invaders: Where Are They Coming from and How Can We Stem the Flow?"

Deborah McCullough, of Michigan State University, will give the talk "How Are Management Plans, Novel Technologies and Education Reducing the Impacts of Invasive Species?" at 4 p.m.

Friday's presentations begin at 8:30 a.m., when an as yet unnamed representative from the state will speak on agency responses to exotic pests.

Miles Faulk of the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission will discuss "Prioritizing Invasive Plants for Management" at 9:45 a.m.

The symposium closes Friday with an address by MTU assistant professor Andrew Storer, who will discuss "Invasive Species: Can They Be Eradicated?" at 11 a.m.

For more information, contact Kelly Standerfer at kjstande@mtu.edu, Matt Rintamaki at srintamaki@aol.com, 235-6011, or Andrew Storer at 487-3470.

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LEARN TO DEFEND YOURSELF

Husky Tae Kwan Do will present self-defense seminars on three consecutive Saturdays in April. The sessions will be held on April 5, 12 and 19, noon-2 p.m., in the ROTC gym.

You can learn to protect yourself and to escape from wrist grabs, choke holds, headlocks, hair grabs, sexual assault and more.

The cost is $5 per person; group rates are also available. All proceeds will benefit the Husky Tae Kwan Do student organization.

To reserve a time or for more information, contact Bethany Baibak at 487-9582 or blbaibak@mtu.edu.

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WEIGHT WATCHERS MEETING APRIL 3

The start-up meeting for the new Weight Watchers session will be held Thursday, April 3, noon-1 p.m. in Memorial Union Red Metal Room 105B

For more information, contact Nancy Bykkonen at 487-2517 or nabykkon@mtu.edu.

NEW STAFF

Kimberley Brosofske has joined the staff of the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science as a research assistant professor. She was previously employed as a research ecologist with the US Forest Service North Central Research Station, Rhinelander, Wis., and from 2000-2002 as an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island.

Brosofske received a BS from the University of Michigan. She also earned two degrees from Michigan Tech--an MS in 1996 and PhD in 1999. She lives in Rhinelander.

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FACULTY AND STAFF RECEIVE FUNDING

Assistant Research Engineer/Scientist John Forsman (SFRES) has received $30,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station for his project, "Develop Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Methods to Quantity Marine Borer Damage to Alaskan Logs."

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IN PRINT

Research Scientist II Dana L. Richter (SFRES) was first author of a research paper, "A Comparison of Mycorrhizal and Saprotrophic Fungus Tolerance to Creosote in Vitro," which appeared in International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation (Elsevier), Vol. 51 (2003).

The article was coauthored by former environmental engineering graduate Jennifer I. Warner, now with the AWWA Research Foundation in Denver, and graduate Aimee L. Stephens (SFRES), now with the Paper Testing Laboratory, Madison, Wis.

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ON THE ROAD

Professor Elizabeth A. Flynn (Humanities) delivered a paper, "Reviving Reading," at the annual Conference on College Composition and Communication held in New York City March 19-23. At the conference, she also presented the first annual Elizabeth A. Flynn Award for the Most Outstanding Article in Feminist Rhetoric and Composition, an award sponsored by the Association for Teachers of Advanced Composition.

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CALENDAR: APRIL

3--Thursday

Noon-1 p.m.--Weight Watchers start-up meeting--Memorial Union Red Metal Room 105B

1:30-5 p.m.--Symposium, "Invasive Species: The Past, Present and Future of Lake State Ecosystems"--U. J. Noblet Bldg. G002

3-4 p.m.--Seminar, "Understanding and Control of the Sharkskin Instability"--MEEM 112

8:30 a.m.-noon--Symposium, "Invasive Species: The Past, Present and Future of Lake State Ecosystems"--U. J. Noblet Bldg. G002

4--Friday

3 p.m.--Men's Tennis, Northwood at MTU--Gates Tennis Center

8 p.m.--The Troupe "Campus Comedy Show"--McArdle Theatre

5--Saturday

10 a.m.--Men's Tennis, Wayne State at MTU--Gates Tennis Center

10 a.m.--University Women's Club Annual Spring Brunch--Miscowaubik Club, Calumet

8 p.m.--The Troupe "Campus Comedy Show"--McArdle Theatre

6-- Sunday

10 a.m.--Men's Tennis, Hillsdale at MTU--Gates Tennis Center

3 p.m.--MTU Dance Company Spring Show--Rozsa Center

7--Monday

4 p.m.--Seminar, "Transport and Chemical Processing of Asian Air Pollution"--Dow 642

8--Tuesday

8 p.m.--Marc Abrahams, "Improbable Research and the Ig Nobel Prizes"--Rozsa Center

10--Thursday

Noon-1 p.m.--Faculty Seminar, "Applying Scholarly Methods to Improve Student Learning in Higher Education"

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MICHIGAN TECH POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Job descriptions will be available at 1 p.m. on Friday, or by e-mail at <JOBS@MTU.EDU>.

The following positions will be posted Friday, April 4, 2003, at 1 p.m. through noon, Friday, April 11, 2003, in the Human Resources Office or at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/postings/

Assistant Women's Basketball Coach--Athletic Department

Staff Assistant/Technical Writer--Civil and Environmental Engineering-LTAP/TDG

University employees are reminded to apply in writing prior to noon, Friday, April 11, 2003, to be considered as internal candidates for bargaining unit positions only. Applicants from the recall pool will be given first consideration for non-bargaining-unit positions only. Vacancy announcements are normally posted every Friday at 1 p.m. in the Human Resources Office. Complete job descriptions are available in the Human Resources Office or by calling 487-2280. More information regarding employment opportunities is available by calling the Job Line at 487-2895. Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer.

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