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SENATE OK'S MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING MINOR

The University Senate approved a minor in municipal engineering Nov. 5.

While the minor is available to students on campus, it was developed to complement the BS in Engineering degree being offered via distance learning. Students are enrolled in the BSE program at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City in partnership with Michigan Tech.

The minor requirements can be met through existing courses, said Bill Bulleit, associate chair of civil and environmental engineering. Senator Dickie Selfe (Humanities) asked if MTU's distance learning facilities could handle the demand for the minor. Marty Banks-Sikarskie, director of Extended University Programs, said sufficient distance-learning classroom time is available. Graduate Dean Bruce Rafert noted that additional distance-learning facilities will open up when the CILIT is completed, which should accommodate growth in the program.

The senate began discussion on a BS in Psychology being proposed by the Department of Education. Department chair Brad Baltensperger said the program could be particularly useful as a retention tool for students who opt out of engineering. Assistant Professor Susan Amato-Henderson (Education) said the degree would be a good fit with MTU, since a number of psychology subfields involve expertise in areas such as biology and engineering.

The senate also began discussing Proposal 6-04, Wireless LAN Strategy and Policies. Wireless areas are already in place on campus, but no policy regulates their use. Under the proposal, a wireless network would be set up across campus. It would be accessible by all members of the university community and supported through the general fund.

The senate is expected to act on the psychology and wireless proposals at its next meeting. The proposals in their entirety will be posted at http://www.sas.it.mtu.edu/usenate/propose/2003-04.html .

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WARRINGTON NAMED AAAS FELLOW

Robert Warrington, dean of engineering, has been named a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

A total of 348 members are being elevated to this rank because of their efforts to advance science or applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. New Fellows will be honored Feb. 14 at the Fellows Forum during the 2004 AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle.

As part of the AAAS Section on Engineering, Warrington was elected Fellow for promoting and developing the field of micromachining, establishing the Institute of Micromachining and starting the first Commercialization of Microsystems Conference in 1994.

The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. Currently, members can be considered for the rank of Fellow if nominated by the steering groups from the association's 24 sections or by any three Fellows who are current AAAS members (so long as two of the three sponsors are not affiliated with the nominee's institution), or by the chief executive officer.

Each steering group then reviews the nominations of individuals within its respective section, and a final list is forwarded to the AAAS Council, which votes on the aggregate list.

Founded in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has worked to advance science for human well-being through its projects, programs and publications in the areas of science policy, science education and international scientific cooperation. AAAS and its journal, Science, report nearly 140,000 individual and institutional subscribers, plus 272 affiliated organizations in more than 130 countries, serving a total of 10 million individuals. Thus, AAAS is the world's largest general federation of scientists. Science is an editorially independent, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed weekly that ranks among the world's most prestigious scientific journals. AAAS administers EurekAlert!, http://www.eurekalert.org, the online news service, featuring the latest discoveries in science and technology.

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WINTER PARKING RULES IN EFFECT

Winter parking rules went into effect Nov. 1. Under the new rules, nobody can park any vehicle on campus between the hours of 2 and 6:30 a.m. This policy is in effect through April 30, with the exceptions of designated parking areas for occupants of university housing, employees working on an assigned shift and parking in an assigned overnight parking space and anyone issued a special overnight parking permit by Public Safety.

Any questions regarding the regulations should be directed to Public Safety, 487-2216.

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HARP STILL PAYING BIG BUCKS TO MTU EMPLOYEES

HARP, the Healthcare Audit Reward Program, is still paying awards to employees and saving the university tens of thousands of dollars.

Under HARP, employees who discover and report overpayments made by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BSBCM) receive 35 percent of the funds recovered, up to a maximum of $500. The minimum payment is $5.

Since HARP was instituted in March 2001, employees have received over $9,000 in cash rewards, and the university has recovered nearly $76,000 in overpayments.

Want to help Michigan Tech and maybe get a little of that money for yourself? All you have to do is check out the Explanation of Benefits forms. These statements you receive from Blue Cross Blue Shield detail what medical care providers collect from MTU.

Sometimes, errors are made. Here are the nine most common types of HARP claims:

WORK-RELATED

Sometimes Blue Cross Blue Shield erroneously pays a Workers' Compensation claim. Workers' Compensation covers injuries at work. Though the error usually involves the employee, it can also involve a spouse or dependent who is injured at their job. Also, Blue Cross Blue Shield could erroneously pay for medical procedures required for employment, such as a physical exam or a blood test.

SERVICES NOT PERFORMED

Look on your Statement of Benefits for any services that you did not request, cancelled or don't remember receiving, such as lab work or an X-ray.

PATIENT NOT ON CONTRACT

Look for claims paid for services received by a dependent that were actually received by someone else not on your contract. This is especially common if you have two children whose names begin with the same letter, such as Jennifer and Jeremy, and only one of them is covered by your insurance. A similar type of error can happen when Blue Cross Blue Shield continues to pay for claims on behalf of a child or former spouse after you have taken them off your contract.

MEDICARE/MEDICAID

If your child is removed from your contract and receives Medicaid, quite often your plan will continue to pay claims submitted to Medicaid, probably because the Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicaid systems are connected. This has Blue Cross Blue Shield programmers quite puzzled.

This error crops up with or without other siblings on the contract, but is especially common when another sibling on your contract has a similar first name.

TWICE-PAID CLAIMS

Watch for one claim being paid twice. This is most likely to happen if your healthcare provider has billing services in two places, such as Michigan and Wisconsin, or (especially!) BCBSM in Marquette and BCBSM in Detroit. Watch for dental claims being paid twice, sometimes a year apart.

OVERCHARGES

BCBSM may have paid for a service that should have been free, such as a follow-up appointment for surgery or a re-take of lab work because of a hospital error. Sometimes the charges are simply excessive. If charges seem high, check and see if the hospital billed incorrectly, for example, by charging an additional $1,000 for the wrong type of X-ray.

MTU SECONDARY

Some employees and dependents have an additional health insurance policy that should pay for health claims ahead of Michigan Tech. For example, a stepchild should be primary under their biological parent's policy. There are some cases in which Medicaid or Tricare should be the primary carrier over Michigan Tech.

CHARGES TO THE WRONG CONTRACT

Sometimes BCBSM pays claims for MTU after you have cancelled your MTU policy and enrolled in a different BCBSM plan offered by your spouse's employer. This type of error also happens when former MTU employees take another job that provides BCBSM insurance.

SAME NAME, DIFFERENT PATIENT

If you have a common name, check your Explanation of Benefits form routinely to make sure that the claims are actually yours (and not for someone else with the same name).

"Once again, I ask that all Michigan Tech employees, retirees and their spouses look through their Explanation of Benefits statements carefully," said Mary Ann Wilcox, the benefits staff assistant who coordinates HARP. "The reward money is nice, but most employees are just happy to do their small part to help control healthcare costs.

"If you are uncertain about the information on your Explanation of Benefits, feel free to stop by and see me. Several HARP claims have been found this way."

If you have any questions, contact Wilcox at 487-2517 or mawilcox@mtu.edu. HARP claim forms are available on line at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/forms/harpform.pdf or by calling 487-2517.

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TECHSELECT 2004 FORMS IN THE MAIL

TechSelect 2004 will be sent by campus mail to all benefits-eligible employees by Friday, Nov. 7. You will be selecting your benefit package for Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2004. The deadline for returning completed TechSelect forms to the Benefits Office is 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24. Important dates and information regarding TechSelect can be viewed on the Benefits Web site at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/forms/TechSelect2004.html .

If you have any questions about TechSelect, please feel free to call the Benefits Office at 487-2517. During the TechSelect open enrollment period, you may find it easier and faster to contact the following Benefits personnel by email: Ingrid E. Cheney, assistant director, iecheney@mtu.edu; Maryann Wilcox, senior staff assistant, mawilcox@mtu.edu; and Nancy Bykkonen, secretary, nabykkon@mtu.edu.

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MTU HOLDS SURPLUS SALE

A surplus sale will be held at the MUB Ballroom on Thursday, Nov. 13, noon-5 p.m. The sale will feature computers, monitors, small furniture items, bicycles, office supplies and more.

The deadline is Monday, Nov. 10, for placing items in the sale. See your department space coordinator for more information.

Staff and faculty who are authorized to purchase will be able to shop for their department using an account index. ID is required. Purchases cannot be charged to research and sponsored program accounts. No early sales or previews will be permitted, and a list will not be made available prior to the sale.

The sale is open to the public. Cash and checks will be accepted.

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REMINDER: STATE OF THE UNIVERSITIES ADDRESS BROADCAST HERE NOV. 12

The first annual State of the Universities Address will be telecast live to Michigan Tech on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 5 p.m. in MEEM 111.

Irvin Reid, president of Wayne State University, will deliver the address at the Michigan Historical Museum, in Lansing. Reid chairs the  Presidents Council, which is comprised of the presidents of Michigan's 15 public universities.

In the face of impending state budget cuts, Reid is expected to present a case on behalf of the state's universities.

If you plan to attend the State of the Universities Address, please contact Mary Peters at 487-2354 or mtpeters@mtu.edu.

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WINTER CARNIVAL RULEBOOKS AVAILABLE

Winter Carnival rulebooks are available from the Blue Key Office in the Student Activities Office, MUB 106. For more information, contact Blue Key at 487-2818.

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TEACHING AT TECH: BUT IT'S ALL IN THE GAME (PART 2)

by William Kennedy, director, Center for Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development

UW Madison Professor James Paul Gee says that it's the contemporary video game designers that are most effectively incorporating powerful insights gleaned from the work of neuroscientists into their products. Game designers, for obvious reasons, are very keen on ensuring that video game players learn to navigate their complex games before exhausting their interest and/or their patience.* Gee suggests that traditional educators can employ some of these same principles to reenergize classroom instruction and more fully engage their students.

Many contemporary games involve the player taking on the role of a character that faces a series of increasingly difficult challenges in a strange and unknown environment. To win, players must fully embrace the role of their characters. Gee maintains that truly mastering college course work also requires that students embrace the identity of a functioning practitioner in a new semiotic domain. Each disciplinary domain carries with it its own vocabulary, system of thinking, values, etc. Lasting and profound learning requires students to see and feel the connections within and between the various semiotic domains that comprise their personal and professional lives.

Video games plunge learners into strange new environments and then challenge them to survive, even while they are just learning the ropes. A similar approach may help us to reenergize university instruction.

Many contemporary educators see "failure to engage" as a primary pedagogical malaise of the 21st century. On the spring 2003 term teaching evaluations, for example, 42 percent of the more than 20,000 responses indicated mild or strong disagreement or a neutral response to the statement, "I am more interested in the subject now than I was before I took this class." More than a third said they were disinterested or ambivalent about taking the class in the first place.

In an effective science or engineering classroom, Gee suggests, encouraging students to adopt and engage a new and untested virtual identity in the new domain is a necessary hurdle that must be overcome. The teacher must construct learning environments that forcefully engage students with a different set of values, beliefs, deeds and interactions that represent what it really means to be a scientist or an engineer. Failure to engage means game over.

Gee asserts that many students enter college classrooms as damaged goods, already disillusioned and immune to what they see as the artificial and uninteresting nature of instruction. To repair this damage, Gee suggests that learners 1) must be enticed to try, even if they have good grounds to be afraid to try, 2) must be enticed to put in lots of effort even if they have little motivation to do so, and 3) must achieve some meaningful success based upon expending real effort.

Video games engage learners by providing a sort of "psychosocial moratorium"--a learning space where students can take risks without facing real-world consequences. I tend to grieve when I accidentally crash a Boeing 767 full of passengers in Flight Simulator, while my son gleefully crashes the same plane into the ground, knowing he is only one reboot away from a new aircraft (don't tell my auto insurance agent).

Games allow players to choose a level of difficulty (i.e., to extend their period of mastery to meet their needs). Moreover, good video games are carefully designed to provide learners with positive feedback and incremental rewards (advancement to the next level or more weapons) for achieving meaningful learning along the way. Gradually, the confidence and competence begins to rub off on the person manipulating her virtual character through the ever-more-challenging virtual world.

As I continue to peruse Gee's book, I can't help but notice many intriguing parallels to ideas being expressed by educators experimenting with service learning, learning communities and problem-based learning.

More to come . . .

*What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2003

"STOMP" MEETS "RIVERDANCE" AT THE ROZSA

submitted by University Cultural Enrichment

They are young, dynamic and very hip. They are Barrage, the hot new group electrifying audiences worldwide with their musical spectacular. Described as "Stomp" meets "Riverdance," they're bringing their new show, "Vagabond Tales," a powerful combination of music, dance, theater and song, to the Rozsa Center for one performance only at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9. Tickets are on sale at the Rozsa Center Box Office (487-3200, Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.) or online at http://www.tickets.mtu.edu.

A steamer trunk is the inspiration for "Vagabond Tales," as the cast embarks on a journey of fast riffs and intricate steps with music ranging from jazz, pop, Celtic and ethnic to classical and world beat. The seven fiddlers, backed by an on-stage ensemble of drums, guitar, percussion and bass, vividly illustrate the adventures of a musical wanderer across time and cultures. There is almost constant movement as these talented musicians play, sing and dance, often all at the same time. The Chicago Tribune says they "sweep around the stage in a kind of waltz, creating glowing picture after picture." There's also Irish stepdance, a dazzling swing routine, a wild Russian romp and much more.

A PBS special, rave reviews from their performances at Epcot Center at Disney World in Florida and in city after city, have propelled this group around the world. Fresh from their tour of New Zealand and Taiwan, the international, multi-talented cast of twenty-somethings hails from seven different countries. They have backgrounds that vary from stints with rock, bluegrass and jazz bands to advanced degrees in classical music and experience on the concert stage. Regardless of where the musicians come from, however, they all share the same amazing energy, enthusiasm, athleticism and breathtaking musical virtuosity. Their talents are showcased with inventive choreography, colorful staging and stunning musical arrangements. Director Anthony Moore says the name Barrage was chosen because the show is a "bombardment of the senses." This is world-class entertainment, and it's a great show for the whole family.

This visit of Barrage is made possible by the James and Margaret Black Endowment and is coordinated by the MTU Great Events Series Office (487-2844).

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JAZZ BAND AND MICHIGAN TECH DANCE COMPANY PRESENT JAZZ SHOWCASE

In a rare joint appearance, four of Michigan Tech's jazz bands, plus the MTU Dance Company, will bring high-spirited entertainment to the Rozsa Center on Friday, Nov. 7, in the fine arts department's annual Jazz Showcase. This is a chance to hear the latest hot tunes from Michigan Tech's award-winning jazz bands as they present a sampler of styles ranging from Gershwin to Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus to sassy rhythms from around the world. The Michigan Tech Dance Company will perform new dances to two of Jazz Lab Band's tunes, "Don't Know Why" by Jesse Harris and "Sister Sadie" by Horace Silver. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Jazz musician and composer Charles White directs Michigan Tech's jazz bands this fall during the sabbatical leave of Mike Irish, MTU's long-time director of jazz studies. A member of the Real Time jazz band (with Irish), White has performed with the vocal jazz group Times Four and is the founder and leader of the Batucobre samba band, among many other musical activities.

Tickets for the jazz showcase are available from the Rozsa Center Box Office, 487-3200, http://www.tickets.mtu.edu and at the door for $8 general, $4 students.

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SPIRIT OF THE HARVEST POWWOW SATURDAY

The Eighth Annual Spirit of the Harvest Powwow will be held Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Gates Tennis Center.

The powwow, sponsored by Michigan Tech and the MTU chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, is free and open to the public.

Grand entries are set for 1 and 7 p.m., led by the Lac du Flambeau Veterans Color Guard and followed by the head veteran dancer, Albany Potts Jr.

Potts, a Vietnam-era veteran, was a sergeant in the U.S. Army and served from 1960 to 1967.

Next in the grand entry are the head male and female dancers, Rodney Loonsfoot of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and Beverlee Therrien of Wikwenikong, Ontario. And this year, for the first time, students from Michigan Tech's chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society will be performing.

"MTU AISES (pronounced "aces") is really excited to have both head male and head female dancers to represent AISES," said Lori Sherman, Native American outreach coordinator. "We've wanted to do this for years, but we haven't had dancers among our students."

Dancer Sara Mantila, a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, is a senior majoring in biomedical engineering and is vice president of the local AISES chapter. Martin Coolidge, a grass dancer from the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Tribe in Hayward, Wis., is a freshman majoring in biology.

The head youth dancers are Donald Chosa III and Jolene DeCota, both of KBIC.

The head dancers have a specialized part to play in the powwow, Sherman explained. "They serve as role models and are responsible for the dance arena," she said. "They lead honor songs and help ensure that the powwow is done in a traditional way."

Traditional powwows, such as the Spirit of the Harvest, award no prize money and include no competitions.

World Hoop Dancing Champion Lisa Odjig, of Wikwemikong, Ontario, will perform at 3:30 p.m. "Her spinning hoops and fancy footwork are sure to amaze the audience," Sherman said. Odjig will also be performing at the Native American Speakers' Forum on Friday, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., in Michigan Tech's Memorial Union Ballroom.

Also at the powwow, Native American vendors will sell crafts, foods, books and other items.

"It is an honor for the MTU AISES members to share their culture and traditions, and the entire community is welcome to attend," Sherman said. For more information, contact Sherman at 487-2920 or lasherma@mtu.edu.

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INDIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS DIWALI NIGHT

A carnival of lights and colors will come to the Rozsa Center on Nov. 8. The Indian Students Association will present their annual Diwali Night.

The evening begins at the Wadsworth Hall dining area at 7 p.m. with authentic Indian food. The festivities move to the Rozsa Center at 8:30 p.m. for a variety of cultural performances by the Indian students.

Tickets for the public are just $15, including dinner, and are available from the Rozsa Center box office (487-3200).

For more information, see the Indian Students Association web site (http://www.sos.mtu.edu/isa) or contact Shiva Rallapalli (370-2294 or smrallap@mtu.edu).

The event is co-sponsored by Undergraduate Student Government.

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"ADAPTATION" FEATURED AT NOV. 10 ECO-LIT

The Academy Award-winning film "Adaptation" will be featured at the Nov. 10 meeting of the Eco-Lit Reading Group.

"Adaptation" is an interpretation of the group's current book, "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean. This raucous and amusing movie stars Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper. It chronicles the characters and situations of the novel, including the obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche (Cooper), New Yorker journalist Susan Orlean (Streep), Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Cage) and his twin brother, Donald (also Cage). As Charlie struggles to adapt Orlean's best-selling book, he writes himself into his own movie. The various stories crash into one another, exploding into a wildly imaginative film.

"The Orchid Thief" is in and available in a paperback edition at Northwind Books in Hancock. If you mention that you are with Eco-Lit, you will receive a 20 percent discount on your purchase.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in Fisher 135. Everyone is welcome.

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HOUGHTON'S HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY EXPLORED NOV. 11

Did you know that a team from Houghton once challenged for the Stanley Cup? Or that Houghton is the birthplace of professional hockey?

Nationally recognized hockey historian Bill Sproule (CEE) will present "The Rich History of Professional Hockey in the Copper Country" Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. in Dow 641.

This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, call Mike Drewyor at 482-1983 or email mdrewyor@hitchinc.com .

This talk is sponsored by the MTU Keweenaw Alumni and Friends Chapter.

PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM THURSDAY, NOV. 6

Research Scientist Johana Chirinos Diaz (Physics) will present a physics colloquium, "Horizontal Air Showers in the Auger Observatory," Thursday, Nov. 6, 4-5 p.m., Fisher 139.

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MEEM GRADUATE SEMINAR THURSDAY, NOV. 6

Jaime Camelio of the University of Michigan will present a MEEM graduate seminar, "Dimensional Variation Analysis in Multi-Station Assembly Systems," Thursday, Nov. 6, 3-4 p.m. in MEEM 112.

NEW STAFF

Robert S. Greenhoe has joined the MEEM staff as a user support specialist. He was previously employed as a helpdesk specialist for GM R*Works. He received his BSEE from Michigan Tech. He lives with his wife, Michel, and daughter, Lynn. He enjoys reading, hunting, fishing and planes.

Harold Michael Needham has joined the MEEM department as engineering program coordinator/advisor. He was previously employed at BPB Manufacturing in L'Anse as engineering and maintenance manager. He worked for Ford Motor Company from 1991 to 1997. Needham holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech. He lives in Houghton with his wife, Melanie, and his daughter, Anabel.

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IN PRINT

David Reed, vice president for research and a professor in the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, is co-editor of the book "Modelling Forest Systems." His co-editors are A. Amaro of the Department of Mathematics of the Instituto Superior de Gestao, Lisbon, and P. Soares of the Department of Forestry, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Portugal. The work is based on a June 2002 workshop jointly sponsored by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations and the two institutes.

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PROPOSALS IN PROGRESS

Researchers, their proposals and their potential sponsors are

*John Forsman, John Erickson (SFRES), "An Exploratory Study to Evaluate the Potential of Producing Solid Sawn Web Stock for I-Joists from Red Maple," USDA, USFS, FPL

*James R. Mihelcic (CEE/SFI), Shalini Suryanarayana (Educational Opportunity/SFI), "Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site in Sustainability," NSF

*Xin-Lin Gao (MEEM), "Modeling of Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer Composites," AFOSR/DOD

*Andrew J. Burton, Kurt S. Pregitzer (SFRES), "REU Site for Ecosystems in Transition: The Role of Research in Assessing Ecosystem Responses to a Changing Environment," NSF

*R. Christopher Williams, Todd Scholz (CEE/MTTI), "Endurance Limit of Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures to Prevent Fatigue Cracking in Flexible Pavements," National Research Council--National Cooperative Highway Research Program

*Bela Torok (Chemistry), "Asymmetric Synthesis by Chiral Heterogeneous Catalysts," Beckman Foundation

*Jaroslaw Drelich, Calvin L. White (MSE), "Surface Forces in Nanofluids," DOE

*Vladimir D. Tonchev (Mathematical Sciences), "Classical and Quantum Codes, Designs and Finite Geometry," NSA

*Carl L. Anderson, John H. Johnson, Oner Arici, Song-Lin Yang (MEEM), "Industry/University Cooperative Center for Engine Research Planning Grant Proposal," NSF

*J. Y. Hwang, D. Swenson, S. Hackney (MSE/IMP), S. Shi (IMP), "Novel Metal Perhydride for Hydrogen Storage," US DOE

*Patrick E. Martin, Timothy J. Scarlett, Susan R. Martin (Social Sciences), "Archaeological and Historical Research, West Point Foundry, 2004," Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Inc.

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Calendar: November

7--Friday

  Native American Speakers' Forum--Memorial Union Ballroom:

     9-9:15 a.m.--Gathering Thunder

     9:15-9:30 a.m.--Steve Baranyai

     9:30-10:30 a.m.--Lisa Odjig

     12-12:10 p.m.--Jessica Dakota

     12:10-1:15 p.m.--Bill Miller

     1:15-1:30 p.m.--Gathering Thunder

  5 p.m.--Women's Volleyball, Ferris State at MTU--SDC Gym

  7:05 p.m.--Men's Hockey, Wisconsin at MTU--MacInnes Student Ice Arena

  7:30 p.m.--Jazz Showcase--Rozsa Center

8--Saturday

  Spirit of the Harvest Powwow--Gates Tennis Center:

     1 p.m.--Grand Entry

     3:30 p.m.--World Hoop Dancing Champion Lisa Odjig Performs

     7 p.m.--Grand Entry

  4 p.m.--Women's Volleyball, Grand Valley State at MTU--SDC Gym

  7 p.m.--Diwali Night--Wadsworth Hall Dining Area

  7:05 p.m.--Men's Hockey, Wisconsin at MTU--MacInnes Student Ice Arena

9--Sunday

  7:30 p.m.--Barrage--Rozsa Center

10--Monday

  7 p.m.--Eco-Lit--Fisher 135

11--Tuesday

  7 p.m.--"The Rich History of Professional Hockey in the Copper Country"--Dow 641

12--Wednesday

  5 p.m.--State of the Universities Address Live Telecast--MEEM 111

17--Monday

  5:30 p.m.--Women's Basketball, Finlandia at MTU--SDC Gym

  7:30 p.m.--Men's Basketball, Finlandia at MTU--SDC Gym

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No New Positions This Week

No new positions are posted this week at Michigan Tech. 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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