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Susan Kaufmann to speak on Michigan Civil Rights Initiative Sept. 25

Posted 09/25/2006 

HOUGHTON --Susan Kaufmann, associate director of the Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, will give a talk, “The Potential Impact of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative,” from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today, Monday, Sept. 25, in Fisher 135 on the Michigan Tech campus. She will also be the guest of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) at a brown-bag lunch and informal discussion from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Monday in the Memorial Union Alumni Lounge. Both events are free and open to the public. Kaufmann will discuss the implications of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, should it be approved by voters in November. Read more on Tech Today.

Olympic swimmer to visit Houghton Sept. 24

Posted 09/19/2006 

HOUGHTON -- Two-time Olympian Neil Walker will be coming to Houghton, Sunday, Sept. 24, to conduct a swim clinic sponsored by the Killer Whales Swim Team with funding from the Keweenaw Community Foundation. Walker was recently part of a new World Record in the 400 meter Freestyle Relay at the 2006 Pan-Pacific Championships. He has two Olympic Gold medals, in addition to a silver and a bronze, and holds five American records in Freestyle, Backstroke and the Individual Medley. The swim clinic will be from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Houghton High School Pool. The cost is $30 per swimmer registered before Sept. 20, $40 after that date and at the event. The clinic will include in-water demonstrations of all the strokes, a motivational speech, autograph signing and in-water instruction. more
Photo: Neil Walker, third from left, celebrates breaking the World Record with his relay. Pictured with Walker are, from left Jason Lezak, Cullen Jones and Michael Phelps. (Photo © 2006 and courtesy Neil Hodges/USA Swimming. Reprinted with permission.)

MTU Sustainable Futures Institute to host poster exhibit, banquet Sept. 20

Posted 09/18/2006 

HOUGHTON --  Campus Sustainability Week at Michigan Tech University gets underway on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 20 and 21, as the Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) hosts the annual meeting of its advisory board. The Annual Sustainability Poster Session will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m on Wednesday, Sept. 20, in the Rozsa Lobby. This will be followed by the annual SFI reception and banquet. The Campus Sustainability Week continues on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 25 and 26, with talks by David Gallo, Director of Special Projects at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. more
Photo: John Sutherland, right, SFI co-director, and Neil Hutzler, chair of the MTU Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, admire posters at the 2005 SFI poster session. (Photo © 2005 Michigan Tech Sustainable Futures Institute.)

Parade of Nations to feature Cass Tech Marching Band, international entertainment Sept. 15-17

Posted 09/14/2006 

HOUGHTON --  Michigan Tech will feature several events in conjunction with the annual Parade of Nations, to be held Saturday, Sept. 16. Detroit's Cass Tech Marching Band, ranked third in the nation, will return to Houghton Friday, Sept. 15. In addition to marching in Saturday's parade, they will hold a workshop for local high school bands from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15, at Sherman Field. All are welcome to watch. On Saturday, participants representing as many as 90 countries will line up at 10:30 a.m. in front of Hancock Middle School for the parade, which features floats, bands and local 4-H groups helping to carry countries’ signs and flags. From 11 a.m. to noon, the parade will proceed from Hancock across the bridge to the Dee Stadium, where the public is invited to browse foods and crafts from China, Iran, India, Malaysia, Guatemala, Finland, Pakistan, the United States and more. Festivities also include international bands, songs, dances, and a fashion show. On Sunday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., visiting musical group Los Inkas will present "The Power of the Andes," indigenous music from southern Ecuador, in MTU's McArdle Theater. Tickets, $5 per person, will be available at the door or during the Parade of Nations.
Photo: Cass Tech Marching Band crosses Portage Lift Bridge from Hancock to Houghton during Sept. 2005 Parade of Nations. Click on photo for larger version. (Photo © 2005 Michele Anderson)

Cohousing group to meet Sept. 13 in Hancock

Posted 09/09/2006 


HANCOCK -- As temperatures drop, thoughts are turning to shelter and rising energy costs. The discussion on creating energy-efficient, community-focused homes for sustainable living will continue at the next cohousing meeting from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the corner of Reservation and White in Hancock (the old Glad Tidings Church). For those who want background information on the topic, primary books include Scotthanson’s The Cohousing Handbook, McCamant and Durrett’s Cohousing and Christian’s Creating a Life Together. For more information, call Merle at 482-7803 or email mkindred@charter.net.

Conservancy to celebrate grant awards Sept. 9

Posted 09/09/2006 

AHMEEK -- North Woods Conservancy (NWC) members and the general public are invited to help celebrate the award of a $928,000 National Coastal Wetland Conservation Grant and a $1.97 million Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Grant, which will be used to acquire 532 acres and more than a mile of Lake Superior shoreline in Keweenaw County for natural resource protection and public enjoyment. Beginning at Noon on Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Ahmeek Streetcar Station, four miles north of Calumet on US 41, the event will feature live music with Gail English and Rob Fritz; free pizza from Calumet Pizza Works and other refreshments (bring your own beverage); the formal unveiling of the 4-foot by 8-foot original oil painting “Gratiot River North” by artist Robert Leland Pence; and a Silent Auction with items such as a Sunset Cruise on the Isle Royale Queen, dinner at the Harbor Haus, bike and ski tune-ups and a private tour of the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse. For more information call the NWC at 337-0782.

Finnish artist Matti Koskela exhibits at Finlandia

Posted 09/07/2006 

HANCOCK --  Finlandia University's Finnish American Heritage Center (FAHC) Gallery is hosting "Matti Koskela: Tiima," an exhibition of art by Finnish artist Matti Koskela, one of Finland's most prominent contemporary artists, through September 28, 2006. An opening reception for the artist will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, at the FAHC. At the reception, Koskela will discuss his work and public sculpture commissions. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. An artist, designer, sculptor and professor of art, Matti Koskela has exhibited his work throughout Finland and in Europe, Russia, Egypt and the United States. more

Keweenaw County Zoning/Planning Commission to hold public meeting on new Zoning Ordinance Sept. 7

Posted 09/07/2006 

EAGLE RIVER -- The Keweenaw County Zoning/Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Mohawk School to present an overview of the updated zoning ordinance and receive questions. This will be an opportunity for all citizens to voice their concerns and questions on the zoning ordinance. The Commission has been working with Mark Wyckoff of Planning and Zoning Center, Inc., Lansing, to update the County's 1975 Zoning Ordinance. Wyckoff, who will attend the meeting, is Michigan's foremost expert on zoning issues and has had several work sessions with the Commission thanks to a grant from the Coastal Zone Management Program of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ).

MTU students seek communication projects

Posted 08/31/2006 

HOUGHTON -- Does your organization need help with a Web site? publicity and fundraising materials? documentation manuals? This fall Michael Moore, instructor in the Department of Humanities and the Enterprise Program at Michigan Tech University, is teaching an Advanced Practicum in Scientific and Technical Communication (STC), a course that supports students in developing and delivering a complex, client-based communication project. Local groups and organizations, both on and off campus, are invited to submit projects for this class. These upper-division STC majors can work with you on projects ranging from Web sites to usability and human-computer interaction (HCI) studies to content-management systems. The deadline for submitting a brief description of your project has been extended to Friday, Sept. 8. more

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