Next Coffee Conversations will be on Monday after break, 11/28 from noon to 1 in the commons. Join us for post TG socializing.
On Friday, December 9th, from 12 - 1 pm the Dept of Social Sciences will be hosting a special edition of Coffee Conversations where we'll honor our December graduates and hear two 5-minute undergraduate research presentations from Ethan Gerds and Evan Ballard. If you are graduating but unable to attend, please let Chris Flood know (csflood@mtu.edu).
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Congratulations to Gabi Blumenschein and Grace Murray for their winning designs in the department's sticker contest! Thanks to everyone who entered their designs - there were lots of really great ones to choose from!
Grace Murray
Gabi Blumenschein
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This week's Odd Object is...
Due to little participation prior to break we are continuing with the same object as the last newsletter. A little hint we have for you is that the students who went Wales might have some special insight as to what this is. Please enter your guesses before Friday by stopping by the AOB commons, responding via our Instagram or emailing Chris Flood. Remember that with a correct guess you will be entered into a raffle to win a $10 MTU gift card utilizable across campus.
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Social Scientists in Action
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- Check out these amazing blog posts written by our Social Scientists attending the COP 27 forum in Egypt earlier this November. Great work Aritra Chakrabarty, Zach Hough Solomon, and Kathy Huerta Sanchez.
- Chelsea Schelly, Tim Scarlett, and Roman Sidortsov will be supporting Principal Investigator Ana Dyreson (ME-EM) on a project titled "Electrification and climate resilience in the rural north: Challenges and opportunities." This project is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for $499,445 for the project period 12/22-11/25.
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Upcoming Conferences, Webinars, and Talks
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Fri Dec 2, 9am to 10 am
- Cindy Pindral's EEP MS Defense will be held on Friday, December 2nd from 9 to 10 am (public defense), 10:30 until noon (committee only) in AOB 201 and on zoom: https://michigantech.zoom.us/j/82279835316
- Improving Electrical Energy Efficiency at Michigan Technological University's Athletic Complexes
Tues Nov 29, 3:30 PM ADMIN 404:
- PhD Proposal and defense by Larissa Juip, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology.
- Title "Re-Storying an Industrial Landscape: Moving beyond Traditional Approaches to Heritage Interpretation"
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Jobs and Other Opportunities
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Huron Pines AmeriCorps is hiring for many upcoming positions.
The deadline to apply is December 15, 2022. Positions for the 2023 service year follow below.
- Besser Museum, Fishery Heritage Volunteer Organizer, Alpena
- Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Forest Resources Division, Forest & Water Community Organizer, Lansing
- DNR Forest Resources Division, Education Programs Developer, Lansing
- DNR Forest Resources Division, Cooperative Programs Developer, Lansing
- DNR Forestry Division, Pigeon River Country, Conservation Program Developer, Vanderbilt
- DNR Parks Division, Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center, Education Programs Developer, Roscommon
- Leelanau Conservancy, Stewardship Technician, Leland (two positions)
- Oakland County, Climate Action Technician, Waterford
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- The Department of Social Sciences is hiring a full-time professional staff member to be our new Manager of Sustainability Programs and Outreach. Interested internal candidates should talk with Dr. Lafreniere to express their interest and learn more about the position. To learn more, click here.
- The University of Colorado Boulder is currently recruiting applicants for a fully funded two-year MA degree in Cultural Anthropology. The MA student, in addition to completing all course requirements for the degree, would be hired as the lead graduate research assistant on a multi-sited project examining climate-related displacement risk in marginalized communities in the US, the Maldives, and Peru.
- This position is contingent on funding. We will also consider PhD applicants for this position, if the applicant desires to build on this research for a doctoral project. Applicants should indicate interest in this position in their project statement.
- Graduate applications are due on December 1, 2022 for international applicants and December 15, 2022 for domestic applicants
- Apply here.
- Please contact both Kate Goldfarb (kathryn.goldfarb@colorado.edu) and Eric Hirsch (eric.hirsch@fandm.edu) if you are interested in this opportunity, or with any questions.
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