- From Soil to Stars: Finding Nature in the Archival
- Join MTU's Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and MTU's Office of Sustainability and Resilience for a film showing and discussion
- This collection of lyrical essays explores stories spanning hundreds of years and thousands of miles, traveling from roots to space-finding rich Blackness everywhere. Presented by Augsburg University as part of Earth Month 2023 at Michigan Tech.
- There will be snacks!
- The event is being held on Monday, April 3 from 5:30-7:00pm in G002 Hesterberg Hall, U.J. Noblet Forestry Building
- Beer: A cultural and social tour Spring Break Trip
- There will be an informational meeting about the trip on April 4, 5 - 6 pm in the AOB commons
- The trip will take place on Spring Break 2024, Feb 22 - March 3.
- Applications will begin in Sept 2023
- Spots are anticipated to fill quickly to make sure to get on the list now.
- Courtney Archambeau's Master's Thesis Defense in Environmental and Energy Policy
- Thursday, April 6th at 3:30 pm in Reikhi 214 and on zoom
- Titled "Feeding Our Local Communities: The benefit of food assistance programs at local farmers markets"
- Don Lee's Phd Proposal Defense in Environmental and Energy Policy
- Monday, April 10th at 1:00 pm on zoom
- Titled "Overcoming obstacles to a just energy transition: The energy transition at the nexus of energy justice, critical political ecology and Indigenous epistemology"
- Meet Dept. Of Social Sciences Recent MS Program Graduates
- Friday April 7 @ 1pm in AOB 201 and on Zoom
- Those who will be present are:
- Alexis Pascaris, (MTU MS Env Policy, 2021)
- Title: Founding Director of AgriSolar Consulting, LLC
- AgriSolar’s mission is advancing sustainable land use, farm viability, and renewable energy through agrivoltaic solutions. We leverage our experience in solar, energy policy, community-engagement, horticulture, landscape architecture, and 3D modeling to progress agrivoltaic research & development.
- Timothy Stone (MTU BS 2020, MS 2021)
- Title: GIS Analyst DataStory Consutants
- Tim Stone graduated in May 2020 with a B.S. in Sustainability Sciences & Society and then again in December 2021 with a M.S. in Industrial Heritage & Archaeology. He recently started a position with Datastory Consulting - a location analytics company that consults for companies across 7 economic sectors.This position require hem to use many of the skills learned doing research to help make sustainable suggestions for new store locations and other corporate-level decisions.
- Rachael J. Letter, (MTU MS 2005), RPA (she/her)
- Title: Senior Archaeologist, Padre Associates
- Rachael Letter earned her master’s degree in Industrial Archaeology from Michigan Technological University in 2005 after graduating with a degree in Archaeology and Art History from the University of Evansville in 2003. After school, Rachael worked as an archaeological technician on projects in New Jersey, North Carolina, Kansas, Ohio, Louisiana, and spent two years as archaeologist for the Indiana Department of Transportation. She moved to California in 2009 and completed projects on the Central Coast, in the Great Basin, the San Joaquin Valley, and northern California. Rachael is currently Senior Archaeologist and Project Manager with Padre Associates, Inc. and works from their San Luis Obispo office.
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- Congratulations to Caitlyn Sutherlin on her recent receipt of two research awards last week--the Great Lakes Research Center for "Identifying Community Connections to Nature in California, El Salvador with Photovoice" and also the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.'s Pathfinder Graduate Student Fellowship--to fund her field research studying climate change and community adaptations in El Salvador this summer.
- Congratulations to Allyson Fenton, Stanley Elder, and Mady VanWeiren, who each completed the requirements for the Peace Corps Prep certificate. These students have been certified as ready to serve in the United States Peace Corps and now receive a certificate from the Peace Corps for their training in intercultural sensitivity, a Peace Corps work sector (e.g., environment, health, education, etc.), and professional and leadership development. Other students who are interested in pursuing the certificate should contact Dr. Henquinet at kbhenqui@mtu.edu for more information.
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Social Scientists in Action
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- Good work to Dr. Angie Carter for her submission of the grant proposal "Meeting needs at the margins: Building networks to support "missed" land stewards," with co-PI Dr. Andrea Basche (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), to USDA's NC SARE's Research & Education program last week.
- Dr. Angie Carter and students Isabelle Cervantes and Abby Pettit attended the UP Food Summit in Marquette, MI last week and shared the "Sharing Abundance and Adversity: Food Stories from the Keweenaw" community photovoice exhibit.
- The exhibit consists of 11 posters sharing food stories from a group of community members who began meeting in fall 2022.
- Students in Dr. Carter's Communities & Research class facilitated the project last fall and undergraduate research assistant Isabelle Cervantes designed the exhibit this spring for printing and sharing in the community.
- Pictured are (L to R) Dr. Angie Carter, Abby Pettit, Emily Stanton, Isabelle Cervantes, and Kate Atkinson. Emily and Kate were two of the community members who took part in the project.
- A virtual book displaying the project, designed by Abby Pettit, can be viewed here.
- The exhibit will be displayed throughout the area in the coming year as an educational tool about the importance and diversity of local foods in our area.
- Congrats to the following students and faculty who presented their work at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) annual meeting in Denver last week:
- Anna Kavanaugh (BS Sustainability Science) " Urban landscape histories: Sustainability in transit development"
- Cal Quayle (BS Anthropology) "Crit rolls, culture roles: Social consciousness and critical representation in real-play Dungeons and Dragons media"
- Clare Fidler (BS Sustainability Science) "Exclusionary landscapes through infrastructure: Accessibility of public transportation in urban America"
- Maya Klanderman (BS Sustainability Science) "A settler-scholar perspective on applying and indigenous methodology in undergraduate research"
- Emma Wuepper (PhD Industrial Heritage & Archaeology) "Solarpunked landscapes of the (post) industrial apocalypse: Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind"
- Dr. Mark Rhodes and Dr. Kat Hannum "Amtrak's sustainable futures: Slow tourism and the nationalization of industrial heritage."
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The Social Sciences Student Game Night was held last Friday, March 31st. Caroline Rorhus, Abby Pettit, Isabelle Cervantes, Janelle Freeman, Skylar Scheff, and Grace Murray attended. It was lots of fun eating pizza and playing UNO Flip. Make sure to keep your eyes open for any future student ambassador events.
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Jobs and Other Opportunities
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- The Soyring Foundation Scholarship
- Available exclusively for Pavlis Honors College students through a generous gift from an alumnus of Michigan Tech with a passion for education and innovation.
- The $1,000 scholarship is available to students expressing research and innovation interests in any of these three areas:
- Water quality management,
- Renewable energy, or
- Solutions to prevent and cure cancer.
- If you are interested in applying, please fill out the application form. A short essay is required and it can be uploaded as an Microsoft Word document or PDF file.
- The application submission deadline is midnight on April 9.
- Jobs with Tierra Right of Way Services
- MTU IA alumnus Grant Day works with Tierra Right of Way Services, a large, multi-state resources management and environmental engineering firm.
- The company is expanding and looking to recruit employees and staff for work in cultural resources, environmental science, and GIS/mapping.
- They have projects this summer throughout the United States, but particularly in places like Arizona, Washington, California, New Mexico, Montana, Nevada, and throughout the western USA.
- They are seeking field techs, PIs, project directors and project leads, in fields like archaeology, architectural history, archival research, and GIS.
- The company offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, with robust anti-harassment and Equal Opportunity Employer practices.
- MTU students can contact Tierra ROW’s human resources department at jmullings@tierra-row.com or (520) 319-2106.
- You can also contact Grant Day with questions at Gday@tierra-row.com
- Many of the positions are not yet listed on the website.
- Summer Work Opportunity at Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities
- Based in Traverse City, MI Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities is looking for a motivated student to lead research on solar energy development across schools in Michigan.
- This individual will work with Groundwork Climate and Clean Energy program staff to compile a list of schools in Michigan with solar installations and to track the amount of capacity that it represents across the state.
- In this report, we also hope to incorporate a trendspotter section to highlight Ann Arbor Public Schools which have committed to achieving 100% renewable energy in their district.
- This is a summer work opportunity supervised by Chelsea Schelly in partnership with Groundwork.
- If you are interested, please contact cschelly@mtu.edu
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- Summer Work Opportunity at Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities
- Based in Traverse City, MI Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities is looking for a motivated student to lead research on solar energy development across schools in Michigan.
- This individual will work with Groundwork Climate and Clean Energy program staff to compile a list of schools in Michigan with solar installations and to track the amount of capacity that it represents across the state.
- In this report, we also hope to incorporate a trendspotter section to highlight Ann Arbor Public Schools which have committed to achieving 100% renewable energy in their district.
- This is a summer work opportunity supervised by Chelsea Schelly in partnership with Groundwork.
- If you are interested, please contact cschelly@mtu.edu
- Survey Statistician at the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
- This position is responsible for planning, developing, and executing ongoing survey projects, as well as introducing and managing new survey developments and initiatives, redesign activities and methodological research.
- Salary:$132,368 - $172,075 per year
- The application deadline is April 17th, 2023.
- Located in Alexandria, Washington.
- This job is telework eligible.
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