A new Service and Leadership Enterprise is being organized to add a service-learning component to Michigan Tech's educational experience. Michigan Tech students will use their ingenuity, education, and technical capabilities to solve problems of human or societal need. The first project will design a low cost, energy efficient dwelling on the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation in South Dakota, using regionally-available building materials and with alternative energy generation capabilities. We are looking for students who wish to earn some course credit, conduct technical research, and do good all at the same time.

The work during Spring Semester is to define specific projects for the enterprise, with a site visit over Spring Break. Project work will commence in Fall, 2005. Travel expenses for the site visit will be paid by the enterprise sponsor.

If this is something that you would like to be involved with, contact Dr. Leonard Bohmann 7-2861 ljbohman@mtu.edu or Ms. Norma Boersma 7-2681 norma@mtu.edu for more information.

Our newest Team is the Scientific & Technical Communication Arts Enterprise, which begins operations in the Spring 2005. The Team is based in MTU's Department of Humanities, with initial planning and leadership coming from the department's STC student chapter. The Team's areas of expertise include writing, documentation, media development, organizational communication, and design research, theory, and production. The Team will establish regional, national, and international clients and industry partners.

Recent STC/A graduates are applying their expertise in organizations such as IBM, Ford, Unisys, Land's End, the Discovery Channel, and major film studios.

For more information:
Professor Ann Brady, Department of Humanities: mabrady@mtu.edu
Michael Moore, STC Arts Enterprise Advisor: mmoore@mtu.edu