Congratulations Henry Gonshak
Congratulating to Henry Gonshak on being awarded a Fulbright to
study in Poland. Henry will be teaching, starting in mid-September,
2008, at the University in Wroclaw, which is a large city in western
Poland near the border with Germany and the Czech Republic. Henry
will be teaching courses in American Literature and is working on
offering a graduate level course on Holocaust in American Mass Media.
Congratulations Margie Pascoe Margie
Pasoe recently was honored for her services as the State Rep for
the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors for the past
two years. Margie received the award at the state meeting she chaired/organized
in Missoula earlier this month.
Tech Student Named United Way Volunteer of the Year
Lorie Walks was named Volunteer of the Year at the recent United
Way of Butte and Anaconda Annual Meeting held at the Copper Lounge
at Montana Tech. During the award presentation, Walks was cited
as participating in every event for United Way this program year.
"The very first member of the newly formed United Way Volunteer
Posse, she was the first to arrive and the last to leave,"
according to Executive Director, Kathlene McNamee.
Walks is currently an honor student at Montana Tech College of Technology
in the Networking program. She and her husband Dan Walks have four
children.
Sigma Beta Delta Inducts This Years Class The
Montana Tech chapter of the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society recently
inducted this years class. Becoming a member of Sigma Beta Delta
is the highest natonal recognition a business student can recieve
at a college or university with a Sigma Beta Delta chapter. To be
eligible for membership, a business student must rank in the upper
20 percent of the junior, senior or master's class and be invited
to membership by the faculty officers. The purposes of Sigma Beta
Delta are to encourage and recognize scholarship and achievement
among students of business, management and administration, and to
encourage and promote personal and professional improvement and
a life distinguished by honorable service to humankind.
This classes inductees are:
Daniel Absher, Clayton Camper, Clifton Fulkerson, Shauna Hollow,
Mary House (Helena program), Andrew Joyce, Nicholas McGree, Kerra
Melvin, Megan Schneiter, Justin Stratton
Honorary inductees:
Joe Kasperick - Emeritus, John Kasperick - Adjunct, Jim Woy –
Adjunct, Traci O’Neill – Assistant Professor
Beta Xi Sigma Elects Officers
Congratulations to the new officers for Beta Xi Sigma Chapter of
Phi Theta Kappa. Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society
for two year colleges. Beta Xi Sigma Chapter at Tech's COT was chartered
in February
of 2005.
President: Corey Clark
Vice President: Jason Peterson
Treasurer: Jessica Horner
Recording Secretary: Jessica Morgan
Public Relations Officer: Elaine Winter
Concert Booked
Montana Tech and the Digger Athletic Association have partnered
to bring Black Stone Cherry to Montana Tech’s campus on September
6, 2008. Black Stone Cherry’s first album went gold selling
over 500,000 copies. Their next album is due out in June. Tickets
will be available to purchase at Mitzi’s Office in the Student
Union Building, $15 with a Tech ID, and $20 for general admission.
Another Bacteriophage Found Montana
Tech Biology Department’s Phagedigging Outreach program hits
pay-dirt again! April 7-9, Assistant Professor Dr. Marisa Pedulla
and Interdisciplinary Masters Program student Jason Park traveled
to Butte Central Catholic High School’s biology classes. Working
with their teacher, MT Tech Biology Graduate Misty Cunningham, 44
students in 3 classes tested soil and water samples for the presence
of mycobacteriophages, viruses that kill specific bacteria. The
students discovered a virus previously unknown to science, that
they named “BAR.” Characterization of the virus will
continue in Dr. Pedulla’s lab at Montana Tech.
Mining Team Takes First Place
The Montana Tech Men’s Mining Team just returned from Missouri
University of Science and Technology (Formerly University of Missouri
Rolla) where they took first place in the 30th Annual Intercollegiate
Mining Competition.
Margie
Pasoe recently was honored for her services as the State Rep for
the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors for the past
two years. Margie received the award at the state meeting she chaired/organized
in Missoula earlier this month.
The
Montana Tech chapter of the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society recently
inducted this years class. Becoming a member of Sigma Beta Delta
is the highest natonal recognition a business student can recieve
at a college or university with a Sigma Beta Delta chapter. To be
eligible for membership, a business student must rank in the upper
20 percent of the junior, senior or master's class and be invited
to membership by the faculty officers. The purposes of Sigma Beta
Delta are to encourage and recognize scholarship and achievement
among students of business, management and administration, and to
encourage and promote personal and professional improvement and
a life distinguished by honorable service to humankind.
Montana
Tech Biology Department’s Phagedigging Outreach program hits
pay-dirt again! April 7-9, Assistant Professor Dr. Marisa Pedulla
and Interdisciplinary Masters Program student Jason Park traveled
to Butte Central Catholic High School’s biology classes. Working
with their teacher, MT Tech Biology Graduate Misty Cunningham, 44
students in 3 classes tested soil and water samples for the presence
of mycobacteriophages, viruses that kill specific bacteria. The
students discovered a virus previously unknown to science, that
they named “BAR.” Characterization of the virus will
continue in Dr. Pedulla’s lab at Montana Tech.