Membership
Membership is open to any academic faculty, research
faculty, research staff, or outreach staff member of Michigan
Tech who has an interest in water-related fields or outreach activities.
Prospective members submit a simple statement of interest to the
MTCWS Director. Once approved, membership is reevaluated every
five years. Undergraduate and graduate students are offered student
membership, which provides eligibility for MTCWS student grants
and fellowships. Student membership is maintained until graduation
or withdrawal from the university.
Focus
of Center for Five Years (2011-2016)
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Serve
as a focal point for water-related activities at Michigan
Tech by:
- maintaining a web page and other media to showcase
water-related research,
educational and outreach efforts at Michigan Tech,
- serving as a point of contact for developing water
related initiatives with outside
organizations and Michigan Tech faculty, students, and
staff
- sponsoring lectures and related events offered by
guest speakers with interests
relevant to the CWS faculty and student community, and
- organizing the yearly CWS colloquium.
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| 2. |
Support graduate
and undergraduate students’ research and educational
activities related to water resources topics by:
- offering student travel and research grants;
- maintaining the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable
Water Resources Systems;
- pursuing funding opportunities for graduate education in interdisciplinary waterrelated
fields.
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| 3 |
Support the
research enterprise related to water topics at Michigan
Tech by supporting
the development of interdisciplinary funding proposals and
proposals to large funding
programs through:
- helping to alert faculty of and coalesce interdisciplinary teams to apply for large
funding programs;
- providing assistance (support staff ) for the preparation of proposals involving
significant numbers of CWS participants;
- providing matching funds for acquisition of equipment/facilities to be used for
CWS-member research; and
- providing cost share funds for proposals for projects involving significant benefits
to CWS participants.
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| 4 |
Support K-12 and community
education/outreach water-related activities at Michigan
Tech by:
- funding outreach efforts and
- connecting faculty and students to K-12 teachers and programs and community
organizations and programs.
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| 5 |
Enhance the visibility of water-related
expertise, research, and outreach at MTU by:
- providing funding for CWS personnel to represent CWS in important state,
regional, national and international meetings related to water when research
funding is unavailable or inappropriate;
- disseminating information gathered for the annual report to members, state
government personnel, and alumni using printed or electronic media;
- promoting regular interaction between CWS and key state or federal groups (e.g.,
SeaGrant, NOAA GLERL, EPA, MI DNRE);
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Administration
Director
Noel Urban
nurban@mtu.edu |
Civil
& Environmental Engineering |
Administrative Assistant
Carol J. Asiala
cjasiala@mtu.edu |
Geological & Mining
Engineering & Science |
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CWS Advisory Committee
members are charged with representing their respective academic
units in the activities of the CWS. The Advisory Committee
consists of one designee from each participating department
or administrative unit. A participating department or administrative
unit is defined as a department or unit with at least one
CWS member. The term of the Advisory Committee members is
two years, but Advisory Committee members can continue on
the committee indefinitely. CWS members in each department
or unit are responsible for selecting a representative to
the Advisory Committee every two years. The process of selecting
representatives must include communications to all CWS members
in the participating department or unit.
The responsibilities of Advisory Committee members include
(a) advising the CWS Director on CWS policy, strategic planning,
and budget decisions; (b) promotion of CWS by seeking new
faculty and student members for CWS, and solicitation of
advice on CWS activities in the
advisory committee member’s respective academic unit,
(c) approval of any changes to the CWS
priorities or governing structure, (d) evaluation and approval
of reports related to the CWS, and
(e) evaluation and approval of any changes to degree programs,
minors, or certificates that are
housed within the CWS. The Director will consult with the
advisory committee or
subcommittees regarding budget decisions involving more
than $5,000.
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Biological Sciences |
Sarah A. Green
sgreen@mtu.edu |
Chemistry |
Brian D. Barkdoll
barkdoll@mtu.edu |
Civil & Environmental
Engineering |
Christine S.
Anderson
csanders@mtu.edu |
Educational
Opportunity |
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Geological &
Mining Engineering & Science |
R. Craig Waddell
cwaddell@mtu.edu |
Humanities |
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Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) |
Daya Muralidharan
dmuralid@mtu.edu |
School of Business & Economics |
Thomas G. Pypker
tgpypker@mtu.edu |
School of Forest
Resources & Environmental Science (SFRES) |
Carol
A. MacLennan
camac@mtu.edu |
Social
Sciences |
Mary Ann Beckwith
mabeckwi@mtu.edu |
Visual &
Performing Arts |
Joan F. Schumaker-Chadde
jchadde@mtu.edu |
Western Upper
Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics & Environmental
Education |
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Seminar
& Symposia Subcommittee
Responsible for promoting seminars and symposia
of interest to CWS participants, including approving requests
for funding seminars and related activities. |
Joan
Schumaker-Chadde
Carol MacLennan
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Daya Muralidharan
Noel Urban
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Degree
Programs and Education Subcommittee
Responsible for developing, promoting, and maintaining
new degree programs, certificates and minors, organizing
and promoting the yearly CWS colloquium; and maintaining
the student research and travel grants programs and approving
applications to these programs. |
John
Gierke
Tom Pypker
| Noel
Urban
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