Tuesday, October 6, 2015
8 - 10 a.m.
Schroeder Room
2nd floor, Walter Schroeder Library
Faculty and staff are invited to join colleagues for a coffee, a bite to eat and some great conversation.
Find out what each other's roles are at MSOE and create connections to assist our students in reaching their academic goals.
The Walter Schroeder Library and the Public Safety Department are graciously hosting this event.
Fellow Veterans,
Monday’s power point can be found on the hub at the link below.
http://www.msoe.edu/docs/DOC-5755
We had a good turnout with 15 members.
Next meeting will be in 3 weeks on Oct. 19 2015 in CC121.
Want to be a part of the Active-Duty Service Support Team? Email Keith Agner agnerk@msoe.edu
Want to be a part of the Career Outreach Team? Email Mike Ryan ryanm@msoe.edu
Want to be a part of the Fundraising Team? Email Omar Cenquizca cenquizcao@msoe.edu
Want to be a part of the Social Team? Email Keith Agner agnerk@msoe.edu
Want to be a part of the V.A. Outreach Team? Email Omar Cenquizca cenquizcao@msoe.edu
We are planning a Range Day and a Grill Out in October, so be on the lookout for notifications.
No, a lot is going on in the Field House. No play until Sunday, October 11th from 5-8 pm. No play on Fridays until October 23rd.
Money Monday is pretty cool all on it's own, but today is an extra special Monday because it's Packer Game Day! YAAASSS! Therefore, I wanted to post this early enough today so that you could take a look, apply for a scholarship, get your schoolwork done, and still watch the game.
Added Today
High School through College Students, ALL MAJORS: $250 BG Scholarship - DUE September 30th, 2015
MSOE Sophomore EE Students ONLY: $1,000 Andy Walker Mobley Scholarship - DUE October 2nd, 2015
MSOE Jr. & Sr. AE, CM, & ME Students: $2,500 J.F. Ahern Scholarship - DUE October 8th, 2015
All Students: $100,000 Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway - Start NOW, Voting Ends October 19th
High School Seniors: $22,000 Horatio Alger Scholarship - DUE October 25th, 2015
High School Seniors: $4,000 Olin E. Teague Scholarship - DUE October 30th, 2015
College Students: $1,000 Milwaukee/NARI Foundation Scholarship - DUE October 30th, 2015
College Students: $2,500 Women in Technology Scholarship - DUE October 31st, 2015
MSOE-Specific
MSOE Sophomore EE Students ONLY: $1,000 Andy Walker Mobley Scholarship - DUE October 2nd, 2015
MSOE Jr. & Sr. AE, CM, & ME Students: $2,500 J.F. Ahern Scholarship - DUE October 8th, 2015
MSOE CE, EE, & SE Students: $5,000 Rockwell Collins Scholarship - DUE October 15th, 2015
Due THIS WEEK
High School through College Students, ALL MAJORS: $250 BG Scholarship - DUE September 30th, 2015
Nursing Students: $2,500 AfterCollege/AACN Scholarship - DUE September 30th, 2015
ALL College Students: $500 Hit The Books Scholarship - DUE September 30th, 2015
ALL College Students: $1,000 WETA Scholarships - DUE September 30th, 2015
MSOE Sophomore EE Students ONLY: $1,000 Andy Walker Mobley Scholarship - DUE October 2nd, 2015
Best of luck to those who apply!
Hey SWEsters!
There will be an Aerotek Informational meeting this Friday, October 2nd in CC46 at noon!
Bring few copies of your resume! An Aerotek representative will be giving tips on resume writing.
As always, you will receive a ticket for coming to the meeting and will be entered to win various prizes at the end of the quarter!
We hope to see you there!
Please contact Rachael Digrazia (digraziar@msoe.edu) with any questions.
If you would like to tour Milwaukee Tool please contact Josh Sohn sohnj@msoe.edu
Milwaukee Tool is looking to hire 150 employees for the Brookfield location.
President Hermann Viets, Ph.D. will retire from Milwaukee School of Engineering on June 30, 2015. He is only the fourth president in MSOE’s 112-year history, and currently the longest serving president at any college or university in Wisconsin. Viets has guided the university for 24 years. During that time the university’s campus footprint has grown dramatically and expanded degree programs fueled enrollment.
According to the American Council on Education, in 2011 the average length of service for a university president was seven years. MSOE is fortunate to have Viets at the helm and with the long-term vision he provided, the university is poised to continue its success for a long time.
“MSOE’s national academic reputation has grown under the steadfast leadership of Hermann Viets,” said Scott Moon, chairman of the MSOE Board of Regents. “His vision has kept MSOE firmly on the path for success and students choose to attend the university because they know they’ll achieve success in their careers upon graduation.”
“Throughout Dr. Viets’ tenure, the economy has seen ups and downs, yet the demand for MSOE graduates hasn’t wavered,” he continued. “Employers know that MSOE graduates have an immediate and significant impact on their workplace. At Res Manufacturing we hired our first MSOE student in 1995 as an intern, and last year he became president of that company.” Moon is chairman and CEO of DLSM Inc., a holding company comprised of Res Manufacturing and Kondex Corporation.
Viets’ vision for MSOE is to remain at the forefront of professional education with an emphasis on both theory and technology coupled with an intensity of appropriate laboratory experience and career practice. He has worked to broaden the academic scope of the university while maintaining its “application-oriented” philosophy and at the same time supporting those initiatives that promote a well-rounded college experience.
During Viets’ presidency, MSOE has implemented new programs including several undergraduate international study-abroad programs and a baccalaureate two-degree program. The university added a number of Bachelor of Science degrees such as actuarial science, biomolecular engineering, construction management, nursing, operations research and software engineering, as well as a freshman-to-master’s degree in civil engineering. New Master of Science degrees also were added, including perfusion, construction and business management, medical informatics (a joint program with the Medical College of Wisconsin), nursing, an MBA, MBA in education leadership and MBA in STEM leadership.
Technology continues to advance at an unbelievably fast pace as a generation of STEM professionals is beginning to retire. Recognizing the greater need to fill the pipeline with young students who are prepared to pursue a STEM education at the collegiate level, Viets partnered with Robert Kern, MSOE Regent and retired chairman of Generac Power Systems, and the Kern Family Foundation to bring Project Lead The Way to Wisconsin. This nationwide program is helping curb the ever growing shortage of STEM professionals by encouraging K-12 students to enter those fields. PLTW is a leading provider of curricular programs featuring hands-on, project-based engineering, biomedical sciences and computer science courses that expose students to these areas of study and provide a foundation and proven path to college and career success. MSOE is the National Affiliate University for PLTW programs in the state of Wisconsin. As the affiliate, MSOE’s role is to train middle and high school teachers in the curriculum so they can teach it in their respective schools; serve as an accreditation agent; educate high school counselors about the program; provide transcripted undergraduate course credit for high school students who complete the PTLW classes; and advocate for and raise awareness of the program throughout the region.
The Kern Family Foundation, a major proponent of PLTW, played a significant role in providing Wisconsin with the distinction of having the fourth largest number of schools that have adopted the PLTW curriculum. MSOE is the second largest PLTW teacher training site in the nation, and has trained more than 1,500 teachers.
MSOE is the only university in the state of Wisconsin to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in BioMolecular Engineering. The program came to fruition because of Viets’ vision, the hard work of MSOE faculty and staff, and the support of Kern and his wife Patricia. The program has put MSOE on the map as a leading institution in biomolecular engineering education, with facilities that rival those of industry leaders.
Students at MSOE are encouraged to develop their entrepreneurial skills. Under Viets’ leadership, the university’s Center for Entrepreneurship was established to advance creativity, innovation and entrepreneurialism and develop success in all fields and disciplines. MSOE received a grant from the Kern Family Foundation to help build a spirit of entrepreneurship among students, faculty and alumni. The KEEN grant, MSOE’s Center for Entrepreneurship and the Rader School of Business provide resources to launch businesses, create new products and turn innovation into success. KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network) is a consortium of 20 universities around the U.S. that strive to instill an entrepreneurial mindset in undergraduate engineering and technology students. Its mission is to graduate engineers who will contribute to business success; and in doing so, transform the American workforce.
The university’s downtown campus increased to 22 acres with the addition of Krueger Hall; Rosenberg Hall, which houses the Rader School of Business; Humphrey House; the Kern Center, a 210,000-square-foot recreation, athletic, health and wellness center; the Grohmann Museum which houses the Eckhart Grohmann Man at Work art collection; Pamela and Hermann Viets Field, a soccer/lacrosse field built atop a 780-car parking garage; the Grohmann Tower student apartment building; and a 1.78 acre parcel at the corner of Water St. and Juneau Ave. The Murphy House, in Belgium, Wis., serves as a retreat center for MSOE and provides rooms for seminars. The two-acre property was donated by the late Greta Werwath Murphy, the daughter of MSOE’s founder.
The Grohmann Museum is home to the world’s most comprehensive art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work. The Man at Work collection features more than 1,000 paintings and sculptures from 1580 to the present. The collection and the funds to acquire and renovate the museum building were donated by Eckhart Grohmann, MSOE Regent. Students are learning their disciplines with an appreciation of how the fields have evolved. They are able to see the history of health care, business and engineering in the pieces at the Grohmann Museum.
Other highlights include MSOE’s implementation of the state’s first all-notebook computer campus at a university, and the establishment of the Rader School of Business and MSOE School of Nursing. In addition, the Pieper Family Endowed Chair for Servant-Leadership and Uihlein/Spitzer Chair of Entrepreneurship were established.
Viets received a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, and both a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Astronautics, all from Polytechnic University in New York City and Farmingdale, Long Island. He was a visiting scientist, aerospace engineer and research group leader for Wright Patterson Air Force Base Aerospace Research Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio; lecturer at the Von Karman Institute in Brussels, Belgium; and a research associate at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, N.Y. His other academic experience includes serving as dean of engineering at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston; associate dean for research and professor at West Virginia University, Morgantown; and professor of engineering at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
In 1997, Viets was named “Engineer of the Year” by Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee Inc. (known today as STEM Forward), He also received the 2008 World Citizen Award from the International Institute of Wisconsin and the 2014 CTSI Bolger Award. He holds seven U.S. patents.
Viets announced his retirement to the MSOE Board of Regents in July 2014. A search committee led by Moon is currently conducting a nationwide search for Viets’ successor.
MSOE’s presidents include:
Milwaukee School of Engineering is an independent, non-profit university with about 2,800 students that was founded in 1903. MSOE offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering, business, mathematics and nursing. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; a 96% placement rate; and the highest ROI and average starting and mid-career salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company will be hosting an Information Session. All interested students are invited to attend. Pizza will be provided.
HGA Architects & Engineers will be on campus to interview AE, EE, EET, IE, ME, and MET interns. You must apply for one of their internships that are posted on Handshake. The company will be filling their own interview schedule.
Foley & Lardner will be hosting an Information Session. All interested students are invited to attend. Pizza will be provided.
Welcome to 4th week! We have completed about one third of the fall term, so it is a good time to evaluate how things are going to see if you might need to make some changes.
First, do you know how you are doing? It seems like a basic question; but it is a very important question.
Ideally, you should be keeping track of all of the grades you have earned this term. You should create a document somewhere (could be an Excel spreadsheet, could be scribbles on your syllabus) that lists all of the assignments for each class and the percentage of your final grade for each assignment. If you fill in the grades as you earn them, you should have a general idea of how you are doing at any point in the term. If your instructor uses Blackboard to post grades, it is a good idea to check your grades against what the instructor posts. Any errors or questions should be discussed with your instructor in person or via email -- the earlier the better.
Another option you have is the Midterm Progress Report. MSOE does not officially process midterm grades for students. However, you have the option to submit a Midterm Progress Report Form to your instructors during Week 5 and receive individualized feedback in Week 6. You can also visit your faculty during office hours to discuss how you are doing, but experience has led me to believe that if you don’t think you are doing all that well, it is often difficult to start that conversation with your faculty. The Midterm Progress Report is a good first step. The form is available at http://www.msoe.edu/docs/DOC-2040 or in hard copy in the Registrar’s office.
After you have gathered the information about how you are doing, it is time to evaluate whether you are meeting your academic goals. Are you struggling with the content in a specific classes? Are you struggling with priority management, study skills, other non-academic issues? Now is the time to get help!
If you are struggling with specific classes, you have a couple options:
If you seem to be struggling even a little bit with issues that are not necessarily class specific, you also have some options:
The time to get help is when you first start to struggle. You have read all the way to the bottom of this blog; is there a little voice in your head saying “Yeah, I should probably talk to someone”? If so, I encourage you to act today.
If you have any questions or need help getting connected to any of these resources, please feel free to contact the Registrar's office.
Trachte Building Systems will be hosting an Information Session. All Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering students are invited to attend. Refreshments will be provided.