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"We were together. I forget the rest" -- Walt Whitman
Michigan Technological University | Houghton County
ALWAYS ON
Earliest Coffee
Before the first 8 AM lecture begins, while the crew team puts its oars in the water and new life unfolds at University Hospital, the campus comes alive with gardeners, electricians, road crews builders beginning another summer day before it gets too hot.
Summer Sabbatica
Even rest has its measure. While topic presentation will continue according to our CALENDAR our daily colloquia will not resume until August 20.
Ædificare & Utilization
Educational facility construction is the closest we come to a $100+ billion perpetual motion machine. In today's Monthly Construction Spend report we find confirmation that -- at a rate of $138B annually -- US education industry is the largest building construction market in the world. With upwards of 45 million square feet the University of Michigan has the largest measure of square footage of any campus in the world; hence our 35+ year interest in managing cost through the global standards system.
Why You Need Standards
"When we talk about standards in our personal lives, we might think about the quality we expect in things such as restaurants and first dates. But the standards that exist in science and technology have an even greater impact on our lives. Technical standards keep us safe, enable technology to advance, and help businesses succeed. They quietly make the modern world tick and prevent technological problems that you might not realize could even happen..."
Quadrivium: Summer
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Fountain of the Four Seasons
The Four Maidens are four seated limestone sculptures by Danish-American artist Christian Petersen, installed in 1941 as part of the Fountain of the Four Seasons outside Iowa State University's Memorial Union. These iconic figures, depicting Native American women inspired by an Osage tribe chant of thanksgiving, represent the annual cycle of corn agriculture and family life:
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
“Knoxville: Summer of 1915”
"Porch sittin'" music. Composed by Samuel Barber set to the prose poem by writer James Agee. The composition is scored for soprano voice and orchestra and is one of Barber's most frequently performed vocal works. The lyric is a poignant reflection on childhood memories of a summer evening in a bygone era. The piece has been performed by many renowned sopranos and has become a standard in the American vocal repertoire.