Premer Going to Lansing for Graduate Education Day

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Michael Premer, PhD Candidate in Forest Science at Michigan Technological University.

HOUGHTON, MI (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Four Michigan Technological University graduate students are going to Lansing for Graduate Education Day, Tuesday, February 19. Among them is Michael Premer, a PhD Candidate in Forest Science from Shelby. He will discuss his research on biomass consumption and its impact on forests, with his State Senator Goeff Hansen and State Representative Jon Bumstead.

Gov. Rick Snyder has declared the week of March 26 as Graduate Education Week, and more than 50 students from universities and colleges across the state will meet with legislators at the Capitol Building in Lansing. Students will discuss their studies and future plans. 

Also attending from Michigan Tech are Melanie Talaga from Negaunee, Amberlee Haselhuhn from East Jordan and Jennifer Fuller from Freeland.

The governor and legislature have acknowledged that graduate education is key to Michigan's economic growth and stability. Graduate education in Michigan is highly productive, contributing directly to the well being of the state and its capacity to meet the challenges of the future.

Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 130 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.