Archive for Mark Bjelland
Alumnus Featured in Article on Stream Restoration Work
Mac Cafferty (‘00) is the Environmental Resources Manager for the City of Lakeville, MN and was quoted in a July 29, 2009 StarTribune article about efforts he has led to restore meanders to the Vermillion River in order to improve trout habitat. Mac has been involved since 1999 in efforts to restore natural meanders to [...]
Art Exhibition in NYC Relies on Geographic Information Systems
Damon Rich, an artist/urban designer has created an exhibit on the foreclosure crisis for the Queens Museum in New York City. He used a geographic information system to compute the foreclosure rate block by block for the entire region. Then, he used an old 9,000 square foot model of the city and placed plastic symbols [...]
Gusties Assemble at AP Human Geography Reading
Four Gusties worked together at the AP Human Geography reading held at the University of Nebraska. Their task was to grade the free response questions on 59,000 AP Geography exams. Geography is a required high school subject in Texas and the State of Florida pays for all AP exams so many of the exams were [...]
Dr. Bjelland Visits Augustana College Geography Department
While on a Teagle grant-related visit to Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, Dr. Bjelland got a chance to visit their well-regarded Geography Department. Augustana’s Geography Department has strong ties to Gustavus–it was a sister Swedish Lutheran college, the undergraduate home to Dr. Bob Moline, and the place where his brother Norm Moline has spent [...]
Geography Majors Graduate 2009
Seven geography majors graduated in the May 31, 2009 ceremony: Julissy Acosta, Allison Bohn, Jill Fagerstrom, Eric Gunderson, Angela Magnusson, and Elliot Peterson. Three geography majors completed the geography honors degree with a thesis and graduated with Latin honors: Angie Magnusson graduated summa cum laude, and Allison Bohn and Jill Fagerstrom graduated cum laude. [...]
Water Resources Class Gets a Behind the Scenes Look at Rapidan Dam
The GEG-243 class enjoyed a beautiful day out on the Blue Earth River and learned about issues in river management. The Rapidan Dam is 99 years old, has 70 feet of vertical drop, and an average flow of 840 cubic feet per second. While it continues to generate enough electricity for 2,000 to 3,000 homes, [...]
Mount Aconcagua Pictures
Gustie geography graduate and world geography teacher Christian Gilbert has posted many beautiful pictures and travel details from his recent climb of Mount Aconcagua–the highest peak in the Americas and the highest in the Southern Hemisphere. Check them out at: http://web.me.com/worldgeography8/Aconcagua/Home.html
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
The Geography Club brought Christian Gilbert (2000 Geography Graduate) and his climbing partner Brian Honkomp to campus on Monday March 2nd. They gave an inspiring multi-media presentation with video clips, slides, maps and gear from their recent climb of Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas. Christian Gilbert teaches world geography at Clearwater Middle [...]
Gusties Study Agricultural Diversification in Wales
In America, we expect National Parks to be uninhabited and wild and used for hiking or backpacking. But, in Great Britain, things are a bit different. Their national parks are more about conserving landscapes and allowing traditional farming to continue. We visited the Llangeli Valley Farm in the Brecon Beacons National Park near Abergavenny, Wales. A [...]
Geographers Do Field Sketching in Britain
Dr. Bjelland’s January Term class worked on learning to see the design elements of British cities and landscapes through sketching and mapping exercises.