‘Student & Faculty highlights’ Category
“Why Geography” Series Presents: Kendra Held ’22
1. Why did you choose to major in Geography? Overall I would say that I stumbled into geography classes by chance as an undecided first year student and each semester since then I have increasingly identified with the geography major and community. I had such a diverse array of interests coming into college and I’m […]
“Why Geography” Series Presents: Grace Tobin ’21
1. Why did you choose to major in Geography? I chose to major in Geography because it was exactly the field I’ve been looking for my whole life. After just two weeks of my first two classes in the department, Energy and Urban Geography, I knew that this was what I wanted to study. I’ve […]
Introducing Prof. Tiffany Grobelski
Prof. Tiffany Grobelski is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography. She recently interviewed with student Tori Franciosi (’21): Where did you study for your degrees? As an undergraduate, I studied at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL– about an hour north of where I grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago—and got […]
Science Magazine features climate change research of Prof. La Frenierre
Science, the leading academic journal for the sciences, is featuring Prof. Jeff La Frenierre’s research studying glacial retreat in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Congratulations, Jeff!
The changing landscape of southern Minnesota agriculture
The Gustavus Möbius Initiative is featuring a short video on the interdisciplinary research of Geography professor Dr. Anna Versluis, Anthropology professor Dr. Annika Ericksen, and Gustavus students on “The Changing Agricultural Landscape of Southern Minnesota: Farmers’ Perspectives.” Dr. Greg Kastor, Professor of History and Hanson-Peterson Chair of Liberal Studies, calls the research project “an interesting, […]
BBC features GAC climate change research
We are excited to share this five-minute BBC video, part of the BBC’s Earth From Space series, on the research of Prof. Jeff La Frenierre and colleagues on how climate change is impacting tropical glaciers. In the clip, Jeff and recent Gustavus graduates Casey Decker (’18) and Abby Michels (’18) can be seen piloting the […]
On top of the world: Gusties measure glacier melt in the Andes
Gustavus students Chloe Shaw (’19) and Hanna Albers (’19), working above the clouds at 16,000 feet on Volcán Cayambe, Ecuador, show off their crampon style after installing this glacier melt sensor earlier this month. The two are in Ecuador for a January field season with Prof. Jeff La Frenierre to study tropical glacier response to […]
Introducing Prof. Jesse McClelland
By Will Ristow (’20) Please join the Geography Department in welcoming Visiting Professor Jesse McClelland! Jesse currently teaches World Geography in the fall and spring semesters along with a fall Urban Geography class. He will also be offering an Economic Geography class next spring semester. Jesse was born in Missouri, but grew up in St. […]
Chris Pouliot (’98) receives MN GIS/LIS Polaris Leadership Award
Congratulations to Gustavus Geography alumnus Chris Pouliot (’98) for winning the Minnesota GIS/LIS Polaris Leadership Award. This award recognizes “GIS professionals who demonstrate a beacon of energy and creativity that inspires and guides the rest of us.” Chris works for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Geography Prof. La Frenierre receives major NSF grant
The National Science Foundation Hydrological Sciences program has awarded a three-year grant totaling $192,441 to Gustavus Adolphus College for support of a project entitled Collaborative Research: Determining the eco-hydrogeologic response of tropical glacierized watersheds to climate change: An integrated data-model approach, under the direction of Jeff La Frenierre, Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. […]