Geography Blog
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 [...]
Early Career Faculty Workshop
Dr. Anna Versluis spent last week at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she participated in a workshop for early career faculty sponsored by the Geography Faculty Development Alliance (GFDA). It was an excellent week, full of meeting other new geography professors from institutions across the United States and Canada, discussing how to improve our [...]
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. [...]
Geography Picnic 2009!
The Geography Department celebrated the end of a successful Spring Semester with a picnic in Linnaeus Arboretum.
Global Environmental Change Meeting
Dr. Anna Versluis presented a paper at the 2009 meeting of the International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change in Bonn, Germany. The meeting is a gathering of geographers, political scientists, anthropologists and other social scientists who are studying global environmental change and its ramifications.
Glacial landforms in Minnesota
A group of GEG-105 students visited Glacial Lakes State Park in west-central Minnesota this week. The park showcases some lovely glacial depositional landforms–kames, kettles, and eskers–all created when the last glacier of the Pleistocene Ice Age retreated about 11,000 years ago.
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, [...]
Dr. Bjelland’s Op-Ed Piece Published
Mark Bjelland, Chair of Geography at Gustavus, has an op-ed piece in the current AAG Newsletter, a national, monthly publication of the Association of American Geographers. The title is “Reflections on Geography’s Contributions to the Social Scientific Study of Religion.”
Midwest Undergraduate Geography Symposium
On Saturday, many Gustavus Geography students attended and presented papers or posters at the Midwest Undergraduate Geography Symposium, held at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.