Geography Blog

Author: mbjellan

  • Gabe Joyes ’08: Dream GIS Job in Wyoming

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    Gabe Joyes ’08 wrote to let us know that he has been hired by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department as a GIS Technician.  He will be based in the Lander, Wyoming office.  We all remember how Gabe fell in love with the American West while in Bob Moline’s class.  So, congratulations Gabe!

  • Bob Douglas: the Waterfall Man

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    Geography professor Bob Douglas has given many waterfall tours and is working on a field guide to the waterfalls of Southern Minnesota. His expertise on waterfalls was featured in a June 17, 2008 article in the Mankato Free Press. The article had a photograph of Bob standing in front of the Swan Lake Outlet Falls…

  • Gusties Grading AP Human Geography Exams

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    Gustavus geography graduates Amanda (Peterson) Kolpin ’03 and Ann Fletchall ’00 met up in Lincoln, Nebraska where they both were grading Advanced Placement Human Geography exams from students from around the United States.  Amanda is a Ph.D. candidate in geography at U-Wisconsin and Ann is a Ph.D. candidate in geography at Arizona State.

  • Graduation 2008

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    Ten geography students marched across the podium on June 1, 2008, collecting diplomas and saying goodbyes. We will miss them all. Here are the 2008 graduates and their immediate post-graduation plans: Anne Bortscheller, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. Nick Jost, Peace Corps Gabe Joyes, Montana–Camp Counselor Ava Lambrecht, Peace Corps Andrew Liska, Metropolitan Mosquito Control…

  • Gustavus Student Interns at National Geographic Society

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    Senior geography major Anne Bortscheller was awarded a prestigious internship position with the National Geographic Society. She is spending the fall semester working on educational projects at the Society’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Her work has focused on the Xpeditions website which offers a rich array of curriculum resources for geography teachers.

  • Gustavus Geographers Attend GIS Conference

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    A total of fourteen Gusties were spotted at the Oct 10-12, 2007 Minnesota GIS Consortium meeting in Rochester, MN. Among the speakers were former instructor Ryan Kirk and graduates Leif Olmanson of the University of Minnesota’s Remote Sensing Lab, Chris Pouliot of the MN DNR, and David Fawcett of the MPCA. Poster presenters included two…

  • Will Steger Visits Geography Department

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    Will Steger made a visit to the Gustavus Geography Department on October 3, 2007. Will captivated the Geography Club with tales of his first expeditions as a teenager, his recent Baffin Island expedition, the upcoming Antactica expedition, and his passion for addressing climate change. His Baffin Island expedition documented how the Inuit people are adapting…

  • Geography Class of 2007

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    We are going to miss the geography majors who graduated in 2007. Here are some updates on post-graduation plans for a few of our majors (please send updates for people who are mising): Jackie Brost: GIS and cartography intership with Carver County Lisa Raetz: graduate school in biology, University of Illinois Hattie Carvalho: Teach for…