Geography Blog

Author: mbjellan

  • Geography Students Help with Sandbagging

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    Students from the water resources management geography course got a firsthand look at floodplain management by helping sandbag in Saint Peter. With spring snowmelt pushing the Minnesota River to flood stage after a particularly wet fall and snowy winter, the students were called into action to protect properties along Old Minnesota Avenue and at the…

  • Geography Student Jasmine Porter Wins International Studies Fellowship

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    Sophomore geography and political science major Jasmine Porter has won a competitive award as an Institute for International Public Policy Fellow. The fellowship includes scholarships, summer language and policy institutes, internships with international agencies, and money towards graduate study.  It is great to have such a talented person here at Gustavus. Congratulations Jasmine!    …

  • Geography Alumna Angela Magnusson Wins Rotary Fellowship to India

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    Gustavus geography graduate Angela Magnusson ’09 of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota has been awarded a competitive Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Fellowship. She will spend the 2011-2012 academic year studying rural development at the University of Delhi in India. Angela is well prepared for this opportunity. As an undergraduate student, Angela spent a semester studying community development in…

  • Geography is Everywhere

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    Dr. Bob Douglas took a break from a show at the Guthrie Theater to point out the significance of St. Anthony Falls, Nicollet Island, and the Stone Arch Bridge to the historical geography of the Upper Midwest. St. Anthony Falls is the only waterfall on the Mississippi River and powered the industrial development of Minneapolis.…

  • Alumni Return for a Visit

    Alumni Return for a Visit

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    1999 Gustavus geography graduates Stephanie Houk Sheetz and Andy Houk Sheetz returned to Gustavus to visit with their old professors and show off their 3-year old son Zachary. Stephanie is the senior planner for Fort Dodge, Iowa and Andy is a stay-at-home dad.

  • Alumni Landscape Architects Visit Campus

    Alumni Landscape Architects Visit Campus

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    Mark Apfelbacher, ’04 geography and environmental studies major, and Anna Claussen, ’04 geography and studio art major, came to Gustavus on December 1st to give a talk on landscape architecture. Both Mark and Anna attended the University of Minnesota’s program in landscape architecture and both are members of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Mark…

  • Amanda (Peterson) Kolpin Serves as Expert for Swedish Television Program

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    Amanda (Peterson) Kolpin, a 2003 geography graduate, was interviewed as an expert on Vilhelm Moberg for a popular Swedish television series that focuses on literature. The interview was filmed in Lindstrom, Minnesota, a major center for Swedish settlement in the U.S., at the Karl Oskar House. Amanda is a Ph.D. student in the geography department…

  • Christian Gilbert Talks GeoTech in the Classroom

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    Geography graduate Christian Gilbert ’98 returned to Gustavus to deliver an impressive talk on the use of Geotechnology in the Classroom. Christian has a Master’s in educational technology which he puts to excellent use. He talked about how fast technology has changed in his career. He has pushed to continually incorporate new technologies into his…

  • Alumnus Shows Off Techno Geo-Wizardry for Communicating with the Public

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    Kyle Chester, a 2007 geography graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, gave a lecture/demonstration on October 20 on techniques he’s developed for communicating spatial information with the public. Kyle is a GIS specialist for Excel Energy and part of his job is creating maps to communicate with the public and solicit their input on new construction…

  • Alumni Urban Planners Return to Campus

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    Gustavus geography graduates Kyle Klatt ’95 and Kelli (Swanson) Matzek ’03 returned to their alma mater to talk to students about careers in urban planning. Both Kyle and Kelli have Master’s degrees in urban planning from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute. They talked about the political challenges, joys and opportunities in planning. They both…