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Geography research posters: Celebration of Creative Inquiry 2014
Here are some of our Geography majors who presented research at this year’s Celebration of Creative Inquiry.
Talk on remote sensing of polar ice
Sub-meter remote sensing of polar ice: Unexpected science from an unexpected source Paul Morin, Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota Monday, May 5, 3:00-4:20pm Nobel 201, Gustavus Adolphus College Recently the US federally funded polar science community had gained access to 5 polar orbiting, electro-optical sub-meter resolution satellites. This has allowed the polar regions to […]
Geography Department presents research at Florida conference
Earlier this month, Dr. Ryan Bergstrom, Meg Wika (’14), and Dr. Anna Versluis attended the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Bergstrom kept busy as the Discussant and Chair, respectively, for two sessions on rural sustainability in addition to being a finalist for the J. Warren Nystrom Award. […]
Brian Zabel (’14), Intern at Water Treatment Facilities
An interview with Geography and Environmental Studies (ES) major Brian Zabel (’14), who is conducting an internship with the City of St. Peter, MN. Q: What is your internship? Brian: I work in the laboratories of the Broadway Water Treatment facility and the Waste Water Treatment facility of St. Peter, MN. My title is lab […]
Brian Zabel (’14), Intern at Water Treatment Facilities
An interview with Geography and Environmental Studies (ES) major Brian Zabel (’14), who is conducting an internship with the City of St. Peter, MN. Q: What is your internship? Brian: I work in the laboratories of the Broadway Water Treatment facility and the Waste Water Treatment facility of St. Peter, MN. My title is lab […]
Film: The Square showing tonight
The Department of Geography invites you to a showing of “The Square,” an Academy Award-nominated documentary following the on-going Egyptian Revolution that began in 2011. Tuesday, March 18, 7:30 – 9:15pm Wallenburg Auditorium, Nobel Hall, Gustavus Adolphus College Free and open to the public.
Film tonight: The Milagro Bean Field War
Join Geography Professor Bob Moline and his GEG-234 Landscapes of the American West class for a showing of the movie The Milagro Bean Field War today, Tuesday, March 11, at 6:30 pm in the downstairs Audiovisual Room 1 of the Library. Set in rural New Mexico, The Milagro Bean Field War tells the story of […]
Lecture by author Chimamanda Adichie
The amazing Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a writer from Nigeria who burst onto the literary scene in 2003 with her debut novel Purple Hibiscus, will deliver the 2014 Moe Lecture in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at 7 p.m. Monday, March 10 in Alumni Hall, Gustavus Adolphus College. The lecture is free and open to the public, […]
Building Bridges Conference this Saturday: Disposable Communities? Demanding Environmental Justice
Guest post by Elsa Bell and Shelbie Walsh. This Saturday! Gustavus Geography majors Shelbie Walsh and Elsa Bell would like to invite all of our fellow geography members to attend the Building Bridges conference at Gustavus on March 8 starting at 9am! We have been working all year to put this conference together, both of […]
Meg Wika wins AAG-GTU travel award
Congratulations to Meg Wika, senior geography major, who has been awarded an Association of American Geographer‘s (AAG) and Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) student travel award. This award will allow Meg to present her senior honors thesis at the national meeting of the AAG in Tampa, FL, in April 2014. Meg’s presentation is titled “Family, Patriotism, […]