2014 Spring and Summer Scrapbook
Wind River Range Glacial Research Group Summer 2014
Check out a video of Dr. Vandeberg's glacier research (a UND student production) .
August 7: UND Geography Phenocam
The UND Geography Phenocam has been installed at Oakville Prairie. The camera is now collecting data that will soon contribute to the National Phenocam Network, run by Harvard University and the University of New Hampshire. The project is headed by Dr. Rundquist with several students (Lawrence Burkett, Earl Klug, and Mitch Braget) who helped with assembly and installation. See photos below and for more information visit:
UND Geography Phenocam: http://phenocam.sr.unh.edu/data/latest/oakville.jpg
National Network: http://phenocam.sr.unh.edu/webcam/
About Phenocam: http://phenocam.sr.unh.edu/webcam/about/
Earl Klug and Mitch Braget helping with the assembly.
Mitch Braget helping with the installation.
Mitch Braget, Earl Klug and Lawrence Burkitt.
July 11: Graduate student, Derrick LaPoint, featured on UND main webpage
May 15: Geography 421/521 field trip
Students are taking notes and making a sketch map on the development of the fluvial landscape of the park as part of their final exam in GEOG421/521 with Dr. Vandeberg.
Students are taking notes and making a sketch map on the development of the fluvial landscape of the park as part of their final exam in GEOG421/521 with Dr. Vandeberg.
May 9: Geography Department Picnic
Geographers and friends of geography gather for the 2014 GTU picnic at Sertoma Park in Grand Forks.
Geographers and friends of geography gather for the 2014 GTU picnic at Sertoma Park in Grand Forks.
May 1: Master's Thesis defense by Zachary Braun
Zachary Braun successfully defended his Master's thesis called What Stages In The Phenology Of Corn Are The Most Correlated With Rainfed Corn Yields In The Corn Belt Using Remote Sensing? Congratulations Zach!
April 30: B.L. Scholarship and Virginia George Book Awards
The winner of the Spring 2014 winner of the B.L. Wills Scholarship is Mitch Braget. There were also four winners of the Virginia George Inheritance Fund book award: Austin Braget, Karl Bauer, Hannah Bahnmiller, and Stephanie Schaub.
Dr. Rundquist with Mitch Braget.
Austin Braget, Hannah Bahnmiller, Stephanie Schaub, Mitch Braget, and Karl Bauer.
March 12: 2014 Scholarly Forum Poster Session
Geography was well represented at the UND School of Graduate Studies' Scholarly Forum March 11-12, 2014. There were posters by UND Geography undergraduates, graduates, and faculty. Congratulations to all those who participated.
Undergraduate student, Shafiq Khan.
Graduate student, David Wiosna.
March 5: ND View Scholarship winners
A 3-member review panel awarded the 2014 North Dakota View to four students:
- Mitchell Braget, undergraduate student in the UND Department of Geography
- Nicholas Kludt, M.S. student in the UND Department of Biology
- Mohammad Molla, Ph.D. student in the NDSU Department of Construction
Management and Engineering - Dasuni Ranapathi Arachchige, M.S. student in the UND Department of
Geography
Nick, Mitch, and Dasuni.
Mohammad.
