SEPTEMBER
September 11 - Dorien McGee, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, presents: How Mighty is the Microbe? Combining ?^13 C Surveys with Environmental Monitoring in Caves to Identify Microbial Sources of Dissolution.
EST 260 at 3 pm - everyone welcome
September 4 - Annual Departmental Welcome and faculty/student introductions - EST 260 at 3 pm. Everyone welcome.
RECENT ACTIVITIES - 2008-2009
MAY
May 4 - Dr. Lee Florea presents: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Groundwater Flow within the Rock Matrix and within Centimeter-Scale Macroporosity of the Biscayne Aquifer of Southeast Florida.
Department of Physics and Astronomy Seminar Series, TCCW 251 at 4 pm.
May 1 - Nathan "Jess" Cary presents his graduate thesis research: Bosnians on the Diaspora: A Comparison and Contrast of Bosnian Refugees in Bowling Green, KY, and Dublin, Ireland. EST 260 at 3 pm.
APRIL
April 30 - The 29th Annual Department of Geography and Geology Honors Night, EST 260 and lobby at 5 pm - all department majors, minors, friends, and family are encouraged to attend. Refreshments provided.
April 17 - Allison H. Ross presents her graduate thesis research: Modeling Stormwater Pollutant Transport in a Karst Region - Bowling Green, KY. EST 260 at 3 pm.
April 16 - Dr. Michael Trapasso presents Viking Voyages - 7 pm at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore (see announcement online.
April 3 - Christine McCoy, Manager of External Affairs, Coventa Energy, presents: Waste Not, Want Not: Managing Solid Waste to Mitigate Global Warming. EST 260 at 3 pm - everyone welcome.
MARCH
March 6 - Scott Dobler presents: Georeferencing Civil Air Patrol Photographs of the January 2009 Ice Storm: The Odyssey of a Spatial Sergeant and Teaching Geography is Fundamental:
Federal Legislation (HR 1240) - EST 260 at 3 pm.
FEBRUARY
February 27 - Pat Kambesis (Hoffman Assistant Director) and Ben Miller (Hoffman Graduate student) present: Research Reconnaisance in Haiti: Karst, Culture, and Cooperation. EST 260 at 3pm.
NOVEMBER
November 21 - James N. Otoo presents his thesis research: Suspended Sediment Transport Dynamics and Sediment Yields in relation to Watershed Characteristics, Upper Green River Basin, KY.
EST 260 at 3 pm.
November 19 - Dr David Keeling presents: Russia - part of Global Awareness Week at WKU. Helm Library 100 at 10 am. Everyone welcome!
November 7 - Ted Baker presents his thesis research: Water Quality Impacts from Agricultural Land-Use in the Karst Groundwater Basin of Qingmuguan, Chongqing, China. EST 260 at 3 pm.
OCTOBER
October 24 - Cari Bourette presents her thesis research: Tasting Chile: Using Archetypal Metaphor to Map Cultural Landscape by Sampling Restaurants in Five Chilean Cities. EST 260 at 3 pm.
October 16 - Dr David Keeling presents Cambodia at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore as part of the WKU Libraries Far Away Places Series, 7 pm.
October 10 - Julie Schenck Brown presents her thesis research: Atrazine Contamination and Suspended Sediment Transport within Logsdon River, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. EST 260 at 3 pm.
SEPTEMBER
September 26 - Dr. Lee Florea presents: Visualization of Groundwater Flow Within Touching-Vug and Matrix Porosity in an Eogenetic Karst Aquifer. EST 260 at 3pm.
September 12 - Geology faculty and students present: Summer Rocks: What I did on my summer vacation. EST 260 at 3 pm.
AUGUST
August 29 - Annual Fall welcome. All geoscience graduate students and undergraduate majors and minors in Geography and Geology are invited to meet the
faculty. EST 260. 3 pm.
August 25 - Fall 2008 semester classes begin (register online at topnet.wku.edu).
RECENT ACTIVITIES - 2007-2008
MAY
May 9/10: Join us as we celebrate our graduating seniors and Master's candidates
May 7 - Graduate student Gina Cesin presents her thesis research: Application of Electrical Resistivity and Microgravity to Locate Tunnels Aloing the U.S. - Mexico Border at Calexico.
EST 328 at 1 pm.
APRIL
April 23 - Student Honors Night - Join us at 5 pm in the EST Lobby for refreshments as we celebrate our graduating seniors and graduate students. Ceremonies begin at 5:30 pm
in EST 260. All are invited!.
April 17 - Chuck DeCroix, Mammoth Cave National Park, sponsored by the Green River Grotto, presents: Max Kamper and the Mammoth Cave Connection.
EST 337 at 7 pm.
April 17 - Alejandro Emperador and Javier Jerónimo of the Cuban Speleological Society present: Speleological Research in Cuba. EST 337 at 12:45 pm.
April 4 - Graduate student Nathan Rinehart presents his thesis research: Assessment of Natural Resource and Watershed Conditions at Little River
Canyon National Preserve, Alabama. EST 260 at 3 pm.
April 3 - Dr. Nico Goldscheider, Center for Hydrogeology, Université de Neuchatel, Switzerland, presents: Origin, Transport, and Monitoring of Microbial Contamination
of Karst Aquifers. EST 338 at 2:30 pm.
MARCH
March 21 - Dr. Lee Florea, USGS, presents: Studies in Eogenetic Karst. EST 260 at 3 pm.
FEBRUARY
February 29 - Dr. Marvin Russell, Former Dean of Ogden College, presents: Tornadoes in Kentucky with reference to Agricultural Communities.
EST 214A, 11:30 am to 12:20 pm. All invited.
February 15 - Graduate Student James Otoo presents: Groundwater Development in Africa. EST 260 at 3 pm.
February 1 - Dr. Kolson Schlosser presents: Environmental Security: Looking Back, Glancing Ahead. EST 260 at 3 pm. All invited.
JANUARY
January 22 - Spring classes begin - check out the new digital information screen outside EST 304!
DECEMBER
December 15 - Commencement, Diddle Arena at 10 am. Come and celebrate the success of our graduating seniors and graduate students.
NOVEMBER
November 30 - Dr. L. Michael Trapasso presents The Indian Ocean Tsunami Revisited. EST 260 at 3 pm. Open to the public.
November 29 - Dr. Chris Groves and Dr. JAK Njoku present: Following the Slave Trade Underground: Exploring Nigeria's Ancient Cave Temple Complex of Arochukwu.
FAC 248 (Morgan Seminar Room)at 12 noon.
November 16 - John Walker presents his graduate thesis research - Ground-Level Ozone Across Kentucky: Modeling and a Synoptic Analysis of
High Concentrations. EST 260 at 3 pm.
November 10 - Annual Alumni Homecoming Celebration - join us at the Department of Geography and Geology Tent on Saturday afternoon for bar-b-que and beverages.
November 8 - Dr. Chris Groves presents The Longest Cave in the World: Kentucky's Mammoth Cave Systems, WKU Libraries Kentucky Live Series, Barnes & Noble, 7:00 pm.
Open to the public.
OCTOBER
October 26 - Dr. Aaron Celestian presents - Radioactive Waste Separation and Discovering Ion Exchange Mechanisms, EST 260 at 3 pm.
October 12 - Dr. David J. Keeling, Department Head, presents - Mega-Geography: Connecting People and Places. EST 260 at 3pm. Everyone invited.
SEPTEMBER
September 28 - Dr. Andrew Wulff and selected Geology students present - "Summer Rocks! What I Did on my Summer "Vacation." - EST 260 at 3 pm. Open to everyone.
September 20 - Dr. David Keeling presents "The Sahara" - WKU Far Away Places series at Barnes and Noble bookstore. 7 pm.
AUGUST
August 31 - Annual Fall welcome. All geoscience graduate students and undergraduate majors and minors in Geography and Geology are invited to meet the
faculty. EST 260. 3 pm.
August 27 - Fall 2007 semester classes begin (register online at topnet.wku.edu).
PAST ACTIVITIES - 2006-2007
APRIL
April 27 - Graduate Student Juan Herrera Escobar presents his thesis research: Late Quaternary Geomorphic History of the Upper Green River - Inferred from
Alluvial Deposits. EST 260 at 3:00 pm.
April 26 - Annual Geography and Geology Student Honors Night - EST 260 at 6 pm. Refreshments provided. All invited.
April 26 - Graduate Student W. Mark Baldwin presents his thesis research: An Analysis of Key Aspects of Warm and Cool Season Flash Flooding in the Southern
Appalachians. EST 337 at 8:00 am.
April 24 - Graduate Student Ashley Littell presents her thesis research: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Observed Soil Moisture Data from Nebraska. EST 338 at 11 am.
April 20 - Graduate Student Johanna Kovarik presents her thesis research: Storm Response and Water Balance of Two Temperate Rainforest Karst Environments.
EST 260 at 3:00 pm.
April 15 - Ogden College Awards Ceremony, 3 pm Carrol Knicely Center, South Campus
April 6 - Graduate Student Caitlin Hager presents her thesis research: Excess Commuting in a Small Metropolitan Area: Bowling Green, Kentucky,
EST 260, 3 pm.
MARCH
March 30 - Annual Kentucky State Geography Bee finals - Knicely Center, 1 pm. Call Scott Dobler (270-745-7078) for details.
March 23 - Graduate Student Jim Chaney presents his thesis research: The Rise of an Hispanic Enclave in Davidson County. EST 260 at 3pm. All invited.
FEBRUARY
February 9 - Dr. Chris Groves, Hoffman Institute Director, presents: Karst Water Resource Challenges in Southwest China. EST 260 at 3 pm. All invited.
JANUARY
January 26 - Scott Dobler, Co-Coordinator of the Kentucky Geographical Alliance, presents Geoscience Education in Kentucky. EST 260 at 3 pm. All invited.
NOVEMBER
November 19-21 - Annual Southeastern Division of the AAG (SEDAAG) conference, Morgantown, West Virginia.
November 17 - Graduate Student Christina Henry presents her thesis research: Flash Flooding in Eastern Kentucky: An Analysis of the 3-4 August, 2004, Event.
EST 337 at 9 am. Everyone invited.
November 10 - Graduate Student Johnny Meredith presents his thesis research: Vadose Zone Hydrology in the Vicinity of Edna's Dome, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
Graduate Student Melissa Hendrickson presents her thesis research: The Influence of Organic Acid on the Dissolution Rate of Limestone: Northern Prince of
Wales Island, Alaska. EST 260 at 3 pm. All welcome.
November 9-10 - Kentucky Academy of Science, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky.
OCTOBER
October 28 - Homecoming on the WKU South Lawn - Look for the Geography and Geology Tent - we'll have Bar-b-que and beverages! 2-4 pm, South Lawn.
October 27 - Dr. L. Michael Trapasso presents: Easter Island: Not So Mysterious . EST 260 at 3 pm. Everyone is invited.
October 13 -- Dr. Alexander Klimchouk from the Ukrainian Institute of Speleology and Karstology presents: From Deep Seated Karst and Long Caves to High Mountain Karst and Deep Caves.
EST 260 at 3pm.
SEPTEMBER
September 29 -- John Broome presents his MS Thesis research - Computer Modeling of Karst Evolution. EST 260 at 3 pm. Everyone invited.
September 15 - Scotty Sharp presents his MS thesis research - Assessment of the Herbicide Atrazine within a Rural Drinking Water Source: Rough River Lake, Kentucky.
EST 260 at 3pm. Everyone invited!
September 1 - Annual Fall welcome. All geoscience graduate students and undergraduate majors and minors in Geography and Geology are invited to meet the
faculty. EST 260. 3 pm.
AUGUST
August 28 - Fall 2006 semester classes begin (register online at topnet.wku.edu).
JULY
July 14 - Graduate Student Sara Dalton presents her M.S. Thesis research, Strategies for reducing mosquito-borne disease vulnerability in equine populations:
A Kentucky case study. EST 260 at 1 pm - ALL invited.
RECENT ACTIVITIES - 2005-2006
MAY
May 13 - Commencement Ceremony for Graduating Seniors (Spring and Summer) - LT Smith Stadium, 7:30 pm.
May 12 - Special Graduation Ceremony for Master's students - 7:30 pm, Diddle Arena.
May 12 - Alena Bartosova, Illinois State Water Survet, presents: Modeling the Fox River Watershed. EST 260 at 3:30 pm. All Invited.
May 5 - Narcisa Pricope presents her M.S. Thesis research - Modeling Soil Erosion in the Upper Green River. EST 337 at 1 pm. All invited.
APRIL
April 23 - Ogden College Annual Honors Awards ceremony, Carroll Knicely Center, South Campus - 2pm (refreshments provided).
April 21 -- Daniel Reader presents his MS thesis research, Sustainability with Globalization: An Unsustainable Proposition?. EST 260 at 3 pm. Everyone
is invited.
April 12 -- Student Honors Night - Join as at 6 pm in EST Lobby for refreshments as we celebrate our graduating seniors and graduate students. Ceremonies begin at 6:15 pm
in EST 260. All are invited!.
MARCH
March 31 -- Annual State Geographic Bee, 1 pm at WKU South Campus. Sponsored by the National Geographic, the Kentucky Geographical Alliance, and WKU.
FEBRUARY
February 24 -- Glen Conner, Kentucky State Climatologist Emeritus, presents 156 Years of Weather Observations in Bowling Green. EST 260 at 3 pm.
All are invited.
February 10 - Dr. John All presents Land Use and Climate Variability in Chile. EST 260 at 3 pm. All Invited.
February 7 - The Student Conservation Association discusses "Internship Opportunities" for students with GIS and Environmental
experience. EST 422 at 1:00 pm.
JANUARY
January 27 - Dr. Stuart Foster and Dr. Rezaul Mahmood present - The Mesonet Project and its National Consequences. EST 260 at 3 pm. Everyone is invited!
January 23 -- Spring Term Classes Begin
January 2-20 -- Winter Term classes.
DECEMBER
December 7 -- Annual student and faculty Holiday lunch. EST 306 at 11:30 am. All geography and geology majors and minors invited.
December 2 -- Graduate Student Dasen Kendrick presents his Master's Thesis research, The Relationship Between Meteorological Patterns and Rural Ground Ozone Concentration.
EST 260, 3 pm. All welcome!
NOVEMBER
November 10 -- Graduate Student Joel Despain presents his Master's Thesis research, Hydrochemistry in an Alpine Karst System: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks,
California; and Andrea Croskrey presents her Master's Thesis research, Groundwater Sensitivity and Vulnerability Mapping in Kentucky using GIS. EST 260 at 3:40 pm. All Invited.
November 10-12 -- Annual Kentucky Academy of Science Conference, Richmond, Kentucky. Please see a faculty member for more information or visit the KAS website at:
http://kas.wku.edu/kas/meetinginfo.asp .
November 4 -- Ben Tobin presents his Master's Thesis research, Land Use and Cave Sedimentation in South-Central Kentucky. EST 260, 3 pm. All Invited!
OCTOBER
October 25 -- Dr. Elerly Hamilton-Smith, Professor of Cave and Karst Management, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia, presents: Thinking about Karst and World Heritage . EST 344 at 1 pm. All Invited.
October 20 -- Dr. David J. Keeling presents Tanzania! at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore, as part of the WKU Library Faraway Places Series, 7 pm. All Invited.
October 15 -- ANNUAL HOMECOMING! Visit the Geography and Geology Alumni Tent on South Lawn, 2 pm - 4 pm, before the game. Food and beverages provided.
SEPTEMBER
September 30 -- Dr. Chris Groves (Hoffman Institute), Dr. Carl Bolster (USDA), and Joe Meiman (Mammoth Cave), present Quantitative Evaluation of
Agricultural Land-Use and Karst Groundwater Resources. EST 260 at 3 pm. ALL INVITED!
September 21 -- Dr. John R. Marquart, Professor of Chemistry at Eastern Illinois University, presents Caves: Worlds within the World.
An Introduction to the Chemistry, Geology, and Ecology of Caves. Thompson Complex Center Wing Room 129 at 7:30 pm. Presented as part of the Nashville section
meeting of the ACS convened at WKU and hosted by the Department of Chemistry. ALL INVITED
September 16 -- Dr. Angél Fernández, Visiting Research Professor, University of Almería, Spain, presents Protecting the Giant Geode in Spain.
EST 260 at 3:00 pm. ALL INVITED
September 2 - Fall Welcome Meeting: Faculty and Student Introductions. EST 260 at 3:00 pm. ALL INVITED.
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