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Updated: May 21, 2012
CURRENT ACTIVITIES - Fall 2012
AUGUST
August 31 - Annual Departmental Welcome and Faculty-Student Introductions - EST 260 at 3 pm.
Recent Activities - Spring 2012 and prior semesters.
MAY
May 12 - Undergraduate Student Commencement Ceremony, Diddle Arena at 2 pm.
May 11 - Graduate Student Commencement Ceremony, Diddle Arena at 5 pm.
May 4 - M.S. Geoscience graduate student Melissa Cary presents her thesis research:
Making Music Sustainable: The Case of Marketing Summer Jamband Music Festivals in
the US, 2010 EST 260 at 3 pm.
M.S. Geoscience graduate student Sarah Arpin presents her thesis research: Hydrogeology of the Haney Limestone, South-Central Kentucky. EST 260 at 3:30 pm.
APRIL
April 26 - Annual Departmental Honors and Awards Night - EST Lobby and 260 at 5 pm - all invited.
April 20 - Dr. Grant Harley, University of Tennessee (Knoxville) presents: Tree Growth Dynamics, Fire History, and Fire-Climate Relationships in an Endangered Subtropical Ecosystem. EST 260 at 3 pm.
April 19 - John Gordon (Meteorologist-in-Charge) and Ted Funk (Science Officer), National Weather Service, Louisvlle, present: The March 2, 2012, Tornado Outbreak, and Careers in NWS - 2:20 pm in EST 337.
April 17 - Ashley Littell Hitt, GISP, from Connected Nation, presents: Careers in GIS in IE 301 at 12:45 pm.
April 16 - Dr. Royhan Gani, University of New Orleans, presents: Tectonics and Human Evolution in EST 349 at 9:10 am.
April 12 - Dr. L. Michael Trapasso presents: Big Game Parks of South Africa - Far Away Places at Barnes & Noble, 7 pm.
April 6 - M.S. Geoscience graduate student Celia Davis presents her thesis research:
An Examination of White-Nose Syndrome Occurrence and Dispersal Patterns: Temporal-spatial
Evaluation of an Emerging Pathogen - EST 260 at 3 pm.
MARCH
March 23 - Dr. Carl Bolster, USDA-ARS Animal Waste Management Research Unit, Bowling
Green, presents: Evaluation of the Kentucky Phosphorus Index and Potential Ways to Improve it. EST 260 at 3 pm.
March 16 - Dr. Faisal Hossain, Tennessee Technological University, presents: Promoting the Value of Water Cycle Remote Sensing Missions (SWOT and GPM) and Climate
Studies to Non-Traditional Consumers - EST 260 at 3 pm.
March 15 - Dr. Nahid Gani, University of New Orleans, presents: Uplift and Incision of the Ethiopian Plateau, East Africa - EST 349 at 4 pm.
FEBRUARY
February 10 - Dr. Chris Groves presents: "Mineral Weathering and Atmospheric CO2 in China" - EST 260 at 3 pm
JANUARY
January 27 - Dr. John All presents: "Expedition to the Summit of Everest" - EST 260 at 3 pm
DECEMBER
December 16-17 - Commencement Ceremonies
December 9 - Sami Almudaris presents his thesis research: Measuring Accessibility to Primary Care Physicians in the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical
Area - EST 260 at 3 pm.
December 2 - Dr. Darren Purcell, Oklahoma State University, presents: A Laughing Matter: Humor and Geopolitics - EST 260 at 3 pm. All invited.
NOVEMBER
November 28 - Chris Blinn presents his M.S. thesis research: Creation of a Spatial Decision Support System as a Risk Assessment Tool Based on Kentucky Tornado Climatology from 1950-2010. EST 349 at 2 pm.
November 11 - Sean Vanderhoff presents his M.S. Geoscience thesis research: Multiple Storm Event Impacts on Epikarst Storage and Transport of Organic Soil Amendments
in South-central Kentucky.
Laura Benneyworth presents her M.S. Geoscience thesis research: Distribution of Trace Elements in Cumberland River Basin Reservoir Sediments. EST 260 - 3 pm
OCTOBER
October 28 - Dr. Stuart Foster presents: A Perspective on Climate: The View from the Front Porch - EST 260 at 3 pm - all invited.
October 14 - Dr. L. Michael Trapasso presents: The Rise and Fall of a Confederate State Capital: The Civil War in Bowling Green, Kentucky - EST 260 - all invited.
October 22 - Annual Homecoming Cookout and Get-together - Look for the Geog/Geol tent on the lawn from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm.
SEPTEMBER
September 9 - Annual Departmental Welcome and Faculty-Student Introductions - EST
260 at 3 pm.
September 23 - Margaret Crowder presents: Cultural and Environmental Observations from a First-time Visit to China. Liang Chen (Visiting Researcher from China) presents: Evaluation of Dynamically Downscaled Climate over the southeastern U.S.
MAY
May 5 - Annual Departmental Honors Night - all invited. Refreshments in EST lobby at 5 pm, with awards program commencing at 5:20 pm in EST 260.
APRIL
April 29 - Samantha Kramer presents her thesis research: Determining the Ion-Exchange Mechanism of Strontium into a Niobium-Doped Titanosilicate. EST 260 at 3 pm.
April 15 - Dan Nolfi presents his thesis research: National Park Service Cave and Karst Resources Management Case Study: Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, and Nate Oris presents his thesis research: Spatial Analysis of Fatal Automobile Accidents in Kentucky from 2001-2009. EST 260 at 3 pm.
April 1 - Josh Gilliland presents his thesis research: An Analysis of High-Wind Events from Post-Tropical Cyclones during 1951-2009. EST 260 at 3 pm.
MARCH
March 18 - Scott Dobler, Kentucky Geographical Alliance, presents: Coping with the Budget and Education Crisis - Geoactivism. EST 260 at 3:00 pm.
FEBRUARY
February 18 - Kortney Craft presents her thesis research: Economic Impacts of Drought on Kentucky Corn, Hay, and Soybeans. EST 260 at 3:00 pm.
February 4 - Dr. P. Grady Dixon, Mississippi State climatologist, presents: Using GIS and spatial statistics objectively to identify tornado risk areas. EST 260 at 3:00 pm
DECEMBER
December 3 - Elizabeth Robb presents her thesis research: Farmers' Markets in Kentucky: A Geospatial, Statistical, and Cultural Analysis. EST 260 at 3:00 pm
December 3 - Dr. Kay Gandy presents: Cultural Vignettes from Geoscience Research. EST 260 at 3:30 pm.
NOVEMBER
November 19 - Brandon Porter presents his thesis research: An Application and Refinement of the Karst Disturbance Index Through Evaluating Variability
in Island Karst Disturbance in Puerto Rico. EST 260 at 3:00 pm
November 19 - Ben Miller presents his thesis research: The Hydrology of the Carroll Cave –Toronto Springs System. EST 260 at 3:30 pm.
November 13 - Kentucky Academic of Science student/faculty presentations - check online for program information.
November 5 - Ann Epperson presents her thesis research - Internet GIS as a Historic Place-Making Tool for Mammoth Cave National Park. EST 260 at 3 pm.
OCTOBER
October 30th - Annual Homecoming Tent - Campus South Lawn - 11 am to 2 pm (food and
soda provided) - see you there.
October 22 - Jon Hall presents his thesis research: Geographic factors of residential burglary: A case study of Nashville, TN. EST 260 @ 3 pm.
October 1 - Faculty and staff present: Travel Abroad and other Field Opportunities. EST 349 at 3 pm
SEPTEMBER
September 17 - Students from the Geology Program present examples of summer research
programs, including Semester at Sea, REU, and other experiences. EST 260 @ 3 pm.
September 10 - Professor Chen Weihai, Institute for Karst Geology, Guilin, China,
presents: China's Tiankeng: The World's Largest Sinkholes." EST 349 at 1:15 pm - all invited.
September 3 - Annual Departmental Welcome and faculty/student introductions - EST
260 at 3 pm. Everyone welcome.
MAY 2010
May 6 - Annual Departmental Honors Night - all invited. Refreshments in EST lobby at 5 pm, with awards program commencing at 5:20 pm in EST 260.
APRIL
April 30 - Erin Greunke presents her Master's thesis research: The GLOBAL Project: Observing Geographic Literacy Obtained by Study Abroad Learning. EST 260 at 3 pm.
April 2 - Dr. Jason Polk, Assistant Professor of Geography, presents: Clues from Karst: Implications Regarding Climate Change, Land Use, and Water Resources. EST 260 at 3 pm.
MARCH
March 19 - MS Graduate Student Scot Russell presents his thesis research: Geophysical Investigation of Fresh Water Occurrence in the Line Hole Well Field, San Salvador Island, The Bahamas. EST 260 at 3 pm.
FEBRUARY
February 19 - MS Graduate student Chrissie Hollon presents Altering Perspectives of Life and Water, A Student Study Tour of China's Yunnan Province
Karst Region, followed by a video titled Hidden Waters and Dragons in the Deep: The Freshwater Crisis in China's Karst Regions. EST 260 at 3 pm.
February 5 - Bob Ward, Chief of Science and Resources Management at Mammoth Cave National
Park, and Dr. Rick Toomey, Director of the Mammoth Cave Center for Science and Learning,
present a few Mammoth Cave programs and general research opportunities. EST 260 at
3 pm
DECEMBER 2009
December 4 - MS Geoscience graduate student Matthew Brunt presents his thesis research:
Before the Park: Creating an Historic GIS of Mammoth Cave Area Communities, 1920. EST 260 at 3 pm.
December 1 - Dave Cooper from the "Mountaintop Removal Roadshow" leads a discussion
on controversial coal-mining techniques in Kentucky. EST 260 at 4 pm.
NOVEMBER
November 14 - Annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science and joint meeting
of the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists - Nothern Kentucky University.
November 7 - Annual departmental alumni Homecoming celebration - our tent is in front
of Bates-Runner Hall along the Avenue of Champions, 1 pm to 4 pm. Food and beverages
provided.
November 6 - MS Geoscience graduate student Brian Ham presents his thesis research:
Using Conservation and Biological Tracers to Better Understand the Transport of Agricultural
Contaminants in the Epikarstic Zone. EST 260 at 3 pm - everyone invited.
OCTOBER
October 30 - Dr. Matt Nee (Department of Chemistry) presents: Snow and Marine Impacts on Tropospheric Conditions: Assessing the Reactions That Happen
at Earth's Wet Surfaces. EST 260 at 3 pm. All welcome.
October 16 - Shwu-Jing Jeng presents her graduate thesis research: Geographic Information System Analysis of Changing Demographic Patterns and Ethnic
Restaurant Location in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1940-2005. EST 260 at 3 pm.
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.
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 2008
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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