2020 Archives
Oral Comp Notice: D. Wanyama
Monday, January 6, 2020 11:00 AM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824
Mr. Dan Wanyama will take his oral comprehensive examination.
Proposal Defense Notice: R. Paudel
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 9:00 AM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824
Mr. Rajiv Paudel will present and defend his dissertation proposal. Title: Analyzing Household vulnerability to food insecurity in Southern Mali
Dissertation Proposal Notice: BJ Baule
Friday, January 17, 2020 1:00 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824
Mr. B.J. Baule will present and defend his dissertation proposal. Title: Climatic Variability and Change in the Midwestern United States: Implications for Nitrogen Loss and Management in Agricultural Systems
Oral Comp Notice: J. Sanciangco
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 9:30 AM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824
Mr. Jonnell Sanciangco will take his oral comprehensive examination.
QUIDDERS Presents Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG)
Friday, January 24, 2020 4:00 PM at
Dissertation Proposal Notice: K. Redican
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 2:30 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824
Mr. Kyle Redican will present and defend his dissertation proposal. Title: KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS, EFFECTIVE EXTERNAL LINKAGES, AND SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT COMPLIANCE
Quidders Presents Dr. Raechel Portelli
Friday, February 7, 2020 4:00 PM at Room 126 (Geography)
Join the Quidders as they present Dr. Raechel Portelli.
Triple G Colloquium Series Presents Dr. Julie Winkler
Friday, February 14, 2020 3:30 PM at Snyder Hall - 362 Bogue Street, Room C20, East Lansing, Michigan
Join the Triple G Colloquium Series as they welcome Dr. Julie Winkler.
SWIG Presents Lunch with Dr. Rick Sadler
Thursday, February 20, 2020 11:30 AM - Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:30 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 129, East Lansing, MI 48824
Please Join SWIG in Welcoming Dr. Rick Sadler on Thursday, February 20, 2020. Dr. Sadler recently published an article with Dr. Amber Pearson on the relationship between neighborhood vacancy and mental health outcomes in Flint, Michigan.
Geography Career Day and Job Fair - Resume Critique
Friday, February 21, 2020 2:00 PM - Friday, February 21, 2020 4:30 PM at Erickson Hall, Room 113
Geography Career Day & Job Fair and Resume Critique
Quidders Presents Dr. Patrick Colgan
Friday, February 21, 2020 4:00 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 126, East Lansing, MI 48824
Quidders Presents Dr. Patrick Colgan
Oral Comp Notice: P. HatamiBahmanBeiglou
Sunday, March 8, 2020 11:00 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 120, East Lansing, MI 48824
Mr. Pouyan HatamiBahmanBeiglou will take his oral comprehensive examination.
Oral Comp Notice: R. Zhang
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 12:00 PM at 509 E Circle Dr., Room 210, East Lansing, MI 48824
Ms. Rui Zhang will take her oral comprehensive examination.
Thesis Defense Notice: K. Wilcox
Friday, April 3, 2020 12:45 PM at Virtual
Ms. Kyeesha Wilcox will defend her thesis. Title: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS AND DIABETES, OBESITY AND LACK OF SLEEP OUTCOMES IN METROPOLITAN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Dissertation Defense: C. Gauthier-Hernandez
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 8:00 AM at Virtual
Ms. Cristina Gauthier-Hernandez will defend her thesis. Title: Dams in the Amazon: Social and Environmental Impacts on Basic Sanitation, People, and the Environment
Thesis Defense Notice: Y. Wang
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 9:00 AM at Virtual
Mr. Yuhao Wang will defend his thesis. Title: Land Use Land Cover Change And Driver Detection of Urban Land Expansion In Zhangye City, Northwest China
Thesis Defense Notice: K. Camacho
Thursday, April 16, 2020 9:00 AM at Virtual
Mr. Ken Camacho will defend his thesis. Title: SENTIMENT MAPPING: POINT PATTERN ANALYSIS OF SENTIMENT CLASSIFIED TWITTER DATA
Dissertation Defense Notice: J. Nikolic
Friday, April 17, 2020 12:00 PM at Virtual
Ms. Jovanka Nikolic will defend her dissertation. Title: Regional Climate Response to Land Use and Land Cover Change in Contiguous United States
Proposal Defense Notice: Z. Lin
Friday, May 1, 2020 1:00 PM at Virtual
Ms. Zihan Lin will present and defend her dissertation proposal. Title: Spatiotemporal modeling of dams and consequent impacts on the Mekong River Basin ecosystem.
Oral Comp Notice: L. Medwid
Monday, May 4, 2020 12:00 PM at Virtual
Ms. Laura Medwid will take her oral comprehensive examination.
Oral Comp Notice: Y. Xie
Friday, May 8, 2020 12:00 PM at Virtual
Mr. Yachen Xie will take his oral comprehensive examination.
onGEO Online Geography Courses This Summer!
Sunday, May 10, 2020 11:00 PM at http://ongeo.msu.edu/blog/news/ongeo-summer-courses/
Offering two 7-week long sessions of Undergraduate and Professional Certificate Courses over the summer.
Dissertation Defense Notice: L. Mungai
Thursday, July 16, 2020 9:00 AM at Virtual
Ms. Leah Mungai will defend her dissertation. Title: Multi-scale Sustainable Intensification (SI) of Small-holder Agriculture in Malawi
Thesis Defense Notice: M. Church
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 12:00 PM at Virtual
Ms. Michelle Church will defend her thesis. Title: SINGAPORE, MICHIGAN, A BURIED COASTAL GHOST TOWN: A GEOGRAPHICAL CASE STUDY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY MICHIGAN.
Thesis Defense Notice: C. Baish
Friday, July 24, 2020 11:00 AM at Virtual
Mr. Chris Baish will defend his thesis. Title: “Glossic Horizon Formation in Coarse-Loamy Bisequal Soils of Northeastern Lower Michigan”
Dissertation Defense Notice: D. Jordan
Thursday, July 30, 2020 1:00 PM at Virtual
Ms. Dee Jordan will defend her dissertation. Title: A RISK REDUCTION APPROACH TO TSETSE AND TRYPANOSOMIASIS CONTROL IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CASE STUDY: THE CANVAS METHOD
Proposal Defense Notice: P. Hatami
Friday, August 14, 2020 12:00 PM at Virtual
Mr. Pouyan Hatami will present and defend his dissertation proposal. Title: Applications of Machine Learning in Geospatial-Temporal Data Analysis
Oral Comp Notice: A. Rivera
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Virtual
Ms. Ana Rivera will take her oral comprehensive examination on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, starting at 10:00 AM.
Dissertation Defense Notice: R. Paudel
Thursday, August 27, 2020 at Virtual
Mr. Rajiv Paudel will defend his dissertation on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at 2:00 PM.
Fall Semester 2020 begins
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at
The Fall Semester begins Wednesday, September 2, 2020.
Colloquium: Erasing the Thin Blue Line: An Indigenous Proposal
Friday, September 18, 2020 3:00 PM - Friday, September 18, 2020 4:00 PM at Virtual
Join us for the first session of the Fall 2020 Triple-G Colloquium Series as we welcome Dr. Matthew L.M. Fletcher presenting "Erasing the Thin Blue Line: An Indigenous Proposal".
Triple G Colloquium – The White Unseen: Anti-Blackness in the Discipline of Geography
Friday, October 23, 2020 3:00 PM at Virtual
Join the MSU Geography Graduate Group (Triple G) for the second session of the Fall 2020 Triple G Colloquium Series. Dr. Aretina Rochelle Hamilton, Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Interlochen Center for the Arts will present “The White Unseen: Anti-Blackness in the Discipline of Geography.”
Triple G Colloquium – Anti-Asian Racism and COVID-19
Friday, November 20, 2020 4:00 PM at Virtual
Please join the MSU Geography Graduate Group (Triple G) on Friday, November 20, 2020, at 4:00 PM EST for our third and final virtual colloquium session this semester.
Oral Comp Notice: C. Martin-Ikpe
Monday, November 30, 2020 1:00 PM at Virtual
Ms. Cordelia Martin-Ikpe will take her oral comprehensive examination on Monday, November 30, 2020, starting at 1:00 pm via Zoom.
2021 Spring Semester Begins
Monday, January 11, 2021 at
The Spring Semester begins on January 11, 2021.