2021 Archives
Martin Luther King Day Observed
Monday, January 18, 2021 12:00 AM at
Martin Luther King Day Observed
Triple G Colloquium Series: Carbon Cycle and Urban Ecology
Friday, January 29, 2021 4:00 PM at Virtual
Join the MSU Geography Graduate Group (Triple G) at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 29, 2021, as they kick off their Spring 2021 Colloquium series. The first colloquium session will feature Dr. Lucy R. Hutyra. Dr. Hutyra is an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University and her presentation will focus on the topic of the carbon cycle and urban ecology.
MSU Spring Career Days: Criminal Justice
Thursday, February 18, 2021 4:00 PM - Thursday, February 18, 2021 7:00 PM at Virtual
Spring Career Days are your chance to meet with potential employers to learn more about jobs and internships in the area of Criminal Justice.
MSU Spring Career Days: Accounting, Finance, and Supply Chain
Monday, February 22, 2021 4:00 PM - Monday, February 22, 2021 7:30 PM at Virtual
Spring Career Days are your chance to meet with potential employers to learn more about jobs and internships in the area of Accounting, Finance, and Supply Chain.
MSU Spring Career Days: IT, Computing, Technology, & GIS
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 4:00 PM - Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:30 PM at Virtual
Spring Career Days are your chance to meet with potential employers to learn more about jobs and internships in the areas of IT, Computing, Technology, and GIS. This event is open to all students.
Dissertation Defense Notice: J. Namanya
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 1:00 PM - Wednesday, February 24, 2021 4:00 PM at Virtual
Ms. Judith Namanya will defend her dissertation: Investigating Uganda’s High HIV Incidence Among Young Women in an Era of Widespread Gains in HIV Prevention and Treatment.
MSU Spring Career Days: Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Media & Professional Communications
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 4:00 PM - Wednesday, February 24, 2021 7:30 PM at Virtual
Spring Career Days are your chance to meet with potential employers to learn more about jobs and internships in the area of Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Media & Professional Communications.
MSU Spring Career Days: Human Services, Human Resources & Management
Thursday, February 25, 2021 4:00 PM - Thursday, February 25, 2021 7:30 PM at Virtual
Spring Career Days are your chance to meet with potential employers to learn more about jobs and internships in the area of MSU Spring Career Days: Human Services, Human Resources & Management.
Triple G Colloquium – Indigenous Geographies & Resistance
Friday, February 26, 2021 4:00 PM at Virtual
Join the Geography Graduate Group (Triple-G) for a Colloquium session featuring Dr. Deondre Smiles as he presents on the topic of Indigenous Geographies and Resistance.
Proposal Defense: Dan Wanyama
Friday, March 5, 2021 1:00 PM - Friday, February 5, 2021 3:00 PM at Virtual
Dan Wanyama will present and defend his dissertation proposal on March 5, 2021, at 1:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense Notice: Wei Liu
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 10:00 AM at Virtual
Wei Liu will defend her dissertation on March 10, 2021, at 10:00 AM.
Proposal Defense Notice: Laura Medwid
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 10:00 AM - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 12:00 PM at Virtual
Laura Medwid will defend her dissertation proposal "Water Access as an Environmental Justice Issue: How Race and Income is Associated with Water Access Across Space."
NASA LCLUC Central Asia Webinar Featuring Dr. Geoffrey Henebry
Thursday, March 25, 2021 10:00 AM at Virtual
Join the NASA LCLUC Central Asia Webinar Series as Dr. Geoffrey Henebry of the MSU Department of Geography, Environment, & Spatial Science and the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations presents "Understanding the Twin Challenges Facing Agropastoralism in Montane Central Asia: Environmental Change and Globalization".
Triple G Colloquium Series: Geospatial Analyses and Statistics
Friday, March 26, 2021 3:00 PM at Virtual
Join the Geography Graduate Group (Triple-G) for a Colloquium session featuring Dr. Eric Gilleland, Project Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research - Research Applications Laboratory (NCAR-RAL).
Dissertation Defense Notice: Qiong Zhang
Monday, March 29, 2021 12:00 PM at Virtual
Qiong Zhang will defend her dissertation "China’s Economic Development and Soft Target on Human Health: A Medical Geography Study of Haze Pollution Impacts on Maternal and Infant Health in Xianyang 2008-2016" on Monday, March 29, 2021, at 1:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense Notice - Nafiseh Haghtalab
Friday, April 2, 2021 1:00 PM - Friday, April 2, 2021 3:30 PM at Virtual
Nafiseh Haghtalab will defend her dissertation "Evaluating Climate Variability and Coupling Strength of Land-Atmosphere Interactions Across the Amazon Basin" on April 2, 2021, from 2:00-4:30 PM.
Proposal Defense Notice: Teng Zhang
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:30 PM at Virtual
Teng Zhang will defend his proposal "Mass Killings under a Magnifying Glass" on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at 1:30 PM.
Thesis Defense Notice: D. Wang
Friday, April 16, 2021 8:00 AM at Virtual
(Ting) Diane Wang will defend her thesis "The Climatology of Springtime Freeze Events in the Central and Eastern USA" on Friday, April 16, 2021, at 9:00 AM.
Dissertation Defense Notice - Pouyan Hatami
Monday, April 19, 2021 12:00 PM at Virtual
Pouyan Hatami will defend his dissertation “Geographic Applications of Knowledge-Rich Machine Learning Approaches in Spatiotemporal Data Analysis” on Monday, April 19, 2021, at 1:00 PM.
Thesis Defense Notice: Liz Spitzer
Thursday, April 22, 2021 at Virtual
Liz Spitzer will defend her thesis, “Assessing the drivers and spatiotemporal patterns of cohesive bluff retreat along the Michigan coast of Lake Michigan" on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 1:00 PM.
Spring Study Day - No Classes
Thursday, April 22, 2021 at Spring Study Day - No Classes
Spring Study Day - No Classes
Oral Comp Notice: Pietro Sciusco
Friday, May 14, 2021 at Virtual
Pietro Sciusco will take his oral comprehensive examination on Friday, May 14, 2021, at 9:30 AM.
Oral Comp Notice: Myung Sik Cho
Thursday, May 27, 2021 11:00 AM at Virtual
Myung Sik Cho will take his oral comprehensive examination on Thursday, May 27, 2021, at 12:00 PM.
Proposal Defense Notice: Rui Zhang
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 8:30 AM at Virtual
Rui Zhang will defend her dissertation proposal "An Agent-Based Model of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie for Informing Environmental Policies" on June 30, 2021, at 9:30 AM.
Proposal Defense Notice: Yachen Xie
Thursday, August 12, 2021 9:00 AM - Thursday, August 12, 2021 11:00 AM at Virtual
Yachen Xie will present and defend his dissertation proposal "The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Carbon Neutral Efforts" on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at 10:00 AM.
Oral Comp Notice: Jen Fry
Friday, August 20, 2021 11:00 AM at Virtual
Jen Fry will take her oral comprehensive examination on Friday, August 20, 2021, at 12:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense Notice: Ida Djenontin
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Virtual
Ida Djenontin will defend her dissertation, "Governance of People-centered Forest-Agricscapes Restoration in Malawi: Institutional and Modeling Approaches," on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 beginning at 10:00 AM.
Oral Comprehensive Exam Notice: Gabriela Shirkey
Friday, August 27, 2021 9:00 AM at Virtual
Gabriela Shirkey will take her oral comprehensive examination on Friday, August 27, 2021, at 10:00 AM.
College of Social Science Colloquium
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 8:00 AM - Tuesday, August 31, 2021 11:00 AM at Wells Hall
Attention Incoming First-Year Students! Learn what it means to be a social scientist, with information on majors you can pursue, student organizations, and much more! Free t-shirts and ice cream, plus other College of Social Science swag. Learn what it means to be a social scientist, with information on majors you can pursue, student organizations, and much more! Free t-shirts and ice cream, plus other College of Social Science swag.
Oral Comprehensive Exam Notice: Herve Kashongwe
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 1:00 PM at Virtual
Herve Kashongwe will take his oral comprehensive examination on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM.
Classes Begin
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
Fall classes begin Wednesday, September 1, 2021.
Holiday - University Closed
Sunday, September 5, 2021 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
College of Social Science Reorientation Event
Thursday, September 9, 2021 2:00 PM at 117 Berkey Hall
The College of Social Science is holding a Reorientation Event for returning students on Thursday, September 9, 2021, at 3:00 PM in Berkey Hall, Room 117.
A New Kind of Company Town: Extractive Industry and Security in the U.S.-Mexico Borderland | Triple G Colloquium
Friday, September 17, 2021 3:00 PM - Friday, September 17, 2021 4:00 PM at Virtual
Please join us on Friday, September 17, 2021, at 4:00 PM EST for the first talk of this 2021-2022 Triple G Colloquium Series. We are honored to have Dr. Scott Warren, cultural geographer, academic, and volunteer with humanitarian aid organizations at the Mexico-US border. The title of his presentation is "A New Kind of Company Town: Extractive Industry and Security in the U.S.-Mexico Borderland".
Learn QGIS: Making a Color Shaded Map in QGIS
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at Digital Scholarship Lab (Second floor of the west wing of the Main Library)
Learn the basics of QGIS, the free open source geospatial software—this workshop will demonstrate how to make a choropleth (color shaded) map and place graduated symbols representing data on it, load shape-files, and .csv table files into QGIS, join data to spatial information and edit features.
Proposal Defense Notice: Pietro Sciusco
Thursday, September 30, 2021 2:00 PM at Virtual
Pietro Sciusco will defend his dissertation proposal “Global Warming Impacts of a Managed Landscape in Southwestern Michigan: Biogeophysical and Biogeochemical Climate Regulations” on Thursday, September 30, 2021, at 3:00 PM.
Information Session: Graduate Study in Geography
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 3:00 PM - Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:00 PM at Virtual
Join the Geography Graduate Program Director for an overview of the applications and admissions process for MS and PhD programs in Geography at MSU.
Dissertation Defense Notice: Amanda Kreuze
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 8:00 AM - Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:00 AM at Virtual
Amanda Kreuze will defend her dissertation "The Toxic Truth: Environmental Justice and Environmental Health of Mothers and Children in Michigan" on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, beginning at 9:00 AM.
Introduction to ESRI StoryMaps and StoryMaps JS
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 3:00 PM - Wednesday, October 13, 2021 4:30 PM at Digital Scholarship Lab (Second floor of the west wing of the Main Library)
This workshop will be held in person and virtually. To attend in person, please come to the Digital Scholarship Lab in the Main Library on the second floor of the west wing.
Oral Comp. Notice: Kionna Henderson
Friday, October 15, 2021 at Virtual
Kionna Henderson will take her oral comprehensive examination on Friday, October 15, 2021, beginning at 10:00 AM.
High Points: The Historical Geography of Cannabis | Triple G Colloquium
Friday, October 22, 2021 3:00 PM - Friday, October 22, 2021 4:00 PM at Virtual
Join us on Friday, October 22, 2021, at 4:00 PM for another session of the 2021-22 Triple G Colloquium series as we welcome Dr. Barney Warf who will present “High Points: The Historical Geography of Cannabis.”
Student Fall Break
Sunday, October 24, 2021 - Monday, October 25, 2021 at Michigan State University
Student Fall Break
Monday, October 25, 2021 - Monday, October 25, 2021 at Michigan State University
MSU SWIG Program | Afghanistan: Security, Gender, and Development 2001-2021 with Dr. Jennifer Fluri
Friday, October 29, 2021 1:00 PM - Friday, October 29, 2021 2:30 PM at Virtual
Join the MSU Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG) group on October 29, 2021, at 2:00 PM as we welcome Dr. Jennifer Fluri who will present "Afghanistan: Security, Gender, and Development 2001-2021".
Quidders Talk: How the Mackinac Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet Affected Michigan's Landscapes
Friday, October 29, 2021 3:00 PM at Geography Building, Room 126
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, October 29, 2021, at 4:00 PM, as University Distinguished Professor Randall Schaetzl presents the next QUIDDERS talk entitled, "How the Mackinac Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet Affected Michigan's Landscapes."
GIS Research and Teaching Meet Up
Friday, November 5, 2021 1:30 PM - Friday, November 5, 2021 2:30 PM at MSU Map Library (Second floor of East Wing of Main Library)
Come visit with other MSU community members who are using GIS in their teaching and research! We will be discussing any issues, projects, and topics that community members want to bring to the meet-up. Questions about new GIS products, GIS method questions, strategies for teaching GIS are all possible topics of conversation. The goal of this event is to break through the usual disciplinary and departmental boundaries to have a conversation about GIS at MSU.
Quidders Talk: Zwischen Zeit und Ewigkeit: MSU Professor Dieter Brunnschweiler's lost manuscript "The Morphology of Altiplanation in Alaska"
Friday, November 5, 2021 3:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, November 5, 2021, at 4:00 PM, as Adjunct Professor Fritz Nelson with the MSU Geography Department presents the next QUIDDERS talk entitled, “Zwischen Zeit und Ewigkeit: MSU Professor Dieter Brunnschweiler's lost manuscript "The Morphology of Altiplanation in Alaska”.”
Dissertation Defense Notice - Xiaomeng Li
Monday, November 8, 2021 10:00 AM at Virtual
Xiaomeng Li will defend her doctoral dissertation, "Personal Service and Leisure Travel: Exploring Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Variability In the City Of Detroit and Its Suburbs," on Monday, November 8, 2021, beginning at 10:00 AM.
Dissertation Defense Notice: Dan Wanyama
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:00 AM at Virtual
Dan Wanyama, will defend his doctoral dissertation "Using The “Kite” Framework for Understanding Landscape Change and Improving East African Agricultural Systems Under Climate Change," on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
Information Session: Advancing Geography Through Diversity Program
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4:00 PM at Virtual
Join us on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 4:00 PM as we provide an overview of the MSU Advancing Geography Through Diversity Program.
GEO Club Meeting
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join the GEO Club on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 6:00 PM for its next meeting. The meeting will take place in the Geography Building in Rm. 126.
Proposal Defense Notice: Laura Medwid
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:00 AM at Virtual
Ph.D. student Laura Medwid will defend her dissertation proposal, "Water Access as an Environmental Justice Issue: How Race and Income is Associated with Water Access across Space,” on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at 11:00 AM.
MSU Spatial Data Management Team Celebrates GIS Day 2021
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1:00 PM - Wednesday, November 17, 2021 3:00 PM at Virtual
Join the MSU Spatial Data Management team in celebrating GIS Day!
Oral Comprehensive Examination Notice: Meicheng Shen
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1:00 PM at Virtual
Meicheng Shen will take her oral comprehensive examination on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, starting at 1:00 pm via Zoom.
3D Printing Terrain Elevation Maps (GIS Day Workshop)
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 4:00 PM - Wednesday, November 17, 2021 5:00 PM at Digital Scholarship Lab (Second floor of the west wing of the Main Library)
Celebrate GIS Day by learning to produce a 3D model of terrain elevation for printing on a 3D printer. We will learn about digital elevation models, where to find DEM data to create our printable export, and then use the QGIS plug-in DEMto3D to create a model. We will then edit and verify the model is ready for printing in Meshmixer.
Information Session: Social Science in Rome
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 5:00 PM at Virtual
Learn more about the MSU Study Abroad program Social Science in Rome.
Hidden Epidemics, Hidden People: HIV/AIDS, Black Queer Communities and Accounting for Missing Geographies | Triple G Colloquium
Friday, November 19, 2021 4:00 PM at Virtual
Join us on Friday, November 19, 2021, at 4:00 PM for another session of the 2021-22 Triple G Colloquium series as we welcome Dr. Aaron Mallory who will present "Hidden Epidemics, Hidden People: HIV/AIDS, Black Queer Communities and Accounting for Missing Geographies."
Holiday - University Closed
Thursday, November 25, 2021 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Holiday - University Closed
Friday, November 26, 2021 at Michigan State University
Proposal Defense Notice: Ana Rivera Rivera
Monday, November 29, 2021 2:00 PM at Virtual
Ana Rivera Rivera will defend her dissertation proposal, "Urban Heat Islands in Monterrey, Mexico: A Human-Environment Interaction Study," on Monday, November 29, 2021, beginning at 2:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense Notice - Zihan Lin
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 10:00 AM at Virtual
Zihan Lin will defend her doctoral dissertation, “Spatiotemporal modeling of dams and consequent impacts on the Mekong River Basin ecosystem,” on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, beginning at 10:00 AM.
MSU Museum presents Connecting Worldviews: Indigenous Cartography in the Americas
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 3:00 PM at Michigan State University Museum
Have you ever thought about what a map is supposed to look like? For most, a specific image might come to mind. Indigenous cartography in the Americas offers us another way of looking at the world that is rooted in a different tradition. Join the MSU Museum team on November 30 as they begin to explore what early indigenous cartography looked like and how mapping has been used across the Americas.
Dissertation Defense Notice - Kyle Redican
Friday, December 3, 2021 12:00 PM at Virtual
Kyle Redican will defend his dissertation, "Knowledge Spillovers and Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance," on Friday, December 3, 2021, beginning at 12:00 PM.
Quidders Talk: Base Level Fluctuations on the River Raisin and the Huron River 16,800 – 6,000 years ago: Some Fluvial Geomorphic Musings
Friday, December 3, 2021 4:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, December 3, 2021, at 4:00 PM, as Professor Emeritus David Lusch presents the next Quidders talk entitled, “Base Level Fluctuations on the River Raisin and the Huron River 16,800 – 6,000 years ago: Some Fluvial Geomorphic Musings.”
Dissertation Proposal Defense Notice - Kionna Henderson
Monday, December 6, 2021 10:00 AM at Virtual
Ph.D. student Kionna Henderson will defend her dissertation proposal, “Multi-scale impacts of the Flint Water Crisis on Maternal Health Disparities: A Dissertation Proposal,” on Monday, December 6, 2021, at 10:00 AM.
Proposal Defense Notice: Jen Fry
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 1:00 PM at Virtual
Ph.D. student Jen Fry will defend her dissertation proposal, “Black, Set, Spike: Racial Experiences of Professional Black Volleyball Players in Europe,” on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at 1:00 PM.
Final Exams
Monday, December 13, 2021 12:00 AM - Friday, December 17, 2021 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Fall Commencements
Friday, December 17, 2021 12:00 AM - Saturday, December 18, 2021 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Fall Commencements