2022 Archives
Spring Semester 2022 Begins
Monday, January 10, 2022 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Spring Semester 2022 Begins
Martin Luther King Day Observed - No Classes
Monday, January 17, 2022 at Michigan State University
Martin Luther King Day Observed - No Classes
Triple G Colloquium Series: Dr. Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
Friday, January 21, 2022 4:00 PM at Virtual
Join us for our first Triple G Colloquium event for the Spring Semester as we welcome Dr. Gabrielle Wong-Parodi from Stanford University. Dr. Wong-Parodi will present her work on community and individual decision-making in response to climate hazards.
Quidders Talk: Ice-walled Lake Plain Distribution in Michigan
Friday, January 28, 2022 at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 126, East Lansing, MI 48824
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, January 28, at 4:00 PM, as John Esch presents the next QUIDDERS talk entitled, "Ice-walled Lake Plain Distribution in Michigan."
CERES Brown Bag Talk: Making and Unmaking a Mining City: The Historical Geography of Zonguldak
Friday, February 4, 2022 1:00 PM at Virtual
Join the MSU Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES) as they welcome first-year Geography Ph.D. student Mehmet Eroğlu for a presentation entitled "Making and Unmaking a Mining City: The Historical Geography of Zonguldak."
Triple G Colloquium Series | Big Data at a Planetary Scale: Earth vs. Mars | Dr. Tanya Harrison
Friday, February 4, 2022 at Virtual
Join us for our second Triple G Colloquium event for the Spring Semester as we welcome Dr. Tanya Harrison, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Planet Labs. She will present “Big Data at a Planetary Scale: Earth vs. Mars.”
CGCEO Spring Research Seminar | Geoffrey Henebry
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 1:00 PM at Virtual
Join the Center for Global Change and Earth Observation as they kick off their Spring Research Seminar Series. This first session of the semester will feature Geography professor Dr. Geoffrey Henebry. Dr. Henebry will share a presentation entitled "Observing Montane Agropastoralism Amidst Environmental Changes and Social Transitions: Scenes from Rural Kyrgyzstan." All are welcome.
Dissertation Proposal Defense Notice | Jonnell Sanciangco
Thursday, February 10, 2022 11:00 AM at Virtual
Ph.D. student Jonnell Sanciangco will defend his dissertation proposal entitled "Multi-Level Comprehensive Analysis of Mental Health Inpatient Cases in Michigan Over 19 Years (2000-2018)," on Thursday, February 10, 2022, beginning at 11:00 AM.
12th Annual Geography Graduate Student Presentation Competition
Friday, February 18, 2022 10:00 AM - Friday, February 18, 2022 12:00 PM at Virtual
The Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences and TripleG invite you to the 12th Annual Student Presentation Competition on February 18, 2022.
Quidders Talk: Banks v. the United States: Where Lake Michigan Shore Erosion, Science, and the Law Meet
Friday, February 18, 2022 4:00 PM at Geography Building, 673 Auditorium Road, Room 126, East Lansing, MI 48824
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, February 18, 2022, at 4:00 PM, as Grahame Larson presents the next QUIDDERS talk entitled, " Where Lake Michigan Shore Erosion, Science, and the Law Meet."
GEO Career Day & Job Fair
Friday, February 25, 2022 2:00 PM - Friday, February 25, 2022 4:00 PM at Virtual
Register for the MSU Geography Virtual Career Day and Job Fair.
Advancing Geography Through Diversity Program: Engaging Faculty and Staff
Thursday, March 3, 2022 11:30 AM at Virtual
Join us for an information session on engaging faculty and staff with the Advancing Geography through Diversity Program.
SWIG: Raising Awareness of Neurodiversity & Space
Friday, March 4, 2022 4:00 PM at Virtual
Join the MSU Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG) group, the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, the College of Social Science, and the Council of Graduate Students (COGS) for " Raising Awareness of Neurodiversity & Space."
Spring Break - No Classes
Monday, March 7, 2022 - Friday, March 11, 2022 at Spring Break - No Classes
Spring Break - No Classes
Dissertation Proposal Defense Notice: Herve Kashongwe
Friday, March 11, 2022 at Virtual
Herve Kashongwe will defend his dissertation proposal, " Remote sensing assessment of post-forest disturbance vegetation regrowth carbon storage, a focused study in Mai Ndombe province, Democratic Republic of the Congo," on Friday, March 11, 2022, beginning at 10:30 AM.
Quidders Talk: Cool, CALM, Collected. History and accomplishments of the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (C.A.L.M.) Program
Friday, March 18, 2022 3:00 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 126, East Lansing, MI 48824
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, March 18, 2022, at 4:00 PM, as Vasya Tolmanov, Raven Mitchell, and Fritz Nelson present the next QUIDDERS talk entitled, " Cool, CALM, Collected. History and accomplishments of the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (C.A.L.M.) Program."
Dissertation Defense Notice: Cheyenne Lei
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:00 AM at Virtual and In-Person
Cheyenne Lei will defend her dissertation, "The Analysis of Albedo on Agricultural Ecosystems: Impact Assessment for Climate and Global Warming Potential," on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, beginning at 10:00 AM.
Triple G Colloquium | Understanding Intersectionality: Overlapping Burdens | Jieun Lee
Friday, March 25, 2022 3:00 PM at Virtual
Join us for our final Triple G Colloquium event for the 2022 Spring Semester as we welcome Jieun Lee is an Assistant Professor at the University of Northern Colorado. She is also an alumna of MSU. Dr. Lee will present "Understanding Intersectionality: Overlapping Burdens--Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Class, and Health Disparities."
Dissertation Defense Notice: Jen Fry
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 11:00 AM at Virtual
Jen Fry will defend her doctoral dissertation, "Black, Set, Spike: The Racial Experiences of Professional Black Volleyball Players in Europe," on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, beginning at 12:00 PM.
Quidders Talk: Post-socialist Changes in Romania's Physical Environment as Reflected in Land Use
Friday, April 1, 2022 at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 126, East Lansing, MI 48824
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, April 1, 2022, at 4:00 PM as Igor Sirodoev presents "Post-socialist Changes in Romania's Physical Environment as Reflected in Land Use."
Proposal Defense Notice: Donald Akanga
Monday, April 4, 2022 12:00 PM at Virtual
Ph.D. student Donald Akanga will defend his dissertation proposal entitled "Interconnections between land cover change, climate variability, and livelihoods in the Greater Mau Forest Complex, Kenya."
CGCEO Seminar | The Great Urban Transition: Landscape and Environmental Changes from Siberia, Shanghai to Saigon | Dr. Peilei Fan
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Virtual
Join the MSU Center for Global Change and Earth Observations for their next session of the CGCEO Research Seminar Series as they welcome CGCEO Interim Director Dr. Peilei Fan. Dr. Fan will present "The Great Urban Transition: Landscape and Environmental Changes from Siberia, Shanghai to Saigon."
Quidders Talk: Geoarchaeological Evidence from Western Michigan for the Construction, Use, and Abandonment of Late Prehistoric Storage Pits
Friday, April 8, 2022 3:00 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 126, East Lansing, MI 48824
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, April 8, 2022, at 4:00 PM, as Mike Hambacher presents the next QUIDDERS talk entitled, "Geoarchaeological Evidence from Western Michigan for the Construction, Use, and Abandonment of Late Prehistoric Storage Pits."
Thesis Defense Notice: Lucas Rabins
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 1:00 PM at Virtual and GEO Building, Rm. 126
Lucas Rabins will defend his thesis "Using Existing Infrastructure as Ground Control to Support Citizen Science Coastal UAS Monitoring Programs" on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, beginning at 2:00 PM.
Thesis Defense Notice: Brittany Hartley
Friday, April 15, 2022 9:00 AM at Virtual and GEO Building, Rm. 126
Brittany Hartley will defend her thesis “Temporal linkages between nearshore bathymetry, shore ice morphology, and geomorphic change along a cold-climate coastline” on Friday, April 15, 2022, at 10:00 AM.
Dissertation Defense Notice: William "BJ" Baule
Friday, April 15, 2022 1:00 PM at Virtual and Geography Building, Rm. 105
William "BJ" Baule will defend his dissertation "Climatic Variability and Change in the Midwestern United States: Implications for Nitrogen Leaching in Agricultural Systems" on Friday, April 15, 2022, beginning at 2:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense Notice: Laura Medwid
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 12:30 PM at Virtual
Laura Medwid will defend her doctoral dissertation “Water Access as an Environmental Justice Issue: How Race and Income is Associated with Water Access across Space” on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at 1:30 PM.
Dissertation Defense Notice - Yachen Xie
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 7:00 AM at Virtual
Yachen Xie will defend his doctoral dissertation "The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Assessments of Carbon Neutral Efforts" on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, beginning at 8:00 AM.
Quidders Talk: The "Latest" on Glacial Lake Roscommon: A Vast and Complex Paleolake in North-central Lower Michigan
Friday, April 29, 2022 3:15 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 126, East Lansing, MI 48824
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, April 29, 2022, at 4:15 PM, as Randy Schaetzl and Chris Baish present the next QUIDDERS talk entitled, "The "Latest" on Glacial Lake Roscommon: A Vast and Complex Paleolake in North-central Lower Michigan."
Dissertation Proposal Defense Notice - Myung Cho
Monday, May 2, 2022 8:30 AM at Virtual
Ph.D. student Myung Cho will defend his dissertation proposal "Characterizing Multi-scaled Impacts of Hydro-dams on Ecosystems and Society in Southeast Asia" on Monday, May 2, 2022, at 9:30 AM.
Spring Commencements
Thursday, May 5, 2022 11:00 PM - Saturday, May 7, 2022 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
Spring Commencements
Thesis Defense Notice: Michelle Bullock
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 10:00 AM at Hybrid: GEO Rm. 126 or Virtual
Michelle Bullock will defend her thesis “Mapping Aid Efforts in East Pakistan after the Great Cyclone of 1970” on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, beginning at 11:00 AM.
Summer 2022 Full Session and Session One Begins
Sunday, May 15, 2022 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
The 2022 Full Summer Session and Summer Session One begins.
Lecture: Do Crises Offer Opportunities for Transformative Change? | Dr. Oghenekaro Nelson Odume
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 12:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for a lecture by Dr. Oghenekaro Nelson Odume entitled "Do crises offer opportunities for transformative change? An analysis and reflection on the Cape Town water crisis and the South African response to the COVID-19 Pandemic."
Dissertation Defense Notice - Kevin McKeehan
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at Geography Building, Rm 126 or Virtual
Kevin McKeehan, will defend his doctoral dissertation “The Geography and Recent Activity of Lake Michigan’s Coastal Sand Dunes” on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 1:00 PM.
Holiday - University Closed
Sunday, May 29, 2022 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
Holiday - University Closed
Holiday - University Closed
Sunday, July 3, 2022 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
Holiday - University Closed
Summer Session Two Begins
Monday, July 4, 2022 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
Summer Session Two begins.
Dissertation Defense Notice - Myung Sik Cho
Friday, July 8, 2022 10:00 AM at Virtual
Myung Sik Cho, will defend his doctoral dissertation "Characterizing Multi-Scaled Impacts of Hydro-Dams on Ecosystems and Society in Southeast Asia" on Friday, July 8, 2022, beginning at 11 AM.
Thesis Defense Notice: Megan Castro
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:00 AM at Hybrid: GEO Rm 126 and Zoom
Megan Castro will defend her thesis "Documenting the geomorphic impacts of high lake level on freshwater coastal wetlands using topobathymetric surveys: A case study from Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron" on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, beginning at 10:00 AM.
Thesis Defense Notice: Joey Seitz
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 9:00 AM at Virtual
Joey Seitz will defend his thesis "Observations of atmospheric turbulence during a low-intensity surface fire" on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, beginning at 10:00 AM.
Oral Comprehensive Examination Notice: Veda Hawkins
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 9:00 AM at Virtual
Veda Hawkins will take her oral comprehensive examination on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, beginning at 10 AM.
Fall Classes Begin
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
Fall Classes Begin
Holiday - University Closed
Sunday, September 4, 2022 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
Holiday - University Closed
(POSTPONED) Quidders Talk: The Dynamics of Great Lakes Beach-ridge Formation and Implications for Paleo-environmental Assessment of a Migrating Strandplain, SW Lake Michigan
Thursday, September 15, 2022 11:00 PM at
DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE CHECK BACK SOON FOR A NEW DATE AND TIME. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
Triple G Colloquium | Insights from 10 Years of Energy Access Research in Africa | Dr. Pam Jagger
Friday, September 16, 2022 3:00 PM at Snyder Hall Rm. C301
Join us for our first Triple G Colloquium event for the Fall Semester as we welcome Professor Pam Jagger from the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. Dr Jagger will present "Insights from 10 Years of Energy Access Research in Africa."
Introduction to QGIS: Make a color shaded map
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:00 PM - Wednesday, September 21, 2022 4:30 PM at In Person (MSU Map Library, 2 East) or Online
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 shapefiles and .csv table files into QGIS, join data to spatial information and edit features.
MSU GIS Users Meet Up (In Person)
Thursday, September 22, 2022 2:30 PM - Thursday, September 22, 2022 3:30 PM at MSU Map Library (Main Library: 2 East)
Come visit with other MSU community members who are using GIS in their teaching, research and jobs! We will be discussing any issues, projects and topics that community members want to bring to the meet-up.
2nd Annual MSU Geography Alumni Golf Outing
Friday, September 23, 2022 7:30 AM at Wheatfield Valley Golf Course
You're invited to the 2nd Annual Golf Outing hosted by the MSU Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences Alumni Advisory Board at Wheatfield Valley in Williamston.
Dissertation Proposal Defense Notice - Donald Akanga
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 1:00 PM at Virtual
Donald Akanga will defend his dissertation proposal on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at 2:00 PM.
Introduction to ArcGIS Online
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 3:00 PM - Wednesday, October 5, 2022 4:30 PM at In Person (MSU Map Library, 2 East) or Online
n this workshop, participants will learn the basics of ArcGIS Online, a simple browser-based tool for making maps with data. Because this tool is browser-based and requires no software to be installed, has built-in datasets, and is easy to use, it provides the capacity to create mapping data projects and share them on the web very quickly.
Quidders Talk: Adventures in the Land of the Kyrgyz: Mountain Landscapes, Vertical Transhumance and Many Cups of Kumis
Friday, October 7, 2022 3:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, October 7, 2022 at 4:00 PM, as Dr. Geoff Henebry from the MSU Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences presents the next QUIDDERS talk entitled, " Adventures in the Land of the Kyrgyz: Mountain Landscapes, Vertical Transhumance and Many Cups of Kumis."
Triple G Colloquium | A Critical Journey into the Critical Zone and the Water Balance | Dr. Allen G. Hunt
Friday, October 14, 2022 3:00 PM at Virtual
Join us for our second Triple G Colloquium event for the Fall Semester as we welcome Dr. Allen G. Hunt from Wright State University. Dr. Hunt will present "A Critical Journey into the Critical Zone and the Water Balance."
Fall Break - No Classes
Sunday, October 23, 2022 11:00 PM - Sunday, October 23, 2022 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
Fall Break - No classes on Monday, October 24, 2022, and Tuesday, October 25, 2022.
MSU Online Professional GIS Certificate Courses | Session 662 Begins October 24
Sunday, October 23, 2022 11:00 PM at Virtual
The next session of the Online Geography (onGEO) Professional Certificate Program offered by the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University begins on October 24, 2022.
Fall Break - No Classes
Monday, October 24, 2022 11:00 PM - Monday, October 24, 2022 11:00 PM at Michigan State University
Fall Break - No classes on Monday, October 24, 2022, and Tuesday, October 25, 2022.
Gathering spatial data with survey and field collection tools
Thursday, October 27, 2022 3:00 PM - Thursday, October 27, 2022 4:00 PM at In Person (MSU Map Library, 2 East) or Online
There are a growing number of useful applications that let you collect spatial data via the web and in the field, either on a community level or via your own inputs. This workshop will demonstrate two of these options: the open-source Kobo Toolbox and ESRI’s Survey123. The demonstration will cover how to access these tools, what you should be aware of when you use them, what kinds of data they produce and how to integrate that within your own GIS.
Quidders Talk: Loess and Dust in Permian Pangaea
Friday, October 28, 2022 at Virtual
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, October 28, 2022 at 4:00 PM, as Dr. Lynn Soreghan from the University of Oklahoma, School of Geosciences presents “Loess and dust in Permian Pangaea.”
Quidders Talk: Revisiting Patterns in the Sand: Investigating 40 Years of Sandy Beach Geomorphic Change in Eastern Lake Michigan
Friday, November 11, 2022 4:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, November 11, 2022, at 4:00 PM, as Nate Penrod, a graduate student in the MSU Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, presents “Revisiting Patterns in the Sand: Investigating 40 Years of Sandy Beach Geomorphic Change in Eastern Lake Michigan.”
Dissertation Defense Notice - Cordelia Martin-Ikpe
Monday, November 14, 2022 12:00 PM at Virtual
Cordelia Martin-Ikpe, will defend her doctoral dissertation "Separate and Unequal: A Spatially Comprehensive Analysis of Black-white Hypertension Disparities Across The U. S." on Monday, November 14, 2022, beginning at 12 PM.
Celebrating Geography Awareness Week: An Evening with Julie Mehretu
Monday, November 14, 2022 7:00 PM - Monday, November 14, 2022 8:30 PM at MSU Business College Complex, 632 Bogue Street, Rm N130, East Lansing, MI 48824
Mark your calendar and plan to join us during the 35th Annual Geography Awareness Week for "Decolonialism and the Political Landscape in Visual Practice, a discussion with Julie Mehretu."
Dissertation Defense Notice - Pietro Sciusco
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 12:00 PM - Tuesday, November 15, 2022 2:00 PM at Virtual
Pietro Sciusco will defend his doctoral dissertation "Global Warming Impacts of Landscape Mosaic in Southwestern Michigan: A Cross-Scale Assessment of Climate Regulations of Albedo and Net Ecosystem Exchange" on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, beginning at 12:00 PM.
GIS Day | MSU GIS Users Conference
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 9:00 AM - Wednesday, November 16, 2022 3:00 PM at Hybrid
Please join the Michigan State University GIS Users Group for a celebration of GIS Day.
Geography Awareness Week | Triple G Colloquium | Whither the Global Arctic? | Dr. Mia Bennett
Friday, November 18, 2022 4:00 PM at Virtual
Wrap up Geography Awareness Week by joining us for our final Triple G Colloquium session of the Fall Semester as we welcome Dr. Mia Bennett from the University of Washington as she presents "Whither the Global Arctic?"
Dissertation Defense Notice - Kionna Henderson
Monday, November 28, 2022 12:00 PM - Monday, November 28, 2022 3:00 PM at Virtual
Kionna Henderson will defend her doctoral dissertation "Multi-Scale Impacts of the Flint Water Crisis on Maternal Health Disparities" on Monday, November 28, 2022, beginning at 12:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense Notice - Jiang Chang
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 9:00 AM - Wednesday, November 30, 2022 11:00 AM at Virtual
Jiang Chang, will defend his doctoral dissertation "The underprivileged and displacement: Gentrification in Hong Kong, 1986 to 2016" on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, beginning at 9:00 AM.
Quidders Talk: Glacial Geology of Lake Michigan Lobe in Ottawa and Allegan Counties: New Data and Insights into Subsurface Stratigraphy and Events
Friday, December 2, 2022 4:00 PM at Hybrid | Zoom in GEO Rm. 126
Join the Quaternary Landscapes Research Group (QLRG) on Friday, December 2, 2022, at 4:00 PM, as Dr. Pat Colgan from the Department of Geology at Grand Valley State University presents “Glacial geology of Lake Michigan lobe in Ottawa and Allegan Counties: New data and insights into subsurface stratigraphy and events.”
Final Exams
Monday, December 12, 2022 12:00 AM - Friday, December 16, 2022 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Final Exams
Commencements
Friday, December 16, 2022 12:00 AM - Saturday, December 17, 2022 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Commencements
Holiday - University Closed
Friday, December 23, 2022 12:00 AM - Tuesday, January 3, 2023 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Holiday - University Closed