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Dissertation Proposal Defense Notice: Vasily Tolmanov

Tue, February 4, 2025 11:30 AM at GEO Rm. 105 and Zoom

tolmanov-vasya-profile.jpgA doctoral dissertation proposal defense is scheduled for Vasily Tolmanov on the following date and time:

Title: "Long-Term Spatial and Temporal Behavior of the Active Layer in Northern Alaska"​

Day and Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Time: 11:30 a.m. (ET)

Location: Geography Bldg. room 120 or via Zoom Webinar

A copy of the proposal can be obtained by emailing Vasily Tolmanov at tolmanov@msu.edu.

The defense will consist of two steps:

First step

Members of the Department (including faculty, students and staff) are invited to join an uninterrupted presentation by the student summarizing the dissertation proposal, and a subsequent questioning session. The session will be moderated by the advisor.

Second step

The Advisor and Guidance Committee will ask questions in the second stage of this session.

Faculty, graduate students and other non-committee members (e.g., family and friends) CANNOT attend the second questioning stage.

Guidance Committee:

  • Fritz Nelson, Chair
  • Nathan Moore, Co-Chair
  • Julie Winkler
  • Nikolay Shiklomanov, Geography & Environment, George Washington University