Conference tackles rock hard geography topics
UND hosted annual meeting for 150 faculty members and students.
Brandi Jewett
Issue date: 9/19/08 Section: News
On September 12 and 13, the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Great Plains-Rocky Mountains Division, held their annual conference on the UND campus.
The city of Grand Forks had not hosted the division conference since 1979, and welcomed professionals, professors, and both graduate and undergraduate students from 17 states and two Canadian provinces.
In all, around 150 individuals attended, with seven geography majors and five faculty members representing UND. Other students attended from Kansas State University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, South Dakota State University, the University of Wyoming, and even the United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs.
The meeting began Friday morning with attendees given the choice of attending one of three field trips.
The first field trip focused on the unique agriculture of the Red River Valley, and included a tour of Tri Campbell Farms, the North Dakota Mill - the only state-owned mill in the nation - and finally, of the American Crystal Sugar Company plant in East Grand Forks.
The concentration of the second field trip took participants to see the prehistoric glaciers' affect on the drift prairie region of the state. They got a chance to observe the impact of saline lakes on the surrounding environment, the formation of rivers and beach ridges, and the characteristics of the area tills.
Field Trip 3 consisted of the examination of Grand Forks after the 1997 flood. A presentation on the flood was given followed by a tour of the recently completed $413-million flood protection project.
An opening reception was held later that night, at the North Dakota Museum of Art, featuring keynote speaker, Professor John Agnew of UCLA and president of AAG.
Saturday gave geographers the opportunity to exhibit posters and presentations on various geography topics, such as graduate student Jordan Neau's "Success of Renaissance Zone Program in Northeastern North Dakota Communities." Participants as well as students could also compete in the Geography Bowl, a Jeopardy-style trivia game focused on geographical issues. UND took second place, edged out by the University of Wyoming.
The city of Grand Forks had not hosted the division conference since 1979, and welcomed professionals, professors, and both graduate and undergraduate students from 17 states and two Canadian provinces.
In all, around 150 individuals attended, with seven geography majors and five faculty members representing UND. Other students attended from Kansas State University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, South Dakota State University, the University of Wyoming, and even the United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs.
The meeting began Friday morning with attendees given the choice of attending one of three field trips.
The first field trip focused on the unique agriculture of the Red River Valley, and included a tour of Tri Campbell Farms, the North Dakota Mill - the only state-owned mill in the nation - and finally, of the American Crystal Sugar Company plant in East Grand Forks.
The concentration of the second field trip took participants to see the prehistoric glaciers' affect on the drift prairie region of the state. They got a chance to observe the impact of saline lakes on the surrounding environment, the formation of rivers and beach ridges, and the characteristics of the area tills.
Field Trip 3 consisted of the examination of Grand Forks after the 1997 flood. A presentation on the flood was given followed by a tour of the recently completed $413-million flood protection project.
An opening reception was held later that night, at the North Dakota Museum of Art, featuring keynote speaker, Professor John Agnew of UCLA and president of AAG.
Saturday gave geographers the opportunity to exhibit posters and presentations on various geography topics, such as graduate student Jordan Neau's "Success of Renaissance Zone Program in Northeastern North Dakota Communities." Participants as well as students could also compete in the Geography Bowl, a Jeopardy-style trivia game focused on geographical issues. UND took second place, edged out by the University of Wyoming.
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