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Congratulations to our August 2009 graduates!
Undergraduates: James Edward Coleman
Graduates: Lynn Ferrara Brien Thesis: Geospatial technologies and privacy
Sam Lawrence Briuglio (non-thesis)
Lauren Michelle Childs Thesis: A New Orleans State of Crime: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Shifting Homicide Patterns in Post-Katrina New Orleans, LA
Jacquelyn Ann Marchand Thesis: Levees, Urbanization and Public Perception: Implications for Southeast Louisiana Wetlands
Kate Austin Woods (non-thesis)
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Geography Student receives UNO Latin American Studies Award
Undergraduate Steve Stevens was recently awarded a $600 study/travel grant by UNO Latin American Studies. Steve, whose focus is animal geographies, or human-animal interaction, utilized this award to travel to Ecuador in order to work with an Ecuadorian biologist. Steve performed over 100 hours of volunteer work at a wildlife rescue facility and was able to explore the physical and cultural geography of one the world’s most diverse countries.
Geography Student receives UNO Costa Rica Ambassador Award
Undergraduate Dylan Barr was recently awarded an Ambassador Award to assist on the UNO Costa Rica Summer Abroad Program, Summer 2009. While assisting faculty and students as fieldtrips were conducted around the country, Dylan was able to participate in horseback riding, canopy jumping, swimming in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and learning how to speak in Spanish with much more fluency. |
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Congratulations to our May 2009 graduates!
Undergraduates: Marco Labosterie Allain
Kevin Hoang Nguyen
Stuart Ponthier
Mark Leon Williams Jr. Graduates: Angela Pelkie Maki Thesis: Effects of Air Temperature and Lake Ice on Snowfall on the South Shore of Lake Superior
Brandie Shauntelle Mitchell Thesis: Trinkets Left By Katrina: How Changes to New Orleans’ Landscape Have Led to Personal Attachment
Jeffrey Joseph Varisco Thesis: Mulitemporal Imagery Based Analysis of Urban Land in St. Tammany Parish in Conjunction with Socioeconomic Data |