Seminar schedule

Join the geology, geography and environmental studies department for special lectures and presentations on a variety of topics in the geosciences.

• Time: 3:30 p.m.
• Location: North Hall 078
• Refreshments provided

2012-2013 Seminar Listing

Fall 2012 seminars

Monday, December 10 - Dr. Mark Bjelland, Gustavus Adolphus College, Geography Department
"Sustainable for Whom?  Density, Family Life, and Commuting in the Geenest City in the World"

Friday, December 7- Dr. Kevin Romig, Texas State University Geography Department
"Place, Community and the Way"

Tuesday, December 4 - Dr. Amy Potter, Louisiana State University Geography Department
"Towards a Transnational Newspaper Perspective: Barbuda Voice 1969-1974"

Friday, September 21 - Summer Research Students
"Awesome Research - Awesome Opportunity"

Friday, October 5 - Brian Blankenspoor
"GIS at the World Bank"

Friday, November 2 - Abigail Belford, Calvin College Alumnus
"Urban and Regional Planning: Sprawl, Slums, and Scholarship at the Grad Level"

Friday, November 9 - Gerry Van Kooten, Calvin College Geology Department
"World's Best Mineral Samples of the Dice Museum"

Friday, November 16 - Clarence Menninga
"The Botjes Miniature Planetarium, Driven and Regulated by a Chauncey Jerome Clock"

Thursday, November 29 - FYRES Students
"Research Presentations on Dune Research for the Fall 2012 Semester"

 

Past seminars

Spring 2012 seminars

Friday, May 4 - Uko Zylstra, Calvin College Biology Department
"Summary on Issues in Global Hunger and Food Security"

Thursday & Friday, April 19-20 - Martin Price, former CEO of ECHO
Earth Day presentations and/or meetings with students

Friday, April 13 - Tom Post, CRWRC
"Restoring Soil Fertility through the Use of Legume Cover Crops and Legume Trees" (This seminar will include case studies in sub-Saharan Africa and agroforestry.)

Friday, March 30 - Jenny Cairns, Calvin College Graduate (Completing M.S.@ Michigan State University)
"Food Security and Poverty Reduction in Africa: Small Farmers, Traditional Markets, and Food Crops."

Friday, March 9 - John Tiemstra, Calvin College Economics Department
"Examining the Locavores' Case "

Friday, February 17 - Jamie Skillen, Calvin College GEO Department
"The New U.S. Farm Bill"

Fall 2011 seminars

Friday, December 2 - Grace Miller, Indiana Wesleyan University Biology Department
"Life in the Soil: Conservation Farming with Green Manure and Cover Crops"

Friday, November 18th - Sheila Blackman, Grand Valley State University
"Rebuilding Agricultural Systems after the Demise of Industrial Monoculture: The Role of Seed Banks"

Tuesday, November 8 - Mitch Tuinstra, Purdue University Agronomist (Calvin Graduate)
"Challenge of Cereal Crop Improvement and Deployment in Africa"

Friday, October 28th - Dave Koetje, Calvin Biology Department
"What Do Transitions From Industrial Agriculture to Sustainable Food Systems Look Like?"

Tuesday, October 18th - Henk Aay, Calvin GEO Department
"Cultural Diplomacy via Film: Dutch Documentary Films Shown in the USA 1942 - 1974"

Tuesday, October 11th - Dave Dornbos, Calvin Biology Department
"Appropriateness of Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries"

Tuesday, October 4th - Uko Zylstra, Calvin Biology Department
"Sustainable Agriculture, Developing Countries, and Micah 6:8: Does Cambodia Need Our Food System or Do We Need Theirs?"