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IceagesoverthepastewmillionyearscausedglacierstoexpandandsealevelstodropintermittentlyexposingasectionoseaoorbetweeneasternRussiaandnorthwestAlaskathatbecametheBeringLandBridge.Thisservedasamigrationrouteorhumansanimalsandplants.IthadasignicantimpactonthebiologyoNorthAmerica.NMUbiologyproessorKurtGalbreathhasreceiveda225000NationalScienceFoundationgranttoundhisroleinacollaborativestudyonpatternsobiologicaldiversityestablishedoverthecourseotheseclimaticchanges.HeandtwoNMUstudentscompletedeldworkinCanadasYukonandNorthwestTerritorieslastsummer.TheywerejoinedbyEricHobergchiecuratorattheU.S.NationalParasiteCollection.FuturestudieswithcolleaguesromotherinstitutionsareplannedorSiberiatheGreatLakesregionandelsewhereinCanada.TheoverallgoalsaretoexplorehowmammalsparasitesandplantsaredistributedacrosstheNorthAmericanlandscapeandthehistoricalprocessesthatassembledtheseecologicalcommunities.NorthernResearchJuniorMackenzieMyerswasawardedrstplaceoraworkooriginalctionatthe2013SigmaTauDeltaInternationalConventioninPortlandOre.AwritingmajorromAlansonshewona600prizeouto116ctionsubmissionsorTheLawoMotiondealingwithissuesokarmarelationshipsandstereotypes.GraduatestudentBrianPrice12BSwaselected2013-14nationalpresidentorthePublicRelationsStudentSocietyoAmericaagroupo11000members.TheNegauneenativewillpresideoverallnationalcommit-teemeetingssupervisethePRSSAnationalconerenceandadvisenationalcommitteemembersonpoliciesandprocedures.SeniorBrendanSolinskywasoneoonly12studentsnationwideselectedtoexhibittheirworkattheInter-nationalContemporaryFurnitureFairICFFinNewYorkCity.HeisaurnituredesignmajorromTucsonAriz.HisexhibitpieceTableChairisdesignedorasmallspaceandcanserveaseitheratableorachair.MakinganameforthemselvesAnewonlineNMUFoundationScholar-shipapplicationprocessdevelopedbyacollaborationoNMUdepartmentswasnamedanexcellentmodeloefciencybyUniversityBusinessMagazine.Awebapplicationmatchesstudentsprolestoscholarshipselectioncriteriaandallowsstudentstotrackthestatusotheirapplication.Processingtimewasreducedby88percentandthenumberoapplicationssubmittedhasincreasedby36percent.AWildcatathleticteamthatsetthebarhighin2012-13waswomensswimminganddivingHeidiVoigtearnedthe2012-13GreatLakesIntercollegiateAthleticConerenceGLIACCoachotheYear.Theteamnished3rdatthe2013GLIACChampionshipsand20thattheNCAAChampionships.StudentsnamedAll-AmericanwereMollyKearneydivingMadisenSechenabreaststrokeIMGabyAlzagabackstrokeandCrystalBennetbutterfy.