Laura Judge given outstanding senior award |
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Laura Judge was given the 2012 outstanding graduating senior award. During her time at Northern, she was an Environmental Science major and later added a Spanish major after she was inspired by an immersion-based semester abroad in Cusco, Peru. Learn more about Laura and her involvement while at NMU. |
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| Geography department reorganized |
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 Four NMU Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences students and some faculty presented their research at the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographer's annual meeting, hosted by DePaul University in Chicago. Hillary Tahtinen placed second in the poster competition. Watch the video documenting their experiences at the meeting. |
The geography program is now known as the Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences (EEGS) department. There are now four available majors: earth science, environmental science, environmental studies and sustainability, and geomatics. 
Susy Ziegler was recently named department head of the Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences department. She studies changes in northern forests of eastern North America. A new research interest of hers is biodiversity and conservation in the boreal forests in the Upper Great Lakes region and Scandinavia. Read her 
As part of his work in GC337 (computer cartography), Anthony Gerzetich put up new and improved trial maps out at the Blueberry Ridge cross country ski trails (Sands Township, Marquette) as a service to the local skiers. The map is available for 
