Upcoming Events

Thursday, November 19th at 3:30 in Rankin Science West 293

The Geography and Planning Speaker Series presents "BLUE RIDGE FOREVER: A Partnership to Preserve the North Carolina Mountains" by Richard Broadwell of Conservation Trust for North Carolina. Richard is a Land Protection Specialist in Boone.

Department News

	GIS Day was celebrated on November 18th with four speakers in the Geospatial Data and Technology class. We would like to extend a big thanks to graduate students Stephanie Smith, Jacob Turner, James Waynick and also to Jessica Brannock from the High Country Council of Governments.
	Dr. Jana Carp was recently recognized in the October 2009 issue of High Country Magazine for her work on the Kraut Creek Restoration project.
	Dr. Soulé is looking for a graduate student assistant for the 2010 - 11 academic year to work on his National Science Foundation-funded dendroecology project dealing with climate / atmospheric changes and western trees. The assistantship includes partial tuition funding for 2010 -11. Please contact Soulé at soulept@appstate.edu.
	Dr. Saskia van de Gevel was awarded the Wachovia Award for Environmental Research. The Wachovia Award recognizes significant contributions to environmental research by Appalachian faculty and/or graduate students and fosters environmental research with particular application to the Southern Appalachian region.
	Dr. Baker Perry is currently involved with other Appalachian Faculty in a project called AppalAIR (Appalachian Atmospheric Interdisciplinary Research). The team is monitoring air quality and atmospheric conditions at the highest point of campus behind the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center. Check out their website or see a video from the Appalachian Today site.
	The Bruce & Tom Shinn Native Plant Research Grant was awarded to our Graduate Student, Philip White, this grant is from the North Carolina Native Plant Society. Philip will submit an article to be published in Wildflower, The Journal of the N.C. Native Plant Society, upon completion of the project.
	The Cratis D. Williams Thesis Award for 2008 in Science and Technology was awarded to our Geography Graduate Student, Lauren Hunter and her Committee Chair, Dr. Chris Badurek, for her thesis titled "Integrating GIS and Geosensors to Support Sustainable Agriculture in a North Carolina Mountain Vineyard"