GSO Newsletter
GSO Newsletter
Spring 2010
This newsletter highlights some of the contributions our members
have provided to the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife over the
last semester.FW Spring GraduatesGSO SymposiumSpring PicnicNew
Officers of 2010-2011Available positions
Please join me in welcoming the new Executive board:President:
Emily Johnston Treasurer: Tammy OttoVice President: Brian Langseth
Secretary: Jody SimoesThere are a few vacated positions that we are
looking to fill. If you are interested in one of these positions,
please contact the listed person or a member of the E-board.COGS
representative: Marisa ([email protected])Safety Officer: Emily
([email protected])Curriculum Committee: Sherry
([email protected])Graduate Committee: Brian
([email protected])Graduate Employees Union Rep: Ralph
([email protected])Fundraising Committee: Heidi
([email protected])Alumni Committee: Emily
([email protected])Social Media Coordinator: Emily
([email protected])Graduate Advisory Committee: Andrea
([email protected])
This years spring picnic was a big hit. Along with good food,
friends and weather, there was an invigorating game of volleyball
to display the many talents of the FW department. The total cost
for the picnic was under $400 and about $200 was raised in the
raffle. Thanks to the picnic committee for making it happen.This
years symposium was another great success. Twenty-four graduate
students presented talks and posters to approximately 147
participants. Congratulations are due to this years winners (from
left to right): Robert Montgomery (completed research), Kim Peters
(proposed research), and Isis Kuczaj (poster). Thanks to all the
judges, presenters and organizers for another great year!
SpotlightThis spring, the GSO spotlight committee worked hard to
publish another wonderful volume of Spotlight. This magazine is a
great tool through which our department can showcase our diverse
research and outreach activities and stay connected to the Michigan
community. Congratulations to this years FW spring graduates!
Masters: DoctorateRobyn Bailey Sarah HamerIvan Orlic Nicholas
ReoRalph Tingley IIIMatthew Wesener
GSO Newsletter
Spring 2010
Seminar SeriesUndergraduate ActivitiesMember AwardsThanks to the
hard work of the Outreach Committee, about 350 community members
were able to view The End of the Line. This educational documentary
highlights the impact that overfishing has had on our oceans. The
Outreach Committee organized three well-attended showings of this
film, on a department, campus-wide and community level.
Community Outreach
Wed like to THANK the following seminar speakers for enriching
the department with their diversity of topics. Lori Sargent (MDNR,
Wildlife), Cheryl Pell (MSU) and Bret Muter (MSU), Bill Bowerman
(USFW, Clemson University), Kara Stevens (MSU), Terence Marsh (MSU)
and Kim Scribner (MSU), Asli Aslan Yilmaz (MSU), Steven Cooke
(Carleton Univ. Canada), Meredith Gore (MSU), Jen Owen (MSU),
Janice Siegford (MSU), Doug Bruggeman (MSU Visiting Prof.), Graham
Hickling (Univ. Tennessee), Pete Butchko (USDA)If anyone has
speaker suggestions for the fall semester, please contact one of
the seminar committee members: Marc Verhougstraete
([email protected]), Shikha Singh ([email protected]), or Ralph
Tingley III ([email protected])We have worked this past year to
strengthen the ties between the GSO and the undergraduate FW club.
We have worked together on events like the Red Cedar River
clean-up, Meet-a-Grad video series, and the FW undergraduate club
vs. FW grads soccer game pictured above. We are lucky to have such
a dedicated and active group of undergrads to learn from and
interact with. You can check out what they have been up to at their
new and improved website: www.msu.edu/~fwclub/index.html
Thanks also to Dr. Sarah Hamer for running another mist-netting
morning at Rose Lake and introducing more undergrads, grads and
community members to the beauty and the science of
mist-netting.
This spring we had the second annual Graduate Student Honors
Recognition Social. This event , organized by Sharon Reasoner,
highlighted the remarkable achievements of some of our graduate
students. Attached is a digital copy of the Awards Ceremony
program. Take a look and congratulate some of our spectacular
students. AccountingBalance at start of Spring semester:
$1002.24Current balance: $1577.60Travel Grant AwardeesThis spring,
the GSO awarded a travel grant to Kara Stevens, to offset her
expenses to attend the American Association of Geographers Annual
Meeting. Congratulations Kara!GSO Newsletter
Spring 2010
As always, a BIG THANKS to the dues paying members of
2009-2010Dusty ArsnoeStacie AuvenshineRobyn BaileyAaron BergerCory
BrantLaura ClausArthur CooperKatie DroschaYen DuongDiana
DziekanCarly EakinEmi FergusSarah HamerTiffanie Hamilton Shauna
HanischJan-Michael HessenauerCorrine HigleyMichelle Jacques Andrea
Jaeger-MiehlsEmily JohnstonChristopher JordanJessica KahlerIsis
KuczajBrian LangsethJ.P. LawrenceDaniel Linden
Abigail LynchEric MacMillanSherry MartinKevin McDonnellTrevor
MeckleyRebecca Mercader (Berngartt)Kyle MoltonRobert MontgomeryBret
MuterJared MyersEmily NortonClint OttoTammy OttoKim PetersMarisa
RinkusBen SchmittJody SimoesShikha SinghKiira SiitariKara
StevensRalph TingleyJeff WhiteMarty WilliamsHeidi ZiegenmeyerChiara
Zuccarino-Crowe
