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Awards and Recognitions
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2008-09 Graduates |
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Andrew Fraase, BS |
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Katie M. Gussiaas, BS |
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Eric Gwost, BS |
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Jonathan Knacke, BS |
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Amanda Kobberdahl, BS |
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Shawn Koltes, BS |
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Krista Lundgren, BS |
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Franklin Michael, BS |
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Matthew Poole, BS |
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Patrick Ullery, BS |
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Christina Hargiss, Ph.D. |
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Andrea M. Travnicek, Ph.D. |
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Jerome Billups, Natural Resources Management, was awarded the Veterans Upward Bound Achievers award at the
TRiO
Day annual celebration banquet on April 15, 2009. The Veterans Upward Bound Achiever award goes to those students who not only excel in their academic studies, go above and beyond student activities, but are role models to veterans who are students at NDSU.
The Veterans Upward Bound programs fill a special need in American higher education. In 1972, Veterans Upward Bound was created to provide a foundation of academic skills to military veterans that are preparing for post-secondary education. Today's Veterans Upward Bound projects continue their leadership in the traditional areas of service, while also embracing new technological teaching tools. Another feature of Veterans Upward Bound is an emphasis on outreach, taking the services to veterans that live in rural, remote areas of the Dakotas. Outreach also means that Veterans Upward Bound is deeply involved in veteran and civic communities.
Pictured are Sarah Barnes, Criminal Justice, Jerome Billups, Natural Resources Management, and standing in back Bruce Steele, Associate Director, TRiO Program, and Ph.D. Candidate in Natural Resources Management. During the
TRiO
Day celebration banquet on April 15, Sarah and Jerome were recognized as Veterans Upward Bound Achievers. Jerome is a prior Veterans Upward Bound student and is currently a Work Study student at Veterans Upward Bound. He is also a 2008 Gunkleman Award nominee at NDSU.
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NDSU's Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta held their Annual Banquet and Induction Ceremony on April 16, 2009. Dr. Carolyn Grygiel, Director, Natural Resources Management, was presented with the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award. Dr. Grygiel and Robert Kupec, Graduate student in Natural Resources Management were both inducted into the Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture.
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Dr. Carolyn E. Grygiel |
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Robert Kupec |
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Congratulations to the following NRM undergraduate students who made the Fall 2008 Dean’s List.
To be eligible for inclusion on the Dean’s List for any given semester, a student must have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.50 during that term while completing at least 12 semester hours (nine hours during the summer)in graded coursework using grades that carry honor points. The student may not have any grades of Incomplete for the semester. The Dean’s List is only maintained for undergraduate students and professional (Pharm.D.) students.
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Jason Brunell |
Michael A. Czeczok |
Patrick J. Hoolihan |
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Shawn Koltes |
Krystal K. Leidholm |
Daniel K. Margarit |
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Scott A. Mitchell |
Christopher J. Olson |
Amy R. Oster |
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Matthew W. Puntney |
Michelle J. Solga |
Kylee A. Stang |
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Not Pictured: Jennifer J. Linn and Robert D. Zastre.
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Congratulations Dr. Grygiel! |
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Carolyn Grygiel, Ph.D., MBA., CPRM, Director of the Natural Resources Management Interdisciplinary Program, was awarded the William J. and Angelyn A. Austin Advising Award by the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources.
This annual award recognizes the contributions of faculty who have demonstrated excellence in the advising of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources.
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Congratulations Christina! |
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Christina Hargiss, Phd Candidate in the Natural Resources Management Program in the School of Natural Resource Sciences at North Dakota State University, was awarded 1st place in the graduate student oral paper competition at the Society for Range Management’s 62nd annual meeting held in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 8-12, 2009. Ms. Hargiss’s paper was entitled: Three Tiered Wetland Condition Assessment Using a Probabilistic Design. She competed among 12 students from the USA and Canada presenting papers on their research. She will be awarded $200 generously provided by Dow AgroSciences. The abstract of Christina’s entry follows:
Wetland Condition Assessment of the Missouri Coteau using a Probabilistic Design Christina L.M. Hargiss, Edward S. DeKeyser, Donald R. Kirby, and Michael J. Ell
We assessed wetland condition based on plant community integrity in a designated area of the Missouri Coteau in central North Dakota using a probabilistic sampling design. Four sampling models were applied to wetlands in the study area: 1) Level 1 - geographic information system-based Landscape Wetland Condition Analysis Model (LWCAM); 2) Level 2 - North Dakota Rapid Assessment Method (NDRAM); 3) Level 3 - vegetative-based Index of Plant Community Integrity (IPCI); and 4) the Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) model. Results from testing approximately 975 wetlands using the four sampling procedures found a variety of land uses and vegetation characteristics were present in the study area. Results from the IPCI were compared to those found using the NDRAM, HGM, and LWCAM Models. The NDRAM and LWCAM differed in precision in determining wetland condition when compared to the IPCI. Wetlands were rated as higher functioning with the HGM model as compared to the IPCI. To determine the overall condition of the area, results of the Models’ were considered individually and correlated. Our results showed that wetland condition was based on land use, while topography was the main factor affecting land use and consequent wetland condition. Repeat assessment of this study area can indicate the trend of wetland plant community integrity in relation to the present and future predominant land practices.Information from this study can also be used to estimate wetland condition across other areas of the Missouri Coteau and can be used as a model for determining appropriate wetland sampling methods for other areas of the Prairie Pothole Region. |
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Sarah Braaten, NRM, received a grant from the Fargo Chapters of the Philanthropic Educational Organization's Program for Continuing Education. This program was established to provide grants to women whose education has been interrupted and who have returned to school to support themselves or their family. Read the entire article in the January 14, 2009, "It's Happening at State". |
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Jessica Meissner, a NDSU Junior majoring in Natural Resources Management was able to travel to England this past January. Jessica enjoyed the countryside of England and worked on a farm in Cornwall. She joined a walking club that enabled her to take in the beautiful country of northern England. |
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Congratulations Mario! |
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Mario Biondini, professor in the School of Natural Resource Sciences, has developed a three-dimensional model that helps determine how much water plant root systems will absorb. He has been invited to give a presentation and lead a discussion on this research at the Council of Scientific Society Presidents national meeting on Dec. 7, in Washington, D.C. The title of his talk is “Why are Plant Roots Designed the Way They Are?”
Biondini’s research offers additional insights on more accurately predicting how much water plants absorb through their root systems. His research improves upon what is known as the West, Brown, and Enquist (WBE) model for scaling laws in biological networks. The model predicts how closed systems will uptake water. Although it is useful to evaluate closed systems, the model does not offer an optimum way to predict water uptake in open systems such as plant root systems.
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In his research, Biondini used data from 1,759 plants in 77 herbaceous plant species to test his model. Such modeling includes taking into account the resistance to water flow inside the root system (longitudinal flow), as well as the water coming into the root system (transversal flow). An accurate model such as the one developed by Biondini provides an important tool for consideration in sustainable agricultural practices. The model 3DMIPS is used to investigate links between biological diversity, nutrient cycling, nutrient retention, water quality, productivity, stability and sustainability of natural and managed ecosystems.
Biondini used NDSU’s Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) in the development of his model. “CHPC resources have been invaluable since implementations of the model required large memory and disc storage as well as high execution speeds for both its three-dimensional nature and the fine spatial grain needed to model water and nutrient flows at the root surface level,” Biondini said.
Biondini also had information from his project featured in a national impact article that was published on the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Web site. Stacy Kish wrote the article titled “Scientists Model the Scaling Laws of Water Uptake by Plant Roots.”
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service National Research Initiative provided funding for Biondini’s research. The Council of Scientific Society Presidents is an organization of presidents, presidents-elect, and recent past presidents of about 60 scientific federations and societies whose combined membership numbers more than 1.4 million scientists and science educators. The council provides an opportunity for scientists and science and math educators to convene in a multidisciplinary forum for engaging in lively dialogue with invited speakers from government, academe and industry. (Article reprinted, with permission, from "It's Happening at State, November 19, 2008) |
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Carl Pedersen, NRM MS Graduate Student and North Dakota State University Extension Service energy educator, is the North Dakota Association for Communication Excellence, 2008 communicator of the year. A luncheon will be held in Pedersen's honor at noon Nov. 3 in the NDSU Memorial Union's Hidatsa Room. Click here for more information. |
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Nancy Hodur, NRM PhD student and a research scientist in the NDSU Department of Agribusiness & Applied Economics, received the Gamma Sigma Delta Distinguished Graduate Student in Agriculture award. Gamma Sigma Delta is the honor society for agriculture and seeks to encourage high standards of scholarship and worthy achievements in all branches of the agricultural and related sciences as well as a high degree of excellence in the practice of agricultural pursuits. |
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Brian Kalk (NRM PhD, 2006) was elected in November to serve on the N.D. Public Service Commission. The three-member Commission regulates energy, communications, railroads and grain elevators. |
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2008 Graduates |
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Brandon Biwer , BS |
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Bradley Fettig, BS |
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Steven VanSickle, BS |
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Daniel Thorstad, BS |
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Travis Almquist, MS |
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Jesse Beckers, MS |
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Kendall Goltz, MS |
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Nurlan Isaev, MS |
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Ruth Lewis, MS |
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Jack E. Norland, PhD |
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Breanna Paradeis, MS |
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George Watland, MS |
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