UW-Eau Claire Geography and Anthropology 2020-2021 Newsletter

Geography and Anthropology Field Trips 51

Fluvial Processes and
Landforms (GEOG 364)
Field Trip Led by Dr. Doug
Faulkner.

Allie Karpenske, Drew Knecht, During this field trip, students in
Maddie Loeffler, Chelsea Moran, GEOG 364 (Fluvial Processes and
Jake Petri, Katie Richart, Renee Landforms) will investigate the
Sletten, Tabetha Stevens, Gillian Late Quaternary geomorphic
Streeter, Briar Striegel. history of the lower Chippewa
River as recorded by the fluvial
Pictures taken by Maddie Loeffler landforms and sedimentary
deposits that exist within its valley.
Photo taken by Prof. Faulkner of Geog 364 The lower Chippewa River (which
class at Jim Falls, Spring Semester 2021. extends from Jim Falls in Chippewa
County to the Mississippi River) is
the main focus of my research, and
I refer to it extensively in lecture to
introduce students to several
major themes and concepts in
fluvial geomorphology. This field
trip will provide students in the
class the opportunity to connect
course content with observations
made in the field. As fluvial
geomorphology is a field-based
science, making these connections
is a necessary part of developing a
full understanding of the discipline.

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Fall 2020 Field Seminar
(GEOG 368) led by
Dr. Cyril Wilson

Fall Semester 2020 Field
Seminar was conducted within
West Central Wisconsin and
included analysis of the region's
different physical, human-
environmental, economic, and
cultural geography.

The Fall 2020 Field Seminar class at Interstate State Park. Photo: Ezra Zeitler

Blog Entry from Day 7 of the Field Seminar, October 8th, 2020

For the last day of the trip we stayed within Eau Claire and surveyed the East Hill
Neighborhood. We were joined with Dr. Paul Kaldjian, another UWEC geography professor. The
class split into groups of two or three and took different sections of the neighborhood and
recorded the land cover of backyards of the homes in the area. The class was recording the
number of gardens in our selected sections of the neighborhood. We recorded the size of the
gardens that we observed and also if they were a vegetable garden or flower bed. Lastly, we also
recorded the species of new trees that were planted on our assigned streets. It was a great way
to end field seminar.

For more information on the Field Seminar visit:
https://uwecgeography368westwisconsin2020.weebly.com/

The Fall 2020 Field Seminar class at Levis-Trow Mounds Recreational Area. Photo: Ezra Zeitler

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Spring 2021 Field
Seminar (GEOG 368) led
by Dr. Paul Kaldjian.

With the rapidly changing and culturally
shifting socio-economies and
technologies of the last few decades,
much attention has been given to the
concept of community, its demise and
fragmentation, and what can be
done to build and strengthen it (consider Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone, 2000, and Peter
Block’s Community: The Structure of Belonging, 2008 & The Abundant Community, 2010). From
“senses of community” to “community development”, “imagined communities” to “communities
of practice”, from neighborhoods to nations, community has been examined from a wide range
of disciplinary perspectives: sociology, psychology, geography, political science, urban affairs,
planning, law, architecture, health, sustainability, and tourism, among numerous others.

Cutting across almost all these examinations of community is explicit and implicit recognition of
the geography inherent in community. This is seen in references to such things as space, place,
scale, landscape, and the natural and built environments. In Spring 2021, the Geography Field
Seminar examined the academic literature to identify, document, and acknowledge the myriad
ways in which a geographic perspective and awareness enhances an understanding of
community and efforts to build and support it. We then examined how geography supports
community in Eau Claire, WI.

Photo taken by Prof. Kaldjian of Geog 368 class with Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes in Eau
Claire, Spring Semester 2021. For more information on the Field Seminar visit:

https://uwecgeographyfield.wixsite.com/community2021

Graduation - Fall 54

2019 and Spring Graduation - Fall

2020 2020 and Spring

Bergevin, Logan – Environmental CM, BS 2021
Brown, Carter – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, BS
Christianson, Haley – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, Albert, Reilly - Environmental CM, BA
BS Becker, Lauren – Environmental CM, BA
Cotter, Andrew – Environmental CM, BS Brandt, Liam – Environmental CM, BS
Fialkowski, Andrew – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, Bushman, Hailee – Environmental CM, BA
BS Decker, Emily – Environmental CM, BS
Flath, Isaac – Geography Liberal Arts, Minor Dekker, Aaron – Environmental CM, BA
Girard, Samantha – Geography Liberal Arts, Minor Fehrenbach, Tatum – Environmental CM, BS
Hanson, Paige – Geography Liberal Arts, BA Fenske, Allison – Geography Liberal Arts, Minor
Hass, Caleb – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, BA Freeman, Luke – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, BS
Hendrickson, Mckenzie – Environmental CM, BA Fuerstenberg, Madeline – Geography Liberal Arts,
Hintz, Samuel – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, BS Minor
Huddock, Alexander - Environmental CM, BS Gestson, Brynn – Environmental CM, BA
Jerviss, Kelly – Environmental CM, BS Grong, Katie - Environmental CM, BS
Kangas, Megan – Environmental CM, BS Harvey, Jennifer – Geography Liberal Arts, Minor
Kittleson, Paul – Geography Liberal Arts, Minor Heyrman, Ryan – Geography Liberal Arts, BS
Kosel, Zachary – Geography Liberal Arts, BS Holterman, Luke – Geography Liberal Arts, BS
Limberg, Taylor – Environmental CM, BS Johnson, Nathan – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM,
Mangin, Matthew – Geography Liberal Arts, BS BS
McDonald, Ian – Geography Liberal Arts, BA Jones-Klausing, Makayla – Environmental CM, BA
Mcglauchlen, Tristan – Geography Liberal Arts, BA Karpenske, Allie – Environmental CM, BA
Murakami, Yuna – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, BS Krochmalski, Benjamin – Geospatial Analysis & Tech
Myers, Josie - Geography Liberal Arts, BS CM, BS
Nardi, Gavin – Geography Liberal Arts, Minor Lange, Tressa – Environmental CM, BS
Nosbush, Jacob – Geography Liberal Arts, BS Lorenz, Jedediah – Environmental CM, BA
Pajtash, Wyatt – Geography Liberal Arts, BS Meyers, Antonio – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM,
Perkins, Cole – Environmental CM, BS BS
Pretat, Riley – Environmental CM, BA Pribnow, Katie – Geography Liberal Arts, Minor
Prochnow, Erik – Geospatial Analysis CM, BS Rausch, Melanie – Geography Liberal Arts, BS
Ramcheck, Austin – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, Rauscher, Madeline – Environmental CM, BA
BS Reif, Rebecca – Transnational CM, BS
Reed, Zachary – Transnational CM, BS Shimoda, Dustin – Environmental CM, BS
Rickey, Brittany – Environmental CM, BS Smilowski, Richard – Environmental CM, BS
Sailer-Haugland, Ethan – Environmental CM, BS Somerville, Ally – Environmental CM, BA
Schmidt, Abigail – Anthropology Liberal Arts, Minor Tekiela, Abigail – Environmental CM, BA
Schneider, Samuel – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, Unke, Maria – Geography Liberal Arts, Minor
BS Venner, Benjamin – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM,
Schuchardt, Andrew – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, BS
BS Webber, Alex – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, BA
Saksefsi, Carolina – Geography Liberal Arts, BA Wingren, Cameron – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM,
Tenorio, Charles – Geospatial Analysis & Tech CM, BS BS
Walker, Whitney – Environmental CM, BS

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About the Creators of the Newsletter

Meet Yvonne,

Hello. Many of you have either met me or know who I
am. I have worked at the university for almost 51
years, same department and same office. I started as a
typist, reclassified to a program assistant, and then
reclassified to an academic department associate. I
work with scheduling, budgets, purchase orders, book
orders, and whatever else a department needs done.
The university keeps changing, and our jobs continue
to change to reflect that.

Makayla was a godsend working on this newsletter
with me. I could not have done it without her. A few
years ago, we published newsletters. This year, with
the enthusiasm of our new chair (Prof Ezra Zeitler),
we decided to resurrect it.

Meet Makayla,

Hello! My name is Makayla Jones-Klausing
and I graduated from the UWEC Geography
and Anthropology Department this Spring
of 2021. I majored in Environmental
Geography and minored in Spanish. I am
pursuing a career that involves
sustainability and/or conservation of our
natural resources. I am hoping to also
utilize the GIS skills I have learned through
my degree.

There are many things that I love about the
Geography and Anthropology Department
but my favorite is the community. You form
so many lasting friendships from the hours
spent in the lab, and the professors care
very much about each student. I have also
worked for Yvonne and this department for
two years and I have loved it very much.

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DONATIONS

How to Donate:

Geography and Anthropology funds with UWEC Foundation are used to support many activities. Many of the
outstanding qualities that distinguish the UW-Eau Claire degree would not be possible without the generous
support of donors like you. There are many ways to make a gift in support of the Geography and Anthropology
Department. All gifts to the UWEC Foundation are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law (please
see Foundation website for tax updates). You may use credit card, check, electronic funds transfer, IRA
Rollover, matching gifts, securities and stocks, or UWEC Payroll deduction.

An annual scholarship which is funded each year may be established with a minimum commitment of $500.
An endowed fund may be established to permanently support a specific need in the Department. The
principal is invested and the income is used for the annual scholarship award. A donor can create an
endowment by making a lump-sum gift of $15,000 or more, or by making several payments over time until
the minimum endowment amount is reached.
The scholarship name is determined by the donor(s).
The donor(s) who establishes the endowment can name the fund and designate its use.
Much of the annual support provided comes from gifts under $500.

If you would like more information about establishing a scholarship, please contact the Foundation Office at
715-836-5630 or email [email protected].

THANK YOU DEPARTMENT DONORS!
The Department of Geography and Anthropology thanks the generous donors listed below who have
contributed to the Geography and Anthropology Department accounts with UW-Eau Claire Foundation from
July 1, 2019 through May, 2021.

Jana Minnick Field Study Scholarship Geography and Anthropology Advancement Fund
Sean and Karen Hartnett Kellen John Black
Garry and Valerie Running Jennifer Lynn Rogalsky
Jacqueline Augusta Chambers Douglas and Ellen Faulkner
Francis and Becky Minnick Berthold A. Duesterbeck
Established to honor Jana Minnick William and Sandra Marohl
Kerry and Carolyn Calba
Kerlin and Ethel Seitz Scholarship Lynn M. Misfeldt
Renee Marie Rollman
Established to honor Kerlin and Ethel Seitz Palm Family Scholarship
Richard Palm

Henry W. Kolka Scholarship Sean Hartnett Geography Scholarship
Lee and Dorothy Larson Chad and Amy Austin
Established to honor Henry Kolka Mark and Diana Pasten
Ian and Monique Frink

Wickman Applied GIS Scholarship George Simpson Geography Fund
Craig Wickman and Rebecca Keener Estate of George L. Simpson, Jr.

Bruce Gelvin Anthropology and Conservation Scholarship Holocaust Mapping Project
Bruce and Diane Gelvin Jeffrey L. Liddicoat
L.E. Phillips Family Foundation

DONATION FORM 57

Name ________________________________________________________________________ Our Geography and
Anthropology Department Fund
Email: ________________________________________________________________________ is the primary support for the
Department. It is used to
Phone: _______________________________________________________________________ support a wide range of
activities. If you choose, your
Address: _____________________________________________________________________ gift can also be applied in part or
total to individual scholarship
CITY STATE ZIP award funds. Undesignated
funds will be credited to the
________ Geography and Anthropology Advancement Fund (#0760) Geography and Anthropology
_________ Henry W. Kolka Geography Scholarship (#0024) Department Advancement Fund.
_________ Kerlin and Ethel Seitz Scholarship (#0048
_________ George Simpson Geography Fund (#1512)
_________ Palm Family Scholarship (#0836)
_________ Jana Minnick Field Study Scholarship (#1139)
_________ Wickman Applied GIS Scholarship (#1739)
_________ Sean Hartnett Geography Scholarship (#2431)
_________ George Simpson Geography Scholarship Fund (#2534)
_________ Bruce Gelvin Anthropology and Conservation Scholarship

(#2729)
_________ Holocaust Mapping Project (#2755)

_________ Total Donation Amount

Mailing Address:
UW-Eau Claire Foundation
Schofield Hall 214, 105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004

Give Online:
connect.uwec.edu/donate
and select a Geography and Anthropology fund option.

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Phillips Science Hall 257
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
715-836-3244
102-2-064303

GEOG 368 students at Banbury Place, April 16, 2021. Banbury Place is the former tire manufacturing plant in Eau Claire, WI that was closed in
1992. It is now a community of businesses, artists, residents, an incubator of ideas, and a prominent feature of the Eau Claire community.
Photo: Paul Kaldjian