Department Honors
National Council for Geographic Education Excellence of Scholarship
The NCGE/AAG Excellence of Scholarship Award recognizes graduating seniors majoring in geography for outstanding academic achievement. Award winners are chosen by individual geography departments on the merits of academic performance, Gamma Theta Upsilon membership, departmental service, dedication, and enthusiasm.
2018-19 Rachel Belvedere
2017-18 Taylor Wicklund
2016-17 Madeline C. Johnson
2015-16 Said A. Mohamed and Linde A. Carmack
2014-15 Brianna Furey
2013-14 Meg Wika
Aaron Insley Prize for Excellence in Geographic Information Systems and Cartography
The Insley prize honors Aaron Insley, a Gustavus alumnus and geography major. Aaron excelled at GIS and cartography from the start, creating an animated digital map depicting the diffusion of punk rock music for his first geography course, GEG-101. He loved the mountains and landscapes of the West and Dr. Bob Moline's "American West" course was one of his favorites. Aaron planned to continue his geography studies in graduate school but suffered a head injury in a car accident in 2007 that he survived with care for 15 years. Aaron passed away in 2023. The Insley prize was established with a generous gift from Tom and Carol Insley and friends of their son Aaron.
2019 Hanna Albers
2018 Evelyn Magner
2017 Danielle M. Olson
2016 Reina L. Nielsen
2015 Not awarded
2014 William Metcalf
2013 Matt Bye, Parishes Without Borders: Congregational Geography in Minneapolis and St. Paul
2012 Teige Cudahy, Geographic Analysis of Public Library Size in Relation to Population (with Ashley Hansen)
2011 Eric Fitzsimmons, Three-dimensional map of business locations in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area 2010 Andrew Byron, Smart phone mapping and geographic information system application for Yellowstone National Park
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MN GIS/LIS Outstanding Student Representative
Each Minnesota post-secondary college and university having a recognized GIS program selects a student to be recognized as a GIS/LIS Outstanding Student Representative. This is an honorary award and provides no monetary support. All Outstanding Students are given free registration for the annual conference. - 2019 Not awarded
- 2018 Greta Dupslaff
- 2017 Hanna R. Albers
- 2016 Madeline C. Johnson
- 2015 David M. Brown
Geography Department Academic Assistants
Spring 2020 Greta Dupslaff and Rachel Belvedere
Fall 2019 Theodore Blenkush and Shauna Capron
Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 Hanna Albers
Spring 2018 Elliot Moehler
Fall 2017 Evelyn Magner
Spring 2017 Madeline C. Johnson
Fall 2016 Helen Thompson
Spring 2016/Fall 2015 Austen C. Hilding
Spring 2015 Will Metcalf
Fall 2014 Katie Feterl
Spring 2014 Brianna Furey
Fall 2013 Meg Wika
Spring 2013 Miranda Quirk Becker
Fall 2012 Jory Birkeland