Welcome to the Xi Chapter of GWIS!
Xi Chapter was founded in 1945 at the University of Minnesota. As one of 15 GWIS chapters throughout the USA, Xi Chapter serves the Minneapolis-St Paul metro area, greater Minnesota, and western Wisconsin. Members represent private industry, academic institutions, government, hospitals, consulting, secondary education and professional associations.
From September through May, we have monthly meetings featuring a social hour, dinner, and presentation by a guest speaker. Below is the current month’s program and how to register for it. Hope to see you there!
Spotlight
XI CHAPTER MAY MEETING
Please join us for our last meeting of the year !
Thursday MAY 14, 2009
“Land Use and the Sustainability of Biofuels”
presented by
Dr. Tracy Twine
Dr. Twine is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. She attended the Pennsylvania State University where she received a B.S. in meteorology. Dr. Twine then worked for two years at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland before attending graduate school at the University of Wisconsin where she earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. After spending 3 ½ years in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois, she joined the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate at the University of Minnesota in January 2008.
She is most interested in the part of the atmosphere in which we live—right at Earth's surface. The exchanges of energy, carbon, and water are so important for the welfare of ecosystems, yet their complexities make them difficult to quantify, and even more difficult to predict how they might change in the future. Join us for an evening presentation on land use and the sustainability of biofuels.
PROGRAM:
5:30-6:00 pm Registration and Social
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner
7:00-8:00 pm Presentation
LOCATION:
India Palace
2570 Cleveland Ave. N.
Roseville, MN
(see registration form below for map & directions)
REGISTRATION:
CLICK HERE to download registration form.
Mail check (payable to SDE) and form to: Michele Anderson, 4131 39th Ave. S.,
Minneapolis, MN 55406. Contact information: ande8303@umn.edu
Registration must be received by U.S. mail no later than Monday, May 11th.
Travel Awards
Xi Chapter has established awards in memory of Agnes Hansen and Mary Haga, Xi members of great scientific esteem. These awards are given to defray some of the costs that female graduate students incur while traveling to national or other major scientific meetings where they are presenting the results of their research.
- Mary Haga Travel Award –(Deadline Feb. 13, 2009)
This award is given once per year, usually in February, to assist female graduate students traveling to scientific conferences to present their research. Mary Haga, a member of SDE/GWIS for many years, taught entomology at Macalester College and area high schools, and maintained the insect and reptile collection at the Hennepin County Library. Following her death, family and friends established this endowed award in her memory.
- Agnes Hanson Travel Award-(Deadlines Oct 13, 2008 and May 22, 2009)
This award is given in the spring and fall, to assist female graduate students traveling to scientific conferences to present their research. Following the death of Agnes Hansen, her sisters and other donors endowed this award in her memory. A tireless advocate for SDE/GWIS, Agnes was a member of the Department of Botany at the University of Minnesota for 22 years.
See Travel Award Application process http://www.xi.gwis.org/travelapplication.html for more information.
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