May 2012, Volume 10, Issue 7
Editor – Natalie Hofmeister ’13
Upcoming Seminars and Events
Monday, May 7
Laura Triplett
Assistant Professor in Geology and Environmental Studies, Gustavus Adolphus College
Invasion! How one species of grass is changing the geochemistry of the Platte River, Nebraska
4:00 p.m. | RNS 310
Biology Senior Banquet – Monday, May 14, 6:00 p.m. – Regents 4th floor atrium
Biology and Environmental Studies Commencement Receptions – Sunday, May 27, 10:30 – 12:30, Regents 4th floor atrium
Congratulations
Biology Class of 2012
Leah Christine Anderson · Haley May Appleman · Sarah Jean Aune · Holly Sedgwick Belgum · Christina Lee Benjamin · Jennifer Nelson Berger · Rajan Bhandari · Patrick James Boland · Josie Lee Boyle · Logan Joseph Brau · Chloe Amanda Brennan · Alex Robert Carlson · Andrew Michael Carney · Kyle Erin Cassling · Amy Louise Chatelaine · Caitlin Jean Christoffel · Danielle Marie Clark · Allyson Claire Connor · Hannah Crocker Cunningham · Julie Ann Dahl · John Paul Dempsher · Kara Lindsey Donnithorne · Lisa LaRhea Drewry · Sarah L. Edgerton · Kristine Elizabeth Elwood · Eric Blockhus Emmons · Kathryn Jane Erie · Rebecca Suzanne Favero · Dana Helen Fjare · Sarah Anne Fleming · Elizabeth Karen Geisendorfer-Lindgren · Samuel Lucas Grasso · Knute Baldwin Gundersen · Molly Kaitlin Ham · Caitlin Joanna Harper · Julianne Katherine Heil· Jonathan Jeffrey Henn · Kia Her · Amber Brittany Hesse · Paige Marie Holum · Ikram Mohammad Irfanullah · Claire Elizabeth Griep Jennings · Kristin Ann Johnson · Emma Kate Jones · Nicholas Grant Kang · Susan Alexandra Kenzie · Vanessa Lynn Kleckner · Andrew Paul Knutson · Katelyn Marie Kubat · Madison MacLaury Kubis · Lauren Kristine Kurtz· Amy Christina Lang · Robin Nicole Lange · Kristen Anne Latta · Matthew Frederick Lefebvre · David Caldwell Liebenson · Kia Lor · Ryan Scott Lubinsky · Tana Lucksanapiruk · Laurel Marie Lynch · Ellen Kathryn Kim Martin · Carl Steven McBurney · Megan Leigh McGovern · Anna Maria Meneely · Andrew John Menssen · Matthew Girard Minea · Sarah Marie Mitchell · Erin Marie Mittag · William T. Molano · Jamie Elsa Mosel · Najaha Abdullahi Musse · Crysten Laura Nesseth · Cecilia Anne Noecker · James Daniel Noneman · Taylor Kathreen Orr · Gwendolyn Rebecca Paul · Taylor Joel Penke · Bridget Anne Peterson · Lauren Nicole Piper · Daniel Franciszek Podsiadlo · Nicholas James Quaday· Erica Lynn Quanbeck · Zachary Louis Rakke · Charlie Daniel Raskob · Trevor Bradley Romsdahl · Emily C. Rosenberg · Hannah Elizabeth Rosenthal · Kateri Rose Salk · Kristin Ellen Sandness · Lauren Michelle Saunders · Kayla Jorden Schmidt · Alison Elaine Seline · Natasha Victoria Seliski · Shahriar Michael Shahbazi · John Gregory Shepherd · Richard George Shimshock · Adam Garrett Starr · Mary Lily Stocker · Josalan Ann Sullivan · Kaleb Aron Sutherland · Megan Erin Sutton · Konomi Takemoto · Alexandra Lee Thomas · Justin Reid Thomas · Ryan Joel Timmerman · Minh Phuong Thi Tran · Laura Anne Van Leuven · Mai Yia Vang · Tong Vang · Nicholas Matthew Verrall · Elisabeth Marycke Vreede · Huong Xuan Quynh Vu · Brittany Rose Waletzko · Breane Juanita Watters · Claire Radford Weiss · Rachel Amber Wieme · Jordan Lambert Williams · Allison Browning Wilson · Carson Azevedo Womack · Alisha Nicole Woodson · Frances Alvina Xin · Jackie Yang ·
Senior Plans
Read what students from the Biology Class of 2012 are doing after graduation. More
Prairie Burn
The student naturalists explain why we burn our prairies. More
The New Marine Tank
St. Olaf has a new marine tank! More
Awards and Recognition
What an impressive class! Four biology seniors received fulbrights this year. Two biology seniors received awards at the Minnesota Academy of Science Annual Meeting and Winchell Undergraduate Symposium. More
Senior Reflections
Students Jamie Mosel ’12, Sarah Mitchell ’12, and Adam Starr ’12, share reflections on their time on the hill as biology majors.More
Comments, questions or corrections? Interested in contributing? Please contact Tory Borovsky, academic administrative assistant in biology.