2024 Geosciences Events Calendar - Warner College of Natural Resources

Geo Seminar Series, club meetings, MS & PhD defenses, and more….

Also see CSU Events Calendar for campus wide events

January 2024

January 16

Classes Begin

Have a great semester!

January 18

12:30 pm

MSNR 345

GEO/ESS Graduate School GEODE Event: Inclusive Mentoring

Host: Dan McGrath

Join us for the Spring 2024 GEODE workshop focused on Inclusive Mentoring. The training is scheduled for Thursday, January 18 from 12:30-2 pm in MSNR Rm 345.

The training will be led by Dr. Jozsef Vigh, an associate dean at the Graduate School, and will focus on two aspects of inclusive mentoring: aligning expectations and effective communication.

January 25

12:30 pm

MSNR 322c

Faculty Meeting

January 25

6:30 pm

MSNR 320

Geoscience Club

Geologic Locality Presentation Night

Create a short 5-7 minute presentation about an area of geologic interest to you. Bring supplementary material if you would like, such as hand specimens, maps, or papers.

Topics may cover a geologic locality you’ve visited or have heard about and find interesting.

Presentations are not required to attend, but are encouraged!

February 2024

February 1

12:30 pm

MSNR 320

Geosciences Seminar Series

Host: Jeremy Rugenstein

Speaker: Shaily Rahman of CU Boulder

Title: Probing the reactive silica cycle on the surface Earth using silicon isotopes

February 8

12:30 pm

MSNR 320

Geosciences Seminar Series

Title: A fan-delta archive of earthquakes, basin inversion, and mountain building in the Peloritani Mountains of northeastern Sicily

Speaker: Frank Pazzaglia

Hosts: Jeremy Rugenstein & Sean Gallen

February 8

Spring 2024 Graduation Deadline

Deadline to Apply to Graduate

GS25 Deadline for Application for Graduation Form (students applying to graduate for the first time) OR Reapplication for Graduation (students who have applied to graduate for a previous term)
Access the form on RAMweb
Anticipate when you will defend your Thesis or Dissertation, schedule with graduate coordinator as soon as you have a date. Completion of defense must be done at least 3 days before the deadline for the GS34 (March 21).

February 16

1:00 pm

MSNR 320

Keyence Digital Microscope Training

There will be a training by a Keyence representative on Friday February 16^th from 1:00-3:00 pm in WCNR room 320. All are welcome and encouraged to attend to ask their specific questions for their specific application. If we have an application that this microscope could do but is not currently doing, they will write software for us to do said application. This is a great opportunity to potentially automate tedious image analysis tasks! Let’s take advantage!

February 22

12:30 pm

MSNR 322c

Faculty Meeting

February 22

6:30 pm

MSNR 320

Geo Club Meeting

The Geo Club is very excited to welcome professional geologists and some current graduate students who’ve worked professionally to speak on a panel about what it’s like to find employment in the geosciences after graduation. Hear their expert wisdom, network and ask questions!

February 29

12:30 pm

MSNR 320

Geosciences Seminar Series

Speaker: Matt Jones

Title: Anomalous Volcanic Carbon Dioxide Release and Cretaceous Ocean Anoxic Event 2

Host: Jeremy Rugenstien

March 2024

March 1 & 2

Graduate Recruitment Weekend

Join us in welcoming our graduate recruits and enjoy a weekend full of fun events! Sign up at https://colostate.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/WCNR_Geo_Front_Office/Ea3cuHnQed5NtzgJrPIBjy4BGNMyDOfVp4wyC4krLIWL4A?email=wcnr_geo_gradstudents%40Mail.Colostate.edu&e=fNut19

March 7

12:30 pm

MSNR 320

Geosciences Seminar Series

Title: Runoff, rock, and roots: Examining feedbacks between river incision and soil production in the Colorado Front Range

Speaker: Matt Rossi

Hosts: Jeremy Rugenstein & Sean Gallen

March 7

Spring 2024 Graduation Deadline

SUMMER 2024 Graduates who would like their name printed in SPRING 2024 Commencement Program.

Step 1: If you do not have an approved GS6 Program of Study on file, be sure to have this completed by this deadline. Access the form on RAMweb.
Step 2: Apply or Reapply to Graduate on RAMweb.

March 8

9 am

MSNR 345

Geo Coffee Hour

Bring your own mug!

March 8

Spring 2024 Graduation Deadline

Order Regalia for Graduation

Order Regalia for graduation, visit Alumni Association Grad Packs page. https://alumni.colostate.edu/grad-packs/
Commencement – Sunday, May 12, 2024

March 11-15

Spring Break

March 19

6:00 – 8:30 pm

New Belgium Brewing & Zoom

Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed Speaker Series and Workshop

Saving The Dammed by Dr. Ellen Wohl

This is a sold out event but Zoom options are available https://wlrv.volunteerhub.com/vv2/lp/community/event/f19cb8fc-0f1d-43af-b57a-d73fd7dd8d99

March 21

12:30 pm

MSNR 322c

Faculty Meeting

March 21

Spring 2024 Graduation Deadline

GS24 Report of Final Examination Form must be received before your Master’s Plan A Thesis, or Master’s Plan B requirement(s) or your Doctoral Dissertation.
This form is due with all committee signatures 2 business days after your defense. Late forms are subject to appeal.
Access the form on RAMweb

March 27

12:30 pm

MSNR 320

Geosciences Seminar Series

Speaker: Jason Stoker

Title: The Past, Present and Future of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP)

Host: Dan McGrath

March 28

Spring 2024 Graduation Deadline

GS30 Thesis/Dissertation Submission Form – must have all required signatures by the deadline.
ETD Embargo Restriction Request (GS30 Embargo Section) if applicable
Survey of Earned Doctorates Certificate of Completion (uploaded to the GS30 form and required for doctoral recipients)
Access the form on RAMweb
Last Day to Submit Electronic Thesis or Dissertation (ETD) in ProQuest

April 2024

April 1

Fall 2024 Registration Begins

April 4

Spring 2024 Graduation Deadline

ETD formatting must have final Graduate School approval – all revisions must be complete and approved in ProQuest
ETD processing and approval is only available during Graduate School business hours — business hours end at 4:45 p.m. MT

April 5

9:00 am

MSNR 345

Geosciences Coffee Hour

Bring your own mug!

April 11

12:30 pm

MSNR 322c

Faculty Meeting

April 18

12:30 pm

MSNR 320

Geosciences Seminar Series

Speaker: Michelle Gevedon

Title: Metasomatism by exhumation related fluids as recorded by metamorphic over growths in zircon from the Cycladic Blueschist Unit, Syros, Greece

Host: John Singleton & Jeremy Rugenstein

April 19

9:00 am

MSNR 402

Graduate Student Coffee Hour Forum

The GSO will be hosting a Grad Student Forum during coffee hour to discuss TA responsibilities. All graduate students and faculty are encouraged to attend.

April 25

12:30 pm

MSNR 320

Geosciences Seminar Series

Speaker: Ben Mason, USGS

Title: Surface fault rupture during the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes: Implications for earthquake research and practice

Host: Sean Gallen

April 25

2:00 pm

MSNR 345

PhD Dissertation Defense

Speaker: Lucas Zeller

Title: Understanding daily to decadal evolution of mountain glaciers in Alaska and High Mountain Asia from satellite remote sensing

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99057037015

April 29

12:00 pm

MSNR 345

PhD Dissertation Defense

Speaker: Randall Bonnell

Title: Evaluating L-band Radar for the Future of Snow Remote Sensing

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93332949686

May 2024

May 1

1:00 pm

MSNR 345

Master’s Thesis Defense

Speaker: Shayla Triantafillou

Title: A catchment is more than the sum of its reaches: post-fire resilience at multiple spatial scales

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97009295738

May 2

12:30

MSNR 320

Surprise Seminar

May 5

3:00 PM

End of Year Party

Hosted by Ed Warner and Jackie Erickson

Join the Department of Geosciences as we celebrate the end of the school year and honor Rick Aster for his 10 years as Department Head. All Geosciences students, faculty and staff are invited!