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Christina Maria Salzmann

Student Spotlight: Christina Maria Salzmann


I am Christina Maria Salzmann, originally from Switzerland and an undergraduate student at the Department of Geography in the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation in Missoula Montana. I am pursuing a BSc in Physical Geography with a minor in Mountain Studies and a Postsecondary...

Geography Faculty Award Recipients

2021 Geography Faculty Award Recipients


This award is aimed at recognizing the active engagement and outstanding academic performance of our majors. The students selected this year have both made unique and positive contributions to the UM-Geography community. This year we are recognizing James Fain McGough and Nicolas...

Lila Osborn

Geography Master’s Student Awarded Ridge Scholarship in Health and Humanities

First-year M.S. Geography student Lila Osborn has been named a 2021 Ridge Scholar by the Institute of Health and Humanities. This award recognizes research and creative work on topics at the intersection of health and/or healthcare and the humanities. Lila’s research examines food insecurity in...

Joe Denhert

Student Spotlight: Joseph Dehnert

Hear from Joseph Dehnert, a graduate student in Geography with Option in Community and Environmental Planning at the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Management. Joseph talks about how he connects to a place through its rivers, his stream assessment work for the Clark Fork Coalition, and his...

Montana Association of Geographic Information

Montana GeoConference

About a dozen UM Geography students and faculty attended the 2018 Montana Association of Geographic Information Professionals' (MAGIP) GeoConference in Helena. Geography alumni were strongly represented as usual. Undergraduate student Jen Haas won 1st prize in the Web Map competition (competing...

Dr. Sarah Halvorson, Jen Haas at undergraduate research conference

Conference on Undergrad Research

At the UM Conference on Undergraduate Research, Dr. Sarah Halvorson presented the keynote speech, Geographies of Water and Well-being.  Jen Haas (pictured here) won a 2018 UMCUR Physical Sciences Award for her Presentation on “Mapping Mount Saint Helens: Capturing the Volcano's Geomorphologic...

Jen Haas

Jen Haas

Meet Jen Haas. Jen, far right, graduated from UM this year with a degree in geography, concentrating on geographic information systems. Originally from North Carolina, Jen came out to Montana with the Conservation Corps and fell in love with the outdoor opportunities that surround us. Jen’s time...