Graduate Student to participate in American Samoa Archaeological Project
Seth Quintus, an anthropology graduate student, will be a part of an archaeological project performing a coastal survey of Tutuila Island, American Samoa, in November. A an earthquake-generated tsunami struck the Samoan archipelago on Sept. 29, destroying both coastal areas and inland villages on several islands The survey team will be assessing tsunami damage to Tutuila's existing archaeological sites and recording new sites unearthed by the waters for study in the future.
The project is funded by the National Science Foundation's Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant program through the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Science. The multi-institution survey team includes Quintus; principal investigator David Addison, American Samoa Community College, Samoan Studies Institute; Chris Filimoehala, graduate student at the University of Hawaii, Mānoa; and Tom Sapienza, graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley.
Assisted by a small team of community members and students from the Samoan Studies Institute's community and outreach program, each team member will survey a specific section of the island. Quintus will likely survey the east side of Tutuila Island, initially surveyed and studied for settlement patterns in the 1980s and 1990s by Jeffrey Clark, professor of anthropology at NDSU.
Cultural heritage is important to Samoans in communities both on the islands and in the Samoan diaspora. This project will enhance Samoan communities' awareness and pride in Samoa's rich archaeological heritage as well as generate attention to existing and future site preservation work and local interest in archaeology.
By: Sadie Anderson, It's Happening at State
Department Picnic
The department had their fall get together at the Maple Hills Orchard, near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in September. The food, setting, and weather were perfect. Thank you Gary and Jonna Goreham for hosting.
Emergency Planning Grant
NDSU was awarded a $412,352 grant under the Emergency Management for Higher Education Program to develop a comprehensive emergency management plan. Called the Ready Campus Initiative, the planning will prepare the campus in the event of emergency situations such as weather catastrophes, pandemics or terrorism events.
As part of the grant, a total of 400 weather radios will be placed in NDSU facilities. The radios are intended to provide warning notification to NDSU faculty, staff, and students about severe weather events, such as tornadoes, thunderstorms and blizards, and quick onset emergencies, such as large chemical spills, in the Fargo and Cass County areas.
THE ARGONAUT Summer Issue
The following link will take you to the Anthropology Program's Summer issue of THE ARGONAUT.
Odney Award Recipient
On Wednesday, May 6, 2009, Dr. Christina Weber was the recipient of NDSU's Odney Award for Excellence in Teaching. Congratulations Christina.
Introducing Perspectives
We would like to introduce the first issue of Perspectives. The Spring/Summer 2009 Sociology Club newsletter covers events involving both faculty and students that have happened throughout the course of the spring semester as well as summer job and internship opportunities. It also lists sociology courses for next fall. If you would like to help out with next year's newsletter or have a story in mind, please contact Sam Larson at samantha.j.larson.1@ndsu.edu.Have a great summer!
EMGT Student Bulletin
The December 2008 issue of the EMGT Student Bulletin is now available. Click here.
