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I also would like to promote submissions to our student paper presentation competitions! We have three categories for entry: PhD, MA/MS, and Undergraduate. Each category offers generous prizes for both a first and second place (e.g. $250 and $125 for the PhD category). Entries will be based on their conference presentation; no written submission is required. The winners will be announced at the reception on Friday evening.

Further details about the judging process and criteria can be found on the conference website at: http://www.macalester.edu/geography/09aagwld/competition.html

West Lakes Conference homepage: http://www.macalester.edu/geography/09aagwestlakes.htm

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This year's John Borchert Lecture speaker will be Dr. Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. His presentation, "Coastlines, Boundary Lines, and the Cartographies of Protection and Control" will be on Friday, November 20^th at 1:30 pm in Cowles Auditorium in the Humphrey Institute on the West Bank campus. A reception will follow from 2:30-3:30 pm. For more information on Dr. Monmonier and his publications, please visit http://www.markmonmonier.com/.

Please spread the word about this event to your colleagues and friends.

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FYI--Abstract submissions for the MN GIS/LIS Consortium 19th Annual Conference are due on May 15th for those of you interested in presenting papers or posters.

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