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The Celebration of Student Scholarship (CSS) is an annual event held on the Northern Michigan University campus to recognize the scholarly activity of undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines. Students share their work with the NMU and Marquette communities by presenting research posters and oral presentations, which include creative written work and artwork. EEGS Faculty actively mentor students as they prepare their oral or poster presentation submission.
Below is a listing of presentations at the CSS given by students mentored by EEGS faculty.
2025
Berrones, A. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Assessing traffic conditions, infrastructure, and safety for pedestrians and cyclists on Presque Isle Avenue near Northern Michigan University. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Brandenburg, J. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Ice jams on the Chocolay River: where fluvial processes have been most impactful. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Burns, B. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Overcrowding in Marquette: an NMU student body perspective. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Casto D., and Van Grinsven, M.J. 2025. Soil, hydrology, and tilling types. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Carlson, D. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Encouraging environmental responsibility: improving recycling education in Marquette County schools. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Cunningham, C. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. How does the knowledge, attitude, and perception of NMU students affect waste management behavior? Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Galloway, W., Van Grinsven, M.J., DeDecker, J., and Brosius, L. 2025. Estimating soil organic carbon storage among reduced tillage practices in organic vegetable production. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Garwood J. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Assessing food access interventions in rural areas: Ontonagon County, Michigan. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Gernaat, H. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. How the Upper Peninsula iron ore and copper mining industry impacted agricultural strategy and production: a case study. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Honkomp, I. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Educational approaches to teaching leave no trace principles: a case study at Graveraet Elementary School. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Illy, J. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Implications of educational methods to mitigate harmful black bear-human interactions on Grand Island. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Janssen, J. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Climate perceptions, adaptations, and mitigation efforts of small-scale farmers in Marquette County. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Lane, R., Mittlefehldt, S., and Swaty, R. 2025. Michigan prescribed burning: identifying highest priority areas through GIS software and historic fire management to serve as a tool for future fire management decision making. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Miller, D., Ziegler, S.S., and Lafuente, A. 2025. From roads to rivers: the effect of road salt on the Dead River Watershed in Marquette, Michigan. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Murtha, R. and Ziegler, S.S. 2025. Educating Marquette, Michigan on the dangers of shelf ice. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Phillips, K. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. The connection of medicinal plant foraging and the state of social and emotional wellbeing within Anishinaabe communities. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Pijaszek, L. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Understanding solar power integration in Michigan's renewable energy transition. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Rigano, L. and Adebiyi, J. 2025. Stakeholders' engagement on sustainable school garden implementation: what it means and what it needs. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Rigano, L., Borton, C., Riehl, L., Teske, E., Unglenieks, D., and Adebiyi, J. 2025. Mapping and creating a vulnerability index of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Wildfire. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Roell, Z., Mittlefehldt, S., and Lafferty, D. 2025. Nominal effects of increased logging on generalized biodiversity and animal behavior. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Rogers, M. and Adebiyi, J. 2025. Sustainable farmers in the Upper Peninsula: challenges and place-adapted agroecological practices. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Schwarz, K. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Sustainable advertising: the role of demographics and phrasing in consumer price analysis. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Silvernail, M. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Rural representation in environmental justice screening tools: Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Standerford, T. and Ziegler, S.S. 2025. Geospatial analysis of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) response to culvert replacement in Trout Creek, Michigan. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Sulla, L. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Using physical grounds of college campuses to produce food and combat food insecurity. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Tanner-Linsalata, E., and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Learning from the past: how have Michigan's clean water policies changed after the Flint Water Crisis. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Trubiroha, L. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Anishinaabe forestry and biofuel perspectives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Wahl-Piotrowski, A. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2025. Resident's perspectives of potential redevelopment of the Cliffs-Dow Chemical site in Marquette, MI, USA. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
Wallace C. and Ziegler, S.S. 2025. Preserving the future: a Freshman Fellowship journey in Conservation. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
White, Z. and Adebiyi, J. 2025. Land conversions of U.P. farmland and what they mean for the next generation of U.P. farmers. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States.
2024
Broxson, B., Krebs, J., Dedenbach, E., and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Future of woody biofuels on NMU's campus.
Fontella, Z. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Filling empty lands, hands, & stomachs; or a close look at the triumph of the 1893 Pingree Potato Patch and its implications for the present.
Geary, M., Drobish, K., and Stock, R. 2024. What is divestment and what it means for NMU.
Hogan, C. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Sink or swim: preparedness level of Lake Superior coastal communities for climate change impacts.
Kelly, M. and Ziegler, S.S. 2024. Shading the future: a GIS-based approach to optimal tree planting for urban heat island mitigation at Northern Michigan University.
Kelly, M, Naito, AT, O'Donnell, M, Van Grinsven, M. 2024. “Use of aerial LiDAR survey to support restoration and management objectives for mitigation wetlands in Marquette, MI, USA.” April 2024. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States. Learn more.
Laws, L. and and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Assessing the perceptions and efficacy of removing parking minimums in Marquette, MI.
Lietz, J., Shepard, M., and Adebiyi, J. 2024. Monocropping & threatened farmlands in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Lietz, J. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Breaking down barriers: a case study on rural public transportation in Marquette County, Michigan.
Miller, D., Oertel, I., and Thompson, J. 2024. Composting at NMU.
Petitjean, E. and Lafferty, D. 2024. The effect of shrub cover on coyote, mule deer, and rabbit relative abundance.
Pinkava, E. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Green burials: a study of Marquette residents' attitudes toward burial practices.
Rigano, L. and Adebiyi, J. 2024. Growing sustainability: insights from Bothwell Middle School's Garden Project.
Rothhorn, K. and Van Grinsven, M.J. 2024. Let's cut to the tarp: assessing the influence of cover crop termination practices on soil health, temperature, and greenhouse gas fluxes in organic vegetable crop production.
Saddler, M. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Investigating carbonate system dynamics and monitoring freshwater acidification in the Great Lakes.
Whaley, P. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Sustainable building processes in northern climates.
Williams, E. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Reimaging streets as spaces for wealth creation.
Williams, J. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Wood residuals as a fuel source.
Zimney, A. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2024. Connecting childhood nature experiences to careers in science education in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
2023
Burtrum, C.E., Naito, A.T., and Van Grinsven, M.J. 2023. Comparing soil carbon and organic matter among burn severity classes for the 2021 Brittle Fire, Michigan, USA.
Chrome S. and Naito, AT. 2023. “Biomass and carbon sequestration in the Dead River Community Forest” April 2023. Celebration of Student Scholarship, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States. Learn more.
Ferris, M. and Lafferty, D. 2023. Abundance in the forest: bobcat, coyote, and the Eastern cottontail.
Gooch, E.L., Pickhard, S.G., Clyne, A.J., Castagna, G.J., and Lafferty, D. 2023. The importance of carnivore biodiversity in the Upper Great Lakes Region and the effects of recreation.
Hilbelink, E.J., Peck, A.C., Hogan, C.L., Stovern, S.R., and Lafferty, D. 2023. Say 'bye' to bycatch: the effects of bycatch and how we can mitigate them.
Joyal, N.A., Putnam, L., Maki, D., and Van Grinsven, M.J. 2023. A study of the relative commercial viability of Cannabis indica in an organic "super-soil" mycorrhizal ecosystem.
Kelly, M. and Lafferty, D. 2023. Assessing the effect of forest land cover change on nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), bobcat (Lynx rufus), and coyote (Cani latrans) populations in the southeastern United States.
O'Loughlin, C. and Ziegler, S.S. 2023. Chemical inhibitor of methanogenesis: how does geography influence chemical inhibition of methanogenesis.
Rucoba, M.S., Kemle L.M., Glodowski, C.G., Zimney, A., and Lafferty, D. 2023. Lights out: the threat of light pollution on migratory species.
Whaley, P. and Whipple, L. 2023. How temperature influences of climate change affect the relative abundance of Northern raccoon, Eastern fox squirrel, and red fox.
Zolman, L.G. and Van Grinsven, M.J. 2023. The effects of culverts on the health of Whetstone Brook in Marquette, MI.
2022
Armstrong, E., Bonino, N., and Mittlefehldt, S. 2022. NMU's full circle food forest: educational benefits of a potential permaculture garden implemented on NMU's campus. Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.
Curth, M. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2022. The impact of zoning code on wood-based biomass energy in Michigan. Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.
Honkomp, I. and Stock, R. 2022. Silica Mining Impact on Communities in India. Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan. Learn more.
Honkomp, I. and Stock, R. 2022. Solar panel impact on communities in India. Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.
Patselas, C.K. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2022. NMU varsity student athletes' attitude and perceptions of sustainability. Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.
Schmitt, T., Rockwell, C., De Boer, J., and Mittlefehldt, S. 2022. Comparative analysis of natural gas and woody biomass heating options for Northern Michigan University.
Walker, M. and Ulland, R. 2022. Sexismo y represion en “La Casa de Bernarda Alba.” Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.
Williams, E. and Stock R. 2022. Gender and Social Dimensions of Solar Development in the Upper West region of Ghana. Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan. Learn more.
2021
Brown, A. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2021 Forest Fuels: Equity, Environment, and Woody Biomass Energy Technologies in Michigan. Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan. Learn more.
Calaveiri, L. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2021 Forest Fuels: Equity, Environment, and Woody Biomass Energy Technologies in Michigan. Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan. Learn more.
Rockwell, C. and Mittlefehldt, S. 2021 Forest Fuels: Equity, Environment, and Woody Biomass Energy Technologies in Michigan. Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan. Learn more.
Sydney Chrome (Biology) was an NMU Freshman Fellow advised by Dr. Adam T. Naito. She recently completed a service learning research project in cooperation with the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy. Her presentation at the NMU Celebration of Student Scholarship Conference in April, 2023 can be seen in the video above.
Mary Kelly (ENV), mentored by Dr. Adam T. Naito and Dr. Matthew Van Grinsven, presented her work on the use of lidar to inform restoration objectives at the Presque Isle Park Mitigation Wetlands at the 2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship. Her oral presentation can be seen in the video above.