Graduate Seminar in Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries

WFS 512, FOR 512, FWF 612

Spring Semester 2019

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

 

 


 

Facilitators:                            Dr. Matthew Gray (mgray11@utk.edu) and Dr. David Harper (dharper4@utk.edu)

Seminar Assistants:              To be determined.     

Phone:                                    974-2740 (MG), 976-1121 (DH)

Office:                                    247 Ellington PSB (MG), 108 CRC MAST (DH)

Meeting Time and Place     Wed, 12:20 − 1:10 p.m., 160 Plant Biotechnology Building

 

Course Goal:      To provide an opportunity for forestry, wildlife and fisheries graduate students to practice delivering professional presentations and to increase opportunities for graduate students and faculty to interact.

 

Expected Outcomes:         Students will develop skills in constructing and delivering PowerPoint presentations and in answering questions related to their graduate research and natural resource principles, concepts and issues.

 

Course Credits:                     1 credit

 


 

Academic Assessment:

 

Weights of Academic Assessments:

 

            Presentation             85%                

            ● Attendance              15% (1.5% per seminar, 16 Jan – 3 Apr)    

           

 

 

Course grade will be determined using the following scale:

 

Grade

Final Weighted Percent

 

Grade

Final Weighted Percent

A

90–100%

 

B

80–86%

B+

87–89%

 

C+

77–79%

                         

 

Full Syllabus

Presentation Grading Sheet

Examples of Contemporary Natural Resource Topics


Presentation Schedule:

Date

Name (MS/PhD; Major)

Title

6 Feb

Dr. David Harper (UT FWF) Ligin as a feedstock for advanced composites and energy materials
13 Feb Dr. Wayne Clatterbuck (UT FWF) What do we know about oaks?

20 Feb

1. Shawna Mitchell (MS WFS)

2. Cristina Watkins (PhD Nat. Res.)

Life history and habitat utilization of the Larel Dace

Elk reintroduction in Tennessee

27 Feb

NO SEMINAR -- Annual Meeting of TN Chapter of the Wildlife Society (Gatlinburg, TN)

6 Mar

1. Janetta Kelly (MS WFS)

2. Martin Schubert (PhD)

Can oral vaccination of rodents serve as a mitigation strategy for Lyme Disease occurrence?

First year wildfire effects on an eastern deciduous forest in the Cumberland Mountains, TN

13 Mar

1.  Bonner Powell (MS WFS)

 

2. David Juriga (MS FOR)

Evaluating effects of common management practices on early successional plant and wildlife communities following two different establishment techniques

Value-added Utilization of Black Liquor derived from the Lignocellulosic Industry

20 Mar

NO SEMINAR -- Spring Break

27 Mar

Dr. Chris Moorman (NCSU)

Does harvesting woody biomass for renewable bioenergy threaten wildlife in the southeastern US?
3 Apr

1.  Jess Moore (MS FOR)

2.  Robert Fowler (MS FOR)

Interactions between crop trees and volunteer vegetation in mixed oak-pine plantings

Preparing for the Arrival of Gypsy Moth in Southern Urban Forests

10 Apr

Only if Needed

 

 


Podcasts: (MP4 Format)

1.      iTunes Instructions: (you must first download iTunes to Listen to Podcasts)

1)      Go to http://itunesu.utk.edu

2)      Click on "Download iTunes & Quick Time"

3)      Click on “Download iTunes Free”

4)      Save iTunes to your hard drive and install.

2.      Link to iTunes to Listen to Podcasts:  Launch Podcast in iTunes U

 


Slides: (PDF Format)

Introductory Presentations: 

                   “Presentation Formats           (See Seminar Archives Below for Other Examples)

                             Proposal Presentation Example

                             Research Presentation Example

Lecture Presentation Example

Slide Quality: Good and Poor Examples

 


Archives of Previous Seminars:

Fall 2018

Spring 2018

Fall 2017

Spring 2017

Fall 2016

Fall 2015

Spring 2015

Fall 2014

Spring 2014

Fall 2013

 

Spring 2013

 

Fall 2012

 

Spring 2012

 

Fall 2011

 

Spring 2011

 

Fall 2010

 

Spring 2010

 

Fall 2009

 

Spring 2009

 

Fall 2008

 

Spring 2008

 

Fall 2007

 


Other Resources:

                   FWF Graduate Student Handbook