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Walter Mumm Interview, 2025
No full textIn this oral history, Walter Mumm discusses his time as a student at the West Central School of Agriculture from 1943-1947. He discusses his early schooling in rural Swift County, then his time at the West Central School of Agriculture in Morris, MN, and his interactions as an alumnus of the school.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/wcsa_oralhistories/1000/thumbnail.jp
Eli Westacott Interview, 2025
No full textEli Westacott discusses their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/covid19/1002/thumbnail.jp
WCSA AlumNEWS: Spring 2025
Full text linkContents include: WCSA faculty shared WWI artifacts with Stevens County History Museum; Class News; Fondly Remembered...; In Your Words; Remembering Temper; Dining Hall incident; Scrapbook; 2025 WCSA All-School Reunionhttps://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/wcsaalumnews/1055/thumbnail.jp
Tidal Heating in Gas Giant Ice Moons
Full text linkThis presentation is on the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, Europa and Enceladus. They are both known for being relatively large moons of gas giants made of a lot of water ice with silicate cores. Both are also suspected to harbor liquid oceans underneath their icy surfaces, sustained by salinity and tidal heating. Liquid water is of extreme interest to astrobiologists, which this paper will address, but it is primarily about tidal heating and its implications for the size of the subsurface oceans
Advances in the Morris Observatory in Summer 2025
Full text linkIn Summer 2025, the Morris Observatory completed major upgrades to its Meade 16-inch telescope, improving both mechanical functionality and imaging workflows. Hardware enhancements included the installation of a precision focuser, providing finer and more stable focus control, and a flip mirror system, enabling rapid switching between eyepiece viewing and camera imaging without the need for realignment. Imaging and processing approaches were also refined, with systematic use of flats, darks, and lights to correct optical artifacts, sensor noise, and uneven field illumination. Computational methods, developed using Python and Astropy, automated calibration, stacking, and enhancement, increasing consistency and efficiency in image production. These collaborative efforts between faculty and students have significantly advanced the observatory’s imaging capabilities, creating new opportunities for research and community engagement
Photographing the Bears of Brooks Falls
No full textThis summer, through support from both the Catalyst and Max Funds, I was given an experience that I will treasure for the rest of my life. The Catalyst fund is a University of Minnesota Morris grant that allows students the chance to have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and as an avid nature photographer, my dream was to photograph brown bears. After hearing about the fund, I decided to look into how this could be pursued. I landed on a week-long guided photography tour at Brooks Falls, located within Katmai National Park in Alaska. I was granted the funding, and embarked on my journey in June. The trip was beyond what I could have ever imagined and I am endlessly grateful for the generosity that made it possible. This presentation will showcase photography from the trip and inform other students how to take advantage of opportunities like this at Morris