On Friday, November 20, 2015, Michael Boester (Chemistry and Geosciences) will deliver the third and final presentation of Fall 2015’s “Filling Station: A Faculty Research Presentation Series.” Boester says of his research: “Human geographers view cemeteries as evolving cultural landscapes because they reflect the beliefs, values, attitudes, behaviors, and styles of the place and time in which they were built. Indeed, burial grounds are tangible microcosms of the realities and perceptions of the cultures that built them. I have explored and studied countless burial sites over my career from urban graveyards in New England to memorial parks in California. However, my research interest focuses on the rural cemetery movement and my local ‘laboratory’ for the last fourteen years has been Mount Hope Cemetery. My presentation will summarize my research on the evolution of Mount Hope from America’s first municipal rural cemetery to today’s trends in natural burial and cremation.” Boester’s presentation on these themes will run approximately 30 minutes; it will then be followed by a 15-20 minute question-answer exchange between Boester and members of the audience. The event occurs from 12-12:50 in room 8-200. All attendees are welcome. If any faculty is interested in bringing entire sections of a course to an event, please contact Filling Station creator and organizer Tony Leuzzi at <
mailto:aleuzzi@monroecc.edu> .