By email, you probably received an invitation to the Geography Banquet 2010 – if you didn’t, you are invited anyway!

It will be held at Brock’s Riverside Grill on Sophia Street in downtown Fredericksburg, along the river near the railroad station. 6pm Wednesday April 7 is the event – there will be a buffet dinner with vegetation options. Cost is $15 for geography majors, $30 for non-majors. Please pay and sign up with Dora Minor in GW 209 – cash … Read the rest

There will be an informal gathering at the Physical Geography Lab Trailer in the GW parking lot this afternoon, from 4-5pm or so…  Erin is providing snacks! For discussion: the Geog T-shirt, the ongoing Election, and the Spring Banquet!!

Please sign up for and pay for a T-shirt as soon as you can. Only $12, checks and cash to Dora Minor in GW 209

Please sign up for and pay for the Banquet by FRIDAY APRIL 2! $15 for geog … Read the rest

The Geography Department has an annual symposium – where students give presentations based on the research they’ve done in classes, some oral (like a power point presentation) and some posters (less formal, at lunch time) – which will be held this year on April 7 in Annex A, room 112. A program will be posted soon!

That same day, we host a Banquet – traditionally at Brock’s Riverside Grill on Sophia Street downtown, because an alum works there! – where … Read the rest

At the March 18 2010 Geography Club Meeting/Tea we discussed the transition to a new set of club officers. We drew up a description for each position (attached as a page and posted below) and started to collect nominations for each position.  It would be great to have more students either nominate themselves or a friend so we can have a real election and a super-active club next year!

If you or someone you know would like to run for … Read the rest

“Two men appeared before a Gaborone Village magistrate charged with “living beyond their means”, an offence contrary to Section 34 of the Corruption and Economic Crime Act Cap 08:05, Laws of Botswana.It is alleged that Victor Basinyi, aged 34, and Omphitlhetse Mmoloki Tsime, 26, on the 12th May 2004 in Gaborone, were found in possession …Read the Rest… Read the rest

The iconic image of Cambodia is that of Angkor Wat, the largest and one of the best-preserved temples in the huge complex that made up the city of Angkor. From the 9th to the 14th century, this was the capital of a Khmer Kingdom that included not only modern-day Cambodia, but also most of Laos [...]… Read the rest

I haven’t posted in a while because, to be quite honest, it has been a difficult winter for Mary Washington Geography.  While our first blizzard was fun, and the second blizzard marked this as an unusual winter, the third had us running for the hills . . . almost literally.

On February 9, Jackie Gallagher, Joe Nicholas, and their physical geography students noticed what we’ve called the Monrovia sag.  The weight of the snow caused one of the beams … Read the rest