. . . . and slowly unpacking and setting up in Monroe Hall.   All faculty are now in their new offices and most of our classroom furniture has arrived.  There’s still a lot of work to be done, however.… Read the rest

You may now sign up for Professor Donald Rallis’s Cambodi study abroad program.  For details and instructions go to his website:  http://www.regionalgeography.org/cambodia/?page_id=27… Read the rest

Online via online audio connection, Combs 003, Wednesday July 6, 1.30 – 2.15 pm.

One Wednesday July 6, Ambassador Tony Leon will speak to and answer questions students in the summer session course ‘Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa,’ (Geog 305) taught by Dr. Donald N. Rallis, Associate Professor of Geography at UMW. This particular meeting of the class is open to all members of the UMW community and to members of the public.… Read the rest

For those of you who will soon graduate in Geography, or have recently (or not so recently) graduated in the discipline, I suggest that you take a look at the Facebook group ‘What I did with my B.A./B.S. degree in Geography.’ Posts vary widely; in some, geography graduates describe the ways which their geography degrees have helped them in their careers (or helped them choose their careers.) In others, geographers post advice, and in some, future graduates vent their despair … Read the rest