Remember to come back to Fredericksburg on October 22 to see the new Monroe Hall and reconnect with Mary Washington Geographers! We’ll be in the Cart Lab from 1:00pm to 3:00pm that afternoon. Send me an e-mail (shanna@umw.edu) or leave a comment here so we know you are coming!
Check us out on the UMW Homecoming Weekend Schedule!… Read the rest
As part of Mary Washington’s Homecoming Weekend, the Geography Department is hosting an Open House to show off our new facilities in Monroe Hall.
Please come by on October 22 between 1:00pm and 3:00pm. We’ll serve light refreshments, play with the stream table, give a lesson in pollen analysis, and share student work and experiences from study abroad programs and GIS courses.
Afterwards, we’ll go down to the Capital Ale House on Caroline Street for drinks and conversation.
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It is my pleasure to announce the 2011 recipients of student research awards funded by the Geography 50th Anniversary Endowment. A committee of three faculty carefully reviewed student proposals and made the following awards:… Read the rest
Quite a week! Now that classes are cancelled on this bright, clear, sunny day, we have a moment of calm after the hurricane, thunder storm, and earthquake. So, check out the pictures of our new labs, classrooms, and other spaces just waiting to be used.… Read the rest
Wish you could travel with Donald Rallis and his students? The next best thing is the course’s Facebook page: UMW SA Study Abroad 2011!… Read the rest
. . . . 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
Finally, moving days are here. Our new furniture is being delivered as I type this and our books, lab equipment, maps, pictures, coffee maker and other vital supplies will be moved over to Monroe Hall next week. You’ll find some recent pictures below.… Read the rest
Once again we had a lot of fund at the annual spring awards banquet. Fifty current students were joined by… Read the rest
Once again it was easy to find Mary Washington Geographers at the AAG. At least a dozen alumni, students, and faculty presented posters or papers.… Read the rest
Spring is always a time to recognize achievements so please join me in congratulating:
Sarah McNeal (2011) and Afton Jenkins (2011) for winning UMW Writing Center Awards for their senior seminar papers. I’m proud that Sarah and Afton are continuing what has become a tradition for Geography Majors. I can’t think of more than one year in the last decade in which a student enrolled in one of our classes did not win this award.
Zac Wehrmann (2011) was just … Read the rest
