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!

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 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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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