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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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
. . . . 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
February 9, 2010. A day that . . . should probably be forgotten. That afternoon, the infamous “sag” began in Monrovia’s Physical Geography Lab. Then, the full weight of the snowpocalypse forced us out of our temporary home and into buildings and classrooms scattered across campus.… Read the rest
A light December snow is a great way to end an enjoyable Fall semester. Now it is time to write some letters of recommendation for our seniors hoping to attend graduate school and to think ahead to 2011.… Read the rest
All the information suggests that the renovation of Monroe Hall is still on track. The old building has needed a lot of structural repairs – after all the foundation and frame are almost 100 years old. 
But, the new office and classroom spaces are taking shape as stud walls go up and the stairs to the new fourth floor (to be the home of Sociology and Anthropology) are done.… Read the rest
Ahh, it is good to be back in our temporary home. The roof’s fixed, we’re chasing the mice away, and we’re slowly unpacking the boxes we hastily packed last week.
Last Saturday I sat through our 99th commencement ceremonies (only my 13th). As all 1000 graduates’ names are read, I passed the time in various ways (My apologies to any alum who thought all faculty paid rapt attention through the ceremony). Some of the time I just enjoyed the beautiful but … 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
