The Tonle Sap must surely be one of the world’s strangest rivers. For most of the year, it originates in the waters of the Tonle Sap Lake in central Cambodia, and flows south, joining the Mekong at Phnom Penh. But during the latter part of the rainy season each year, the Tonle Sap River reverses direction. In this short video… Read the rest, I talk about the Tonle Sap, the Mekong, and their importance for Southeast Asia.
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.
To … 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
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
UMW’s press release about our new stream table caught the attention of Fredericksburg’s Free Lance Star. The story is not just about the now famous stream table. It focuses on Jackie Gallagher’s and Zac Wehrmann’s work monitoring erosion along Hazel Run.… Read the rest
Come to Geography’s annual Family Weekend Open House on Saturday from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Students, friends, family, and alumni are all welcome!
In addition to some cool GIS demos, you be able to get your hands wet as you learn about stream processes in our new stream table. Also Donald Rallis and Dawn Bowen will share experiences from their recent travels in Africa and Asia.
And yes, there will be food.… Read the rest
Welcome back to the reborn Mary Washington Geography site. We hope you like the new look and find the new features interesting and useful.
This home page contains excerpts from posts – some written specifically for this site and others coming via syndication from other blog sites. Here you’ll find information on upcoming events, updates on the Monroe Hall renovation, job and internship announcements, and posts from students and faculty describing experiences in the classroom and from around the world. … Read the rest
