Weekly News News Archive
Why every student and recent graduate should be volunteering or doing an internship! “Cartography Stages a comeback” is the title for an interesting article that appeared on Wired, where it describes the expected higher demand for individuals with map-making skills. Although this really isn’t news for geographers, it is still worth mentioning as our skill-set is finally
This week’s news brief comes a bit early on the eve of thanksgiving, but it is for a great reason. It is with great pride that the Geography Department would like to recognize the outstanding performance of Brian O’Keefe in the geography bowl competition at the 72nd meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association
The 2017 GIS Day was another success! Over thirty students from Huntington High School were in attendance to celebrate the occasion and participate in an array of activities. The day started with a welcome message by Dr. Leonard where he discussed the significance of GIS, followed by lab activities with Dr. Kozar. Current geography students
To celebrate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day this year, the Natural Resources & the Environment and Geography departments are jointly hosting GIS Day events at Marshall on Wednesday, Nov 15, 2017. The main event will be held at BE5 in the Memorial Student Center. Keynote speaker will be Mr. Mack McCarty (US Army Corps of
We begin this week with a look back at the number of theses that students have written in the department since 2002. According to the Proquest Database there were thirty one Masters level theses accepted by the geography faculty. The topics covered a wide array of geographic expertise and subfields, ranging from the analysis of
We begin this week with another round of great departmental news. On Monday afternoon Dr. Leonard took his drones class to the Tri-State Regional airport to discuss air safety. They were debriefed on airport security by the VP of airport operations and the chief air traffic controller. Among the topics discussed were the regulations for operating unmanned
Bugs.clocks.search. No, it is not a typo and we have not gone crazy, this is one of the many 3 words coordinates that can be used to locate Harris Hall. We are talking about “What3words”, a new geocoding system devised to talk about the location of places in an easy to talk manner. What3words developed a 10×10
This week we begin with news from the Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers (SEDAAG) where Dr. Córdoba was elected to serve as the state representative for West Virginia. He will serve a 2-year term in this position, which begins following the 2017 conference in Starkville, MS. On Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 7 pm
This week we begin with great departmental news. First, Dr. Kevin Law delivered a colloquium talk for the Geography Department at Ohio University. His talk was titled: What is a State Climatologist? Taking a Look Inside the Role and Responsibilities of a State Climatologist. He discussed the responsibilities of a State Climatologist and the “1,000 year” flood that
Fall is finally here but the thermometer says otherwise. We should ask our State Climatologist (Dr. Kevin Law) where are the cool temperatures? There are plenty of exciting opportunities this week for our current students and recent graduates. On the academic front: The Applied Geography Student Research Fellowship Competition (open to graduate students and undergraduate