Department of Geography and Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi

James Dickens, one of our GHY undergrads is busy working on several interactive map sites, check them out at http://maps.usm.edu/historic and more at http://www.cmpdd.org/data-center-2/

http://maps.usm.edu/historic

Southern Geological Association meets tomorrow at 12:15 in WSB 119. Lunch provided. Meeting to discuss Spring student activities.

MAST meet Friday, March 2nd at 12:30 in FEC 101 on the Long Beach Campus. Lunch provided, please RSVP to Dr. Holt.

Welcome to the Spring 2012 semester; we hope you had a prosperous break.

Our annual department holiday luncheon will be next Wednesday the 14th from 11:30 to 1:00 in WSB 119. All majors, staff, faculty and friends are welcome.

Rock and Mineral Sale!!! Looking for Holiday gifts, the Southern Geological Society will hold a sale this Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in the R.C. Cook Union Lobby. Crystals, gemstones, birthstones, fool's gold and much more.

Geography student presentations for the upcoming SEDAAG meetings will be presented on Friday, November 4th, at 1:00pm in WSB 229. These will be 'dry-run' presentations and everyone is welcome to attend and help support our student researchers.

If you are interested in geography and geographic education, you may want to get to know the Mississippi Geographic Alliance at: http://www.mga.olemiss.edu/index.html

Mississippi Geographic Alliance | Connect to the world here. The Mississippi Geographic Alliance is a nonprofit alliance to strengthen K-12 geographic education and awareness in Mississippi with workshops, online resources, and other programs.

Brett Hode and Casey Barefield passed their MS comps this week. Congratualtions to both of them.

Saturday the 22nd is Homecoming. We hope to see many of our alumns back on campus. USM plays SMU and it should be a good game. The Dean will be hosting a tailgating lunch outside Chain Tech. Building. Everyone is invited.

In the summer of 2012, David Cochran (Geography) and Miranda Grieder (Architectural Engineering Technology) will co-teach London Inside Out as part of the Southern Miss British Studies Program. Focusing on built form and spatial design at scales ranging from a single building to the metropolitan region as a whole, this course will introduce students to London as an urban system and spatial construct on the landscape.

For more information, contact David Cochran ([email protected]), Miranda Grieder ([email protected]), or Southern Miss International Programs at 601-266-4344 or https://www.usm.edu/study-abroad

International Programs | The University of Southern Mississippi

Annual Southern Miss Career Fair. October 26th on the second floor of the Thad Cochran Center. A great place to seek jobs and career building advice. There will be a few employers looking for geographers and geologists!