Alumna Julie Dillemuth (PhD 2008) has been selected at the subject of the National Council for Geographic Education’s “Member Spotlight” for October 2015. Read on: My first encounter with the NCGE was visiting the website to order The People’s Guide to Spatial Thinking by Diana Stuart Sinton, Sarah Bednarz, Phil Gersmehl, Robert Kolvoord, and David Uttal. I poked around the site and realized that this was a professional society I...
Read MoreNot really, but you know what I mean. The weather was balmy, the ocean was calm, the food was terrific, and the company was delightful. Seriously, we lucked out on many counts – the temperature dropped a bit after our recent heat wave, the afternoon winds died away, and the water was wonderfully warm. But as for the company and the food, it was pretty much the same – anything but boring! As always, Geography’s fall...
Read MoreThe following is a Businessinsider.com article by Abby Jackson, posted September 18, 2015 with the title “New ranking looks at which colleges in America are the most ‘economically diverse’”: The University of California system is dominating the field when it comes to accepting students from diverse economic backgrounds, according to a ranking by The New York Times. Of the top 10 colleges that are doing the most for...
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