Ventura College and The Channel Islands Regional GIS Collaborative (CIRGIS) sponsored “World GIS Day” on November 18, a conference for Santa Barbara, Ventura, and the surrounding region. The conference featured a competition of poster presentations incorporating maps showing how GIS is used to manage parks, map oil pipelines, do city planning, etc., and UCSB Geography majors Seth Gorelik, Mark O’Connor, Bryan...
Read More“The Adventure in Your Community” was the theme of this year’s Geography Awareness Week (GAW), a public awareness campaign that occurs every year during the third week of November. Promoted by National Geographic Education Programs, GAW encourages people to consider and learn about the world through a geographic perspective. The UCSB Department of Geography continued its tradition of sending students, faculty and...
Read MoreMr. and Mrs. Jagannadham Akella and their daughter Mamata (BA, 2006) established The Akella Family Scholarship in 2006. The Scholarship is used to support undergraduate student(s) based on the criteria of compelling family/personal circumstances and academic achievement. Highest consideration is given to those who have unique and challenging obligations, and the award is available to all declared Geography majors (first year as well...
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