Ready, Set, Go! Seven teams of undergraduate and graduate students participated in the Geography Department’s Scavenger Hunt on Thursday, June 2. Planned and executed by the Outreach Committee, (Heather Frazier, Nina Bingham, Sari Blakeley, Mike Johnson, Susan Meerdink, and Rafael Ramos) the event was hosted to promote interaction among the geocommunity and other participants, and to celebrate the end of the academic year. Featuring...
Read More2015-16 Annual Geography Awards The following is the transcript used by Geography Chair Dan Montello while presenting the annual awards during the Department’s final Colloquium on June 2, 2016: The department gives five major graduate student awards: Excellence in Teaching Excellence in Research the Leal Anne Kerry Mertes Scholarship Award the David S. Simonett Memorial Award the Jack & Laura Dangermond Graduate Fellowship They...
Read MoreCongratulations to Professor Tommy Dickey, on receiving the 2015-16 UCSB Distinguished Teaching Award. Tommy is the first Professor from Geography to receive this award, initiated in 1978. The Distinguished Teaching Award acknowledges excellence in teaching and excellence in creative and scholarly work. Click here for link to announcement Again, congratulations,...
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