Department of Geography and Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi

10/18/2012

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/

02/15/2012

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

02/15/2012

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

01/17/2012

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

12/07/2011

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.

11/15/2011

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.

10/26/2011

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.

10/24/2011

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

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.

10/22/2011

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

10/21/2011

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.

10/20/2011

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

10/19/2011

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!