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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY GRADUATION CEREMONY

For May 2018 and August 2018 Graduates
Saturday May 12, 2018
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4:00-5:00 pm Hors d’ouves
Second Floor Concourse Brooks Hall
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5:00-6:00 pm Department Ceremony
Room 202 Brooks Hall
WVU Downtown Campus

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Dr. Brent McCusker has recently contributed to a major study of migration projections in the developing world.   https://eberly.wvu.edu/news-events/eberly-news/2018/04/05/wvu-geographer-helps-prepare-for-internal-climate-migration-through-new-world-bank-report

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Jing Chen, RRI GRA and Ph.D. candidate in Geography, wins 2018 Barry M. Moriarty Award

https://enews.wvu.edu/articles/2018/03/29/jing-chen-rri-gra-and-ph-d-candidate-in-geography-wins-2018-barry-m-moriarty-award

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West Virginia University alumnus Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram received an Outstanding Scientist Award during the National Conference on Climate Resilience for Sustainable Livelihood in Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India on Wednesday, Feb. 28. https://eberly.wvu.edu/news-events/eberly-news/2018/03/20/wvu-geography-alumnus-receives-outstanding-scientist-award-at-national-conference?mc_cid=4555a71da2&mc_eid=935733f21e
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• Dr. Hessl's research was recently highlighted on WVU Today!
• Ancient trees in Mongolia dating back more than 2,000 years are helping place current and future climate change in context, according to a new  West Virginia University-led study.
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• Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Helen Lang

To find out more on Dr. Lang's legacy please go here: https://www.geo.wvu.edu/home/helen-lang-memorial/life-and-legacy

• Dr. Helen M. Lang passed away December 17, 2017, from the effects of cardiac arrest. Her family was by her side at Ruby Memorial Hospital at West Virginia University (WVU). She was a valued member of the WVU Geology faculty for 32 years, from 1984-2016, retiring as Emeritus Associate Professor.  Helen M Lang Obituary
  
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• US Dep't of Labor projects 29% increase in geography jobs through 2022.
  
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• Caitlin Ahrens, a Fairmont native and West Virginia University alumnus  was recently honored as the Jaycees' (U.S. Junior Chamber) Outstanding Young West Virginian of 2018.  See here for more.
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• Former geography MA student Pete Clark’s thesis research is in the news: Is Rock Climbing Bad for Cliffs?

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• Drs Amy Hessl and Jonathan Hall's research spotlighted in EOS: Citation: Witman, S. (2018), Critical role of grazing animals in an ecosystem, Eos, 99,https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EO091093. Published on 30 January 2018.

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• The Department of Geology and Geography is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community. We echo Provost McConnell’s statement from August 16.
  

  “Each year brings new challenges and opportunities, but this year we face a very particular challenge revealed by last weekend’s events in Charlottesville. We strongly condemn white supremacist, neo-Nazi, and other hate groups. These groups understand the role of public universities as venues for free speech and seek to exploit our campuses for their own purposes using racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, anti-immigrant, misogynist, and anti-Muslim speech and violence. They know that free speech is their right; we know that it is also a responsibility. As a public land-grant university, we have an obligation to promote free speech but to also do everything in our power to oppose bigotry, hate, and violence, to keep our community safe, and to use education to inspire our students to seek justice for all.”

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  Bridget Walter, a Geology undergrad, was the recipient of the 2017 Marshall Miller Field Camp Award for her  performance as the top student in Geology 404, Geology Field Camp.

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• WVU geography professor featured in DP for grant in food security: http://www.dominionpost.com/Food-Justice-Lab-re--ceives-$30K

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• PhD student Kristen de Graauw publishes paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1125786517301005

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• Former undergrad, current MA in geography Shawn Cockrel publishes paper on Cook’s Mill (WV) and gets the cover shot: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S112578651730019X

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• WVU Geography professor wins Fulbright to Australia http://eberly.wvu.edu/news-events/eberly-news/2017/05/18/wvu-geography-professor-awarded-fulbright-senior-scholarship

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• Lucy Aistis an Environmental Geosciences at West Virginia University won a scholarship from the Mid Atlantic Chapter of the International Erosion Control Society. Lucy is a senior, and has been on the Dean’s List as well as the President’s List, is a member of numerous organizations, and has been an intern for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

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