Geography News (geography)

Brittany Holmes was recognized with a Dean’s Merit Award. These highly competitive awards are made by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UA and provide an additional $6,000 annually to the stipend of award recipients during their time in the Graduate School. Brittany will join our MS program in Geography starting fall 2011. This marks the first time a MS student has received this recognition. Congratulations!

The Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers was held April 12-16 in Seattle, Washington. Current graduate students Megan Buchanan (Hart), Ian Comstock (Senkbeil), Matthew Harper (Shankman), Rebekah Pine (Hart), and Jacob Richards (Hart) presented research findings at the meeting. Many faculty members also made presentations and/or served on panels.

April 4-8 was Honors Week at the Capstone. The Department of Geography recognized the following students at the undergraduate and graduate student award ceremonies during the week:

Graduate students

Rebekah Pine

Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Ian Comstock

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Megan Buchanan

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award

Jacob Richards

Chairpersons Award

Undergraduate students

Heather Black

Outstanding Undergraduate in Environmental Science Award

Barrett Gutter

Outstanding Undergraduate in Geography Award

The following students successfully defended their MS theses during the spring 2011 semester:

Kate Miller (Steinberg)

Ian Comstock (Senkbeil)

Jacob Richards (Hart)

Megan Buchanan (Hart)

Rebekah Pine (Hart)

Several more students are scheduled to defend during the course of the summer for August graduation. Congratulations to all!