Try these links for examples of geographic illiteracy and discussion of the topic (Are Americans getting dumber?) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23227115/

Are you addicted to the the internet; click here for a self test and here for some of the research.

A definition: Geography is the science of place and space. Geographers always ask where things are located on the surface of the earth, why they are located where they are, how places differ from one another, and how people interact with the environment.

So how do you know if you want to be a geographer? If you are curious to find out if you have an interest in geography, check out the AAG (Association of American Geographers) web site. Go to "Careers in Geography" to find out more about "Geographers at work"...

GEOG.121 Physical Geography

GEOG.151.001 - Human Geography

GEOG.151 W04- Human Geography

GEOG.151 W05- Human Geography

GEOG.355 -Political Geography

CAMPUS EVENTS

Bag It

Students for Sustainability will present Bag it! The movie that revolutionized our understanding of plastic and its impact to environmental and human health! A great learning, empowering and activist platform for community members of all ages! Sustainability is the cultural reality of the present and future!

Monday, April 11, 8pm. East Campus Commons

Refreshments will be served.

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From Rodney King to Michael Brown: Voicing Community

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM (ET)

Rondileau Campus Ctr 201

Playwright Anna Deavere Smith has argued that “to develop a voice one must develop an ear.” Smith’s extraordinary play Twilight, Los Angeles explores the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which followed the acquittal of four white police officers on trial for the beating of black motorist Rodney King. The play presents monologues taken verbatim from interviews conducted with people related directly or indirectly to the LA riots. How might the voicing of this community help us to consider the riots in Ferguson and Baltimore in 2014 and 2015 as well as racial relations in our own community? Join us for an excerpt from a filmed version of Smith’s performance as we think through the dynamics of US racial conflict and consider what it means to have a voice and be a community.

Where: RCC 201(Council Chambers)

When: Tuesday, April 12, 12:30-1:45

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Friday, April 29

Curriculum Workshop “Incorporating Africa-related Curriculum Content in the Classroom”

Dr. Barbara Brown, Boston University 11 am-2 pm, Burnell Room 108

Here I will post notification of Campus Events that relate to Geography and to our classes.

They could be about events in different parts of the world,

about social, cultural, political or economic issues that are critical to our time.

Past programs have been about Cambodia, globalization, peace and war, agricultural development,

water privatization, etc. Ours is an active campus with discussion of a wide range of issues.

Attend/participate in our campus life.

Domingo's Doodads

Technology is great, but often creates problems of time management - check THE PROBLEMS

Grades not good? having trouble studying? Check out this cartoon

Ever wonder about the dead Grandmother syndrome?

Plagiarism IS a big deal. You will be penalized for plagiarizing material.

What is plagiarism? Check out these two sites:

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

A very valuable compilation of ideas for success in college.