SIUC's Department of Geography and Environmental Resources focuses on environmental management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Faculty expertise is in water resources, land use, environmental sustainability, and geospatial techniques. Field work, use of computers, and internships are prominent components of the integrated environmental problem-solving approach in both our under-graduate and graduate programs.
Christopher Peters
Student
REACH Award Winner
Undergraduate Geography and Environmental Resources major Christopher Peters was granted a Research-Enriched Academic Challenge (REACH) award for his project "Analysis of Paleoflood Impacts Along the Mississippi River Using Dendrochronology." REACH is a competitive-based award program for undergraduates conducting research, scholarly, or creative projects under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Dr. Matthew Therrell will serve as Chris' mentor. Chris will travel to Big Oak Tree State Park in Missouri to take core samples of different trees. Through his investigation of the samples he hopes to find evidence of floods on the Mississippi prior to the introduction of river gaging stations and written flood records.
Justin T. Schoof
Associate Professor
Receives AAG Mather Paper of the Year Award
Justin Schoof is this year's recipient of the Association of American Geographers Climate Specialty Group John Russell Mather Paper of the Year Award for his paper, "Development of Daily Precipitation Projections for the United States Based on Probabilistic Downscaling," published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.
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Matthew Therrell
Assistant Professor
Makayla Trotter
Student
An article titled "Waniyetu Wówapi: Native American Records of Weather and Climate" by Professor Therrell and Geography student Makayla Trotter was published in the May 2011 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. (abstract, article)
Fall 2011 Events
National Geographic Intern Documents Travel with New Blog
Senior Makayla Trotter, a geography and environmental resources major and National Geographic Intern in DC this fall is documenting her experiences with a new blog, The Geography of Learnin: An Intern's View of National Geographic.
Makayla Trotter receives National Geographic Internship
Senior Makayla Trotter, a geography and environmental resources major, will head to Washington, D.C., next fall as a National Geographic intern in the Education Division. The Saluki Times article. More of Makayla's accomplishments can be found on the Sustainability SIUC webpage.
SIUC Earns Spot in Princeton Review's Green Guide
SIUC has made its first appearance in the Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges: 2011 Edition. SIUC's thriving student groups along with many sustainability efforts were factors in our inclusion along with 310 other universities. Saluki Times article. Daily Egyptian article.
Geography Club and Faculty Member Receive Outstanding Awards
The Geography Club is the 2011 receipient of the SIUC Outstanding Registered Student Organization Award for outstanding contributions and commitment to SIUC and the community. Geography faculty member, Dr. Julie Weinert, was awarded the 2011 Outstanding RSO Advisor Honorable Mention for outstanding contributions to the Geography Club and SIUC. Recognitions were presented at the Student Involvement and Leadership Development's annual Leadership Celebration on April 20, 2011.
Student Research Showcase & Annual Awards Presentation
Each May students present posters developed as a result of their class research. You are welcome to take a look at a sampling from current years.
Green Roof Installation: Geography's Weather Station Receives New Home
The first green roof on the SIUC campus and region was installed recently with help from faculty and students from several departments and colleges. Walkways made of recycled glass fall between native vegetation planted to reduce water runoff and reduce heating and cooling costs on the Agriculture Building. The installation of Geography's weather station will provide an ideal educational and research tool for our students and faculty. See the "Up On The Roof" @ SIUC" video.
Geography Student Blogs
The Geography of Learnin: An Intern's View of National Geographic
Local Food in Southern Illinois
Spring Sustainability Projects
Geography students Brooke Lopeman, Kim Rowan, Maykayla Trotter, and Laura Williams are participants in the Campus Sustainability Project Intern Program that is funded through the campus Green Fund. For a list of Spring 2011 projects, see the Saluki Times article.
Going Green - Living Learning Community
This Living Learning Community is ideal for students interested in climate change and sustainability. Students will participate in projects designed to develop sustainable solutions to campus environmental problems. Students will also work with campus groups including EcoDawgs and LOGIC (Local Organic Garden Initiative of Carbondale).
Campus Sustainability
We support a more sustainable campus by increasing the efficiency of resource and energy usage and by reducing waste. A geography faculty member and a geography student work to bring it together in one website.
Intro to Geosciences: Project Upward Bound
Assistant Professor Matthew Therrell and Associate Professor Justin Schoof continue the introduction to the geosciences for the residential Project Upward Bound in the summers of 2010 and 2011. The Saluki Times article.
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