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Alumni News | Postolovski Sees GIS Careers Evolving with Technology, Urgent Nationwide Needs

Department chair, Dr. Dorothy Sack on right, presents Ray Postolovski with a plaque commemorating the naming of Bloemer Berg near Athens.

Geography alum Ray Postolovski recently returned to campus to commemorate the contributions of late Geography professor Hugh Bloemer to the Geography Department and the Ohio University community. Postolovski led the effort to designate the summit near Athens as Bloemer Berg. This naming was approved by the U.S. Geological Survey and […]

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December 15, 2017 at 3:55 pmAlumni

Geography Senior Maps Risk on Buckeye Trail, Prepares to Deploy with Air National Guard

Carolyn Kinzel with her capstone research poster
on "Mapping Risk: Forecasting Future Land Use Risk and Multi-Use Trail Conflict: A Case Study of the Buckeye Trail."

  Carolyn Kinzel ’18 will graduate this spring with a Geographic Information Science major, but instead of hitting the job market she will be joining her fellow Air National Guards on a deployment. In addition to being an accomplished geography major with a promising future, Kinzel is a Senior Airman […]

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December 15, 2017 at 3:30 pmNews Research

Faculty Highlight – Professor Nellis Is Expert in Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS

President M. Duane Nellis

By Thomas Smucker Associate Professor of Geography This fall, the Geography Department welcomed its newest faculty member: President M. Duane Nellis. A prolific specialist of environmental remote sensing and GIS, President Nellis was inaugurated as the 21st President of Ohio University on Oct. 18. The department is excited that such […]

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December 15, 2017 at 2:58 pmAnnouncements

Chair’s Message | Department Happy to Have New President as Geography Faculty

Dr. Dorothy Sack

By Dorothy Sack Professor & Chair of Geography Dear Friends, I hope this finds you well! I became chair of the Ohio University Department of Geography on July 1, when Jim Dyer completed his second three-year term in that position. It’s been a pretty steep learning curve for me, but […]

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December 15, 2017 at 2:25 pmAnnouncements

Geography Alumni Newsletter | Message from the Chair

Geography Alumni Newsletter | Message from the Chair

By James Dyer Chair of the Geography Department Greetings from Athens, to alumni, friends, and Geography compatriots! I hope everyone enjoys catching up with the Department with this successor to our Geogram. We might have changed a bit since you last looked. We’re now a department of 15 full-time faculty, […]

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December 10, 2015 at 12:35 pmUncategorized