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Alum is Geography Associate Professor at Penn State

Fritz Kessler

“I graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. in Geography (concentrating in cartography under the direction of Dr. Hugh Blömer) in 1988. After graduation I held various job titles with the U.S. Geologic Survey, R. R. Donnelley and Sons, Intergraph Corp., Kansas Geologic Survey, and the T. R. Smith Map […]

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December 10, 2015 at 3:33 pmAlumni

Geography Alum is Planner for Columbus Transportation Unit

Eliza Thrush

“The skills Ohio University’s Geography Department offered me have been pertinent and useful in my career,” says Eliza (Clarke) Thrush ’09 (M.A. Geography). “As a student, I focused on the regulatory process for wetlands, but also was very interested in city/environment interaction and land use planning. After completing a master’s […]

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December 10, 2015 at 3:24 pmAlumni

Geography Alum is Director of GIS for Arlington, MA

Adam Kurowski '04M

“I have had quite the journey since finishing my degree at OU in 2004,” says Adam Kurowski ’04 (M.A. Geography). “I’ve held GIS-related positions in New Hampshire for the Department of Safety – 911 Division, the Lakes Region Planning Commission, and as an Adjunct Professor at Plymouth State University. Moving […]

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December 10, 2015 at 3:16 pmAlumni

Geography Gets a Drone for GIS Program

Tim Grubb flies the new Geography drone.

The Geography Department is now the proud owner of a drone—a DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Quadcopter with 2.7K Go-Pro Camera and 3-Axis Gimbal. The camera will be a great resource for classroom applications, as well as faculty and student research projects. Dr. Jim Lein is starting things off with a […]

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December 10, 2015 at 2:48 pmNews

Geography Announces Joe Ferguson Memorial Scholarship

Geography Announces Joe Ferguson Memorial Scholarship

The Geography Department is elated to announce the creation of a new scholarship for Geography students. Professor Emerita Nancy Bain and her husband, George, endowed the scholarship with a generous donation, which was then combined with funds from the former Margaret Boyd Research Scholarship (that Nancy established in the 1980s). […]

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December 10, 2015 at 2:29 pmNews

Student Teams Design Their Own Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods

Student presentations in CAS 1415

Undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences Introduction to Sustainability (CAS 1415) course become urban planners for a day. Students in CAS 1415 recently put what they learned about sustainable urban planning into practice by designing their own sustainable neighborhoods. During the preceding two weeks of class, […]

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December 2, 2015 at 9:35 amNews

Geography Professor Hubert G. H. Wilhelm, 1931-2015

Geography Professor Hubert G. H. Wilhelm, 1931-2015

Dr. Hubert G. H. Wilhelm passed away on Friday, Nov. 20, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 84, reports the Athens Messenger. “Hubert epitomized the ideal of a professor; was never concerned about counting publications, or where the next grant was coming from, he simply did what he enjoyed […]

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December 2, 2015 at 9:12 amNews