Gallery

An image of the SIUE cougar statue with trees behind it

Chelsie McWhorter and Sarah Jackson

Chelsie McWhorter and Sarah Jackson presented at AAG in March 2023. Both Chelsie

and Sarah earned their master's from our program, and each are in doctoral programs

now - Chelsie is at UC-Santa Barbara and was recently admitted to candidacy while

Sarah is at U. of South Carolina and is also a PhD candidate, getting ready to defend

her dissertation soon.

Five Alumni

On March 23, five alumni from our program came to GEOG 499 Senior Assignment. Pictured from left to right are John Gilmore from Horner Shiffrin, Emily Calderon from Moran Economic Development, Dean Gunderson from Seed St. Louis, Kady Nolte of Axim Geospatial, and Ben Woolf of Maxar Technologies.

2022 Maymester

Dr. Alan Black taught his storm chasing class this 2022 Maymester which culminated in a storm chase trip to Texas and back. The students had a great time on the road this past week! Lots of cool storms and great memories!

SIUE geography students

SIUE geography students Wade Filges, Claire Iott, Milo Phillips and Makenzi Keller along with BIO student Jack Aydt, and ENSC student Jesus Sanchez, Dr. Martinez and Dr. Locke are spending a couple weeks in El Salvador as part of the NSF GEOPaths program. We are interacting with the Universidad Gerardo Barrios showing students STEM activities, flying a drone, conducting field work and exploring the area.

Honors Day 2022

Honors Day 2022 was a great day. Pictured are Elizabeth Semande, Dr. Stacey Brown Amilian, Alyssa Hoog, Stefanie Prior, and Sara Chamberlin. Congratulations to all our awardees!

SIUE's 2021 Student Lincoln Laureate

Samantha Gallatin, SIUE's 2021 Student Lincoln Laureate, was honored in a small outdoor ceremony. Usually presentations are made at the State Capital but this was not possible in 2021. Pictured left to right are: Wendy Shaw (Chair); Kevin Leornard (CAS Dean); Samantha Gallatin; Alan Black (nominated Samantha). We are very proud of all Samatha's many accomplishments! Full Story Here

Lewis and Clark State Historic Site

GEOG 335: Geography of North America students joined Dr. Hume on a field trip to the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site in Hartford, Illinois. This is where the Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1803-1804 at Camp Dubois before their departure. Pictured are Wade Filges, Evan Theising, Michael Drury, Jessica Garcia, and Dr. Hume at the keelboat display.

Dr. McCarragher’s Soils Class

Dr. McCarragher’s Soils class spent some time taking soil samples and exploring physical soil properties along the Delyte W. Morris greenway. The last couple of weeks the students have been participating in hands-on learning activities in the course as part of their final project.

Washington Park Cemetery

Dr. Brown’s cartography course mapped gravestones at the historic African American Washington Park Cemetery in St. Louis. The class is working with ESRI to create a digital database of the landmark.

Alumni Visit

Alumni (left to right) John Gilmore (Horner & Shifrin), Breana (Lamb) Buncher (City of Edwardsville), Becca Pulley (NGA), and Dean Gunderson (Gateway Greening) visited GEOG 499 in Fall 2021 to talk to students about career paths, networking, and professionalism as students prepare to graduate.

Elijah Blecha

Elijah Blecha was selected for the U.S. Army Aviation Branch - see full article

Susie Oettle

Susie Oettle was just voted president-elect of Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) Chapter 203. PKP is an international honor society. Susie is alumnae of our undergraduate program and is a current graduate student.

Dr. Susan Hume

Chair, Dr. Susan Hume talks about our undergraduate program at Preview SIUE on November 11th, 2019

Geography alumni

Geography alumni visited GEOG499: Senior Assignment on Monday, October 28^th, to offer advice on finishing up, job searches and career paths. From left to right: Dean Gunderson (BS ‘12 & MS ‘14); Kady Nolte (BS ’19); Emily Fultz (BS ’04; MS ’06); Becca Pulley (BS ’07); and John Gilmore (BS ’13). As expected, they did a great job and we appreciate the time they take to help fellow geography majors!

West Lakes Annual Meeting

The West Lakes annual meeting was held in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Students and faculty made the trip to attend.

Everyone gathered at the end of the meeting for a photo op: Dr. Adriana Martinez, Ofuje Blessing Amune, Jacob Smith, Elizabeth Semande, Seth Kannarr, Dr. Stacey Brown-Amilian, Alyssa Hoog, and Claire Iott

Seth Kannarr

Seth Kannarr received the 2019 Richason Scholarship, a national award from Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU), the international honor society in geography. Congratulations Seth!

St. Louis Regional Women in Geospatial Technology Summit

Speakers and panelists at the St. Louis Regional Women in Geospatial Technology Summit at T-Rex, including SIUE Geography Alumni Bethany Marshall - VerticalGeo (back row center), Megan Tosh - Ameren and Becca Pulley - NGA (middle row 3rd & 4th from the left), and Summit co-organizer and SIUE Geography Department Chair Susan Hume (front row right).

Spring Picnic

The Department of Geography spring picnic had a drone in attendance.

Geography Club

Geography Club members Cole Filges, William Overstreet, Summer Wolfe, and Kendra Ripperda clean up honeysuckle at St. Vincent Greenway in St. Louis with Great River Greenway

Spring 2019 Graduates

We are proud of our Spring 2019 graduates! Ann-Christine Link, Dominic Von Feldt, Kady Nolte, Justin Krones, Doug O'Donnell, Brandon Edwards, James Nuoffer, and Daniel Kirk are ready for the graduation ceremony.

River Landscapes

GEOG417-River Landscapes students running experiments with the stream table. Thanks!