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.
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.
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 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 was a great day. Pictured are Elizabeth Semande, Dr. Stacey Brown Amilian,
Alyssa Hoog, Stefanie Prior, and Sara Chamberlin. Congratulations to all our awardees!
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
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 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.
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 (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 was selected for the U.S. Army Aviation Branch - see full article
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.
Chair, Dr. Susan Hume talks about our undergraduate program at Preview SIUE on November 11th, 2019
Geography alumni visited GEOG499: Senior Assignment on Monday, October 28th, 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!
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 received the 2019 Richason Scholarship, a national award from Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU), the international honor society in geography. Congratulations Seth!
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).
The Department of Geography spring picnic had a drone in attendance.
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.
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
GEOG417-River Landscapes students running experiments with the stream table. Thanks!
