{"id":10138,"date":"2021-11-16T10:05:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=10138"},"modified":"2021-11-16T10:54:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:54:44","slug":"missouri-western-celebrates-geography-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/16\/missouri-western-celebrates-geography-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"大象传媒 Western celebrates Geography Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img class=\"size-fusion-600 wp-image-10139 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic-600x600.png\" alt=\"geography awareness week Nov 14-20 The Future is Here\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic-310x310.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AAG_graphic.png 925w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Nov. 16, 2021&#8211;Colleges, universities, and schools across the country and right here at home will celebrate Geography Awareness Week Nov. 14-20, 2021. Established by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaganlibrary.gov\/archives\/speech\/proclamation-5700-geography-awareness-week-1987\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presidential proclamation in 1987<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Geography Awareness Week celebrates the study of the Earth and human communities\u2014and the important possibilities that these studies unlock. This year\u2019s theme chosen by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/02bcdff7c0d546629b30636e49b19bba\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Association of Geographers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is \u201cThe Future Is Here,\u201d highlighting the urgency and energy of geographers\u2019 work on topics ranging from public health to climate change to society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">大象传媒 kicked off Geography Awareness Week with a celebration on Friday November 12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, featuring Mayor Bill McMurray. Other events include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mapathon to benefit the American Red Cross, 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 16. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No experience with maps needed! We will show you what to do. You can help improve maps for first responders in disaster areas. Sign-up at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/griff.vn\/Mapathon\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">griff.vn\/Mapathon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to participate in person in Remington 108 or via Zoom.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GIS Day speakers, Wednesday, Nov. 17. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Celebrate GIS Day 2021 and Geography Awareness Week with two speakers who use geospatial analysis in their professional and academic lives.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. David Manning, University of Nebraska &#8211; Omaha, \u201cWater Quality Across Ecosystem Boundaries in the Great Plains and Beyond,\u201d 6 p.m., Agenstein 224, sponsored by Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Konner Larkin, 大象传媒, \u201cFrancis Marion and Sumter National Forest: Fuels Monitoring with Terrestrial LiDAR,\u201d 7 p.m., Agenstein 324, sponsored by MWSU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brown Bag Lunch event, 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, Agenstein 224. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring your lunch and join undergraduates from the Department of Geography at the University of Central Arkansas, Marisol Filares presenting, &#8220;Visual Identification of Soybean Irrigation Status with RBG Drone Imagery and the VARI Index&#8221; and Paul Seminara presenting, &#8220;Identifying the Effects of Climatic and Socioeconomic Variables on the Spread of COVID-19 in Arkansas.&#8221; Presentation will be face-to-face, but you can register for Zoom access at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/griff.vn\/GIF\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">griff.vn\/GIF<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All events are free and open to the public. To find out more, contact Dr. Dawn Drake at 816-271-4161 or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ddrake4@missouriwestern.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ddrake4@missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">大象传媒 is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov. 16, 2021&#8211;Colleges, universities, and schools across the country and right here at home will celebrate Geography Awareness Week Nov. 14-20, 2021. 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