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GIS Analyst for the Living Oceans Foundation

Amanda Williams has put her SCUBA and geography skills to good use.

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Geography Graduate Amanda Reinholtz Awarded NSF Fellowship

October 7, 2009

Geography graduate Amanda Reinholtz has been awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to study hydrology at the University of Oregon. Amanda had also previously worked in Haiti with Dr. Mary Tacy

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GS Faculty Member Wins JMU Sustainable Business Plan Competition

October 7, 2009

Dr. Zachary Bortolot, assistant professor of Integrated Science and Technology at JMU, received top honors for his business plan for Optisilv, LLC, a remote sensing software for forest inventory applications.

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GS Students and Graduates Are Going Places

October 7, 2009

Read about the achievements and activites of current GS students and recent program graduates.

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  • Upcoming great study abroad opportunities for geographers: Peru, London, The Philippines, Malta and elsewhere: see OIP for more information…More >
  • Dr. Henry Way and Dr. Zack Bortolot were awarded a Freddie Mac grant to develop a new course with the College of Business: a Geography Entrepreneurship Studio.
  • Dr. Carole Nash has been awarded her PhD from American University, with a Distinction! Her dissertation title was: “Modeling Uplands: Landscape and Prehistoric Native American Settlement Archaeology in the Virginia Blue Ridge Foothills.”
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