Geography Awareness Week Starts Nov. 17
Discover what geography at Texas A&M is all about. The Department of Geography and University Libraries will host a variety of events Nov. 17-21 for Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day 2008. The celebration will kick off Monday (Nov. 17) with games, activities and free giveaways at a booth in the MSC Plaza from noon to 2. Tuesday, students can go on a geocaching treasure hunt; Wednesday – national GIS Day – Evans Library will host Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Google Earth demonstrations, and Thursday will bring a free showing of the surfing movie “The Endless Summer” at the ongoing Geography Film Festival. The week’s activities culminate Friday with the Haynes Lecture, given by Dr. Harvey Miller, professor and chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Utah. All activities are free and open to the public.