AKA why journalism students should minor in Geography.

AND he’s a GIS nerd advocating for geographic literacy to advance equity and environmental justice? ABSOLUTELY.

NEW: Giving the keynote address at a GIS conference last month, former high school geography teacher Tim Walz talked about some of his favorite maps minnesotareformer.com/2024/08/06/for…

We have good news and bad news. Bad news! We have to make hard choices to close the gap on a $1 billion budget deficit. Good news! We’ve hired outside consultant firm Deloitte to teach us how to engage with campus stakeholders.

As a Canadian living in the US this is very true.

#GeographyAwarenessWeek is November 18-22, 2024! This year’s theme is the Geographers Take Action, exploring the contributions of geographers. 🌎 Find out how to get involved as a GeoAdvocate or Promotional Partner. bit.ly/3WMbLhg

Now that I work in a space where we bill our time to projects and our time is meticulously tracked, it is stunning to think about how much of higher ed/academia is sustained by uncompensated labor.

I am not attending Goldschmidt this year, but please check out postdoc Gavin Piccione's work on Miocene subglacial precipitates from Antarctica on Thursday afternoon: conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/20… and former postdoc Evan Ramos' work on U and Li isotopes: conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/20…

My favorite time of the year! Time to cancel under-enrolled classes and reassign faculty to classes they aren’t qualified to teach!

The worst part of the move to have everything require multi factor authentication is that you now must have your cell phone with you at all times. No longer can I leave my cell phone at home or in the office.

The demand for #geospatial skills has skyrocketing while #geography majors have declined for over ten consecutive years 📉 This article by American Association of Geographers shares how they are bridging the gap with a variety of initiatives 🌏 esri.social/brgt50T52QZ

If anybody wants to know why Gen X is always mad, it's because we had to replace our record collections with a tape collection that we had to replace with a CD collection that we had to replace with an MP3 collection, and now we need a subscription to listen to music.

Department head first week of the semester: RIP my inbox and calendar.

BREAKING: The Onion has filed a lawsuit against The New York Times claiming copyright infringement.

I would like to remind all of our students of some of the great discounts available to The Wolf Pack Family from our local community partners. University of Nevada, Reno students, staff and faculty receive 10% off at the Raley's on Mayberry Drive and on Keystone Avenue with a Wolf Pack card.

My pitch for #geography: "Why it matters that Gov. Tim Walz was a geography teacher" minnesotareformer.com/2024/08/28/why… Minnesota Reformer American Association of Geographers NCGE Macalester College The American Geographical Society MAGE AP Human Geography Kevin Turner Greg Hill Marie Price IGU Lisa Benton-Short Patricia Ehrkamp (she/her) African Geographical Review

Soooooo if you lose basically half of your department (not kidding) due to institutional cuts (about half forced, half elective), those who remain end up with vastly more administrative/service tasks. It's week 1, and already WOAH. Too many things!

This is crazy. Nevada may want to consider this sort of thing as the number of data centers in the state continues to expand.

Not just Geography, we welcome all students!!

Mandatory evacuation orders were just expanded for the #DavisFire, up to the Mount Rose ski area and north of Mount Rose Highway. #NVwx