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Geography Awareness Week Nov. 14-16

November 14, 2016

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MACOMB, IL – The Western Illinois University Department of Geography will host Geography Awareness Week Monday-Wednesday, Nov. 14-16.

This year's events include:

• Monday, Nov. 14 at 8 a.m.-Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. – Geocache Hunt - There are 15 geocaches throughout the WIU campus all of the locations can be found at wiu.edu/cas/gis_center/. Once students find the cache, they will write down their names, WIU email address and time on the logs. At 3 p.m. on Tuesday, geography student club members will collect the logs. The number of geocaches each participant finds (number of names on the logs) will be the number of strips for a raffle.

Prizes of $75 for first place and $25 for second will be awarded through a raffle, which will take place Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the Geography Awareness Week lecture.

• Tuesday, Nov. 15 – Lecture: "Geography Past, Present and Future: The Rise of Virtual Geography." Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Wendy Shaw will deliver the lecture in Stipes 121.

• 2016 Annual Geography Photo Contest – The entries are listed on Facebook at bit.ly/2eXHJlH and the winners will be announced during the Geography Awareness Week lecture.

• Monday, Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. – Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m.: University Union Food Court – Sandbox Design. Participants will attempt to recreate Mount St. Helens during three minutes in the virtual sandbox, then screen shot a picture of their creations. A student committee will decide which is closest to the actual structure. The winner of the $50 prize will be announced on the department's Facebook page.

• Wednesday, Nov. 16, noon: Geography W-Walk, south entrance to Memorial Hall: A group leader will have the "collector software" running on his/her phone. A breadcrumb will be dropped every few steps until a "W" shape is made at the end. A map of the actual path can be obtained from the GIS Center.

For more information about any of these activities, call the WIU Department of Geography at (309) 298-1648.


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