Illinois State University’s Geology Field Camp was named the 2017 Geological Society of America/ExxonMobil Camp Excellence Award recipient.
Geology Field Camp receives excellence award

Illinois State University’s Geology Field Camp was named the 2017 Geological Society of America/ExxonMobil Camp Excellence Award recipient.
Wondwosen Seyoum has joined the Department of Geography-Geology as an assistant professor.
University Professor David H. Malone will deliver the Spring College Lecture on Tuesday, March 21, at 7 p.m. in the Old Main Room in the Bone Student Center. His talk, “Origin of the Massive Heart Mountain Slide, Wyoming,” is free and open to the public.
Assistant Professor Ishan Ashutosh from the Department of Geography at Indiana University in Bloomington will give a talk titled “Geography’s Lost History in Colonial India: Environmental Determinism and Aryanism.
Illinois State undergraduate students Lexi Wallenberg and Jessica Welch presented the results of their geological research in September at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver.
The Illinois State University Geography of Chicago course taught by Associate Professor John Kostelnick will be in Chicago over spring break (March 13-17) for a class field trip.
This summer, five geography students will participate in a three-week exploration of Japan with Professor RJ Rowley.
The University Research Council awarded the 2017 Cross-Disciplinary Team Research Award to four faculty members who work toward understanding climate change and its varied impacts on water quality.
Trevor Birkenholtz from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be the speaker for the 2016 Geography Awareness Week,
Professor of Geography Mona Domosh of Dartmouth College will present Illinois State University’s Distinguished Geographer Lecture.