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Prehistoric Archaeology on Continental Shelf. Visit the Archives page for past highlights.
Professor Emeritus Jesse Walker is the 2008 recipient of the Royal Geographic Society's Patron's Medal for the encouragement, development and promotion of coastal geomorphology. Click here to read the full story.
Dr. Heather McKillop is the 2008 recipient of the LSU Distinguished Faculty award.
Dr. William Rowe won the A&S Tiger Athletic Foundation award for Outstanding Undergraduate teaching.
Amanda Evans has been selected as the 2008 Women Divers Hall of Fame/Cecelia Connelly memorial Scholarship recipient. This $2,500 scholarship was awarded to assist her with college tuition/fees or field study costs. The scholarship presentations will be held in conjunction with the 2008 WDHOF Member Induction Ceremonies. These take place the weekend of March 28-30 during the "Beneath the Sea" Dive Expo in Secaucus, NJ. Margaret Wrenn, Anthropology major, has been named the Outstanding Senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. She has been accepted into the Anthropology M.A. Program for the fall. Larry Kiage, who received his doctorate in Geography from LSU in 2007, was presented the Nystrom Award by the Association of American Geographers at their annual meeting in Boston in April. The award annually recognizes the best dissertation in geography from new scholars. Kiage’s dissertation, “Vegetation Change and Land Degradation in the Lake Baringo Basin, Kenya, East Africa: Evidence from the Paleorecord,” was one of two selected for the 2007 award. In addition to a monetary award, Kiage will also be invited to submit his dissertation for consideration for publication in The Professional Geographer, a quarterly journal published by AAG. He is currently an assistant professor of geosciences at Georgia State University. Other Faculty & Student Awards
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Fall 2008
Landscapes at Risk
Graduate Student Invited to Speak at 5th NRF Open Assembly. Dr. Tony Lewis retires after 30 years at LSU. Miles Richardson's book deemed "a stunning achievement" in JSH review. Read an excerpt of the review. The Department of Geography & Anthropology KREWE DU MONDE enters its first float ever in the Baton Rouge Southdowns Mardi Gras parade February 1, 2008. More Graduate Student Wins McColl Family Fellowship Latitudes, the department newsletter
G&A Teaching Lab CADGIS
The American Geographical Society has launched a new online job listing for geographers. If you are graduating soon, post a resume and keep an eye
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