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Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Defense: Vincent Ogweno
Friday, November 14, 2025 9:00 AM at GEO, Rm. 105
A doctoral dissertation proposal defense is scheduled for Vincent Ogweno on Friday, November 14, 2025, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
MSU Geography Colloquium Series: On the Banks: The History of the Red Cedar River at MSU - Eric Tans
Friday, November 14, 2025 4:00 PM - Friday, November 14, 2025 5:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for our next MSU Geography Colloquium session as we welcome Eric Tans for On the Banks: The history of the Red Cedar River at MSU.
Geography Awareness Week 2025
Monday, November 17, 2025 12:00 AM - Friday, November 21, 2025 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Join us for a variety of fun and engaging events as we celebrate Geography Awareness Week 2025!
Geography Awareness Week Food Drive
Monday, November 17, 2025 12:01 AM - Friday, November 21, 2025 12:00 AM at Geography Building, Rm 129 (Lounge)
Drop off your donations of canned goods and non-perishable food items for a food drive for the Greater Lansing Food Bank organized by GEO Club, Weather Club, and SWIG.
Malawi Education Abroad Information Session
Monday, November 17, 2025 4:30 PM - Monday, November 17, 2025 5:30 PM at Zoom
Interested in participating in the Development & Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi Education Abroad experience? Attend an informational session to learn more.
Supporting Women in Geography Meeting
Monday, November 17, 2025 6:00 PM - Monday, November 17, 2025 7:00 PM at GEO Rm. 126
Join SWIG for their first meeting of the semester and a fun mapping activity. All are welcome!
Arts, Culture, and Urban Sustainability in Rome Informational Meeting
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 5:00 PM - Tuesday, November 18, 2025 7:00 PM at International Center, Rm. 303
Learn more about the Arts, Culture, and Urban Sustainability in Rome Education Abroad experience.
Paint the Rock for Geography Awareness Week with GEO Club
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 6:00 PM at The Rock
Join GEO Club and help paint the rock for Geography Awareness Week!
Geography Department Coffee & Tea Hour
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 10:00 AM - Wednesday, November 19, 2025 11:00 AM at Geography Building, Rm 129 (Lounge)
Join us for coffee, tea, and conversation! All coffee and tea hours will take place from 10:00-11:00 am in the GEO Lounge, Rm. 129. All are welcome!
MSU GIS Day: AI and the Future of Geospatial Data
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 2:30 PM - Wednesday, November 19, 2025 4:00 PM at MSU Main Library, Green Room (4 West)
AI tools combined with GIS promise exciting new developments for research, infrastructure and more. Please join the MSU GIS Users Community to learn about AI and GIS from a panel discussion in celebration of GIS Day 2025.
Geography Awareness Week Movie Night
Thursday, November 20, 2025 4:00 PM - Thursday, November 20, 2025 6:00 PM at GEO Rm. 126
Join the Geography Community Building Committee for a fun and interesting geography-themed movie and snacks.
GEO Club Blaze Pizza Fundraiser
Thursday, November 20, 2025 5:00 PM - Thursday, November 20, 2025 9:00 PM at Blaze Pizza, 300 N. Clippert St., Lansing, MI 48912
Help support the GEO Club by eating at Blaze Pizza! Take-out, pickup, or delivery. Just be sure to mention 'FUND A' when you make a purchase!
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Notice: Katie Brown
Friday, November 21, 2025 9:30 AM at GEO, Rm. 126
A doctoral dissertation has been scheduled for Katie Brown on Friday, November 21, 2025, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
MSU Geography Colloquium Series - Janet Silbernagel
Friday, November 21, 2025 3:00 PM - Friday, November 21, 2025 4:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for an interesting Colloquium session with landscape ecologist and architect Janet Silbernagel, Professor Emeritus from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
MSU Geography Awareness Week Fall Poster Session
Friday, November 21, 2025 4:00 PM - Friday, November 21, 2025 5:00 PM at Geography Building, First Floor
Join us for our next MSU Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences Geography Awareness Week Fall Poster Session.
Doctoral Proposal Defense Notice: Yousef KhajaviGodellou
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 1:00 PM at GEO, Rm. 105 and Zoom Webinar
A doctoral dissertation proposal defense is scheduled for Yousef KhajaviGodellou on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Holiday - University Closed
Thursday, November 27, 2025 12:00 AM - Friday, November 28, 2025 12:00 AM at Holiday - University Closed
Holiday - University Closed
Quidders Talk: Quantifying geodiversity with continuous surface metrics
Friday, December 5, 2025 12:00 AM at GEO, Rm. 126
Join us for the next Quidders Talk featuring students from GEO 871 Seminar Class, taught by Kyla Dahlin, as they present "Quantifying geodiversity with continuous surface metrics".
Final Exams
Monday, December 8, 2025 - Friday, December 12, 2025 at Michigan State University
Final Exams
Geography Department Coffee & Tea Hour
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 10:00 AM - Wednesday, December 10, 2025 11:00 AM at Geography Building, Rm 129 (Lounge)
Join us for coffee, tea, and conversation! All coffee and tea hours will take place from 10:00-11:00 am in the GEO Lounge, Rm. 129. All are welcome!
Commencements
Friday, December 12, 2025 12:00 AM - Sunday, December 14, 2025 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Commencements
Quidders Talk: The various sources for the thick loess in western Wisconsin
Friday, December 12, 2025 4:00 PM at GEO, Rm. 126
Join us for the next Quidders Talk featuring David Pruder and Randy Schaetzl, from the MSU Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, presenting "The various sources for the thick loess in western Wisconsin".
Holiday - University Closed
Thursday, December 25, 2025 12:00 AM - Friday, January 2, 2026 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Holiday - University Closed
Malawi Education Abroad Information Session
Thursday, January 8, 2026 5:00 PM - Thursday, January 8, 2026 6:00 PM at Rm. 100, International Center
Interested in participating in the Development & Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi Education Abroad experience? Attend an informational session to learn more.
Spring Classes Begin
Monday, January 12, 2026 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Spring Classes Begin
Save the Date: MSU Geography Colloquium Series
Friday, January 16, 2026 4:00 PM - Friday, January 16, 2026 5:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for our next MSU Geography Colloquium session. Check back later for details.
Geography Department Coffee & Tea Hour
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 10:00 AM - Wednesday, January 21, 2026 11:00 AM at Geography Building, Rm 129 (Lounge)
Join us for coffee, tea, and conversation! All coffee and tea hours will take place from 10:00-11:00 am in the GEO Lounge, Rm. 129. All are welcome!
Save the Date: MSU Geography Colloquium Series
Friday, January 30, 2026 4:00 PM - Friday, January 30, 2026 5:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for our next MSU Geography Colloquium session. Check back later for details.
MSU Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences Career Fair: Save the Date
Thursday, February 12, 2026 1:00 PM - Thursday, February 12, 2026 4:00 PM at Munn Ice Arena, 509 Birch Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48824, US
Save the date for the 2026 MSU Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences Career Fair to be held on February 12, 2026, at Munn Ice Arena.
Save the Date: MSU Geography Colloquium Series
Friday, February 13, 2026 3:00 PM - Friday, February 13, 2026 4:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for our next MSU Geography Colloquium session. Check back later for details.
Geography Department Coffee & Tea Hour
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 10:00 AM - Wednesday, February 18, 2026 11:00 AM at Geography Building, Rm 129 (Lounge)
Join us for coffee, tea, and conversation! All coffee and tea hours will take place from 10:00-11:00 am in the GEO Lounge, Rm. 129. All are welcome!
MSU Geography Colloquium Series: Assessing Forest Carbon Dynamics Using Spectral and Structural Remote Sensing Observations - Zach Butterfield
Friday, February 27, 2026 3:00 PM - Friday, February 27, 2026 4:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for our next MSU Geography Colloquium session when we welcome Dr. Zach Butterfield for a presentation titled "Assessing Forest Carbon Dynamics Using Spectral and Structural Remote Sensing Observations."
Spring Break - No Classes
Saturday, February 28, 2026 12:00 AM - Sunday, March 8, 2026 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Spring Break - No Classes
Save the Date: MSU Geography Colloquium Series and Poster Session
Friday, March 13, 2026 3:00 PM - Friday, March 13, 2026 5:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for our next MSU Geography Colloquium session. Check back later for details.
Geography Department Coffee & Tea Hour
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 10:00 AM - Wednesday, March 18, 2026 11:00 AM at Geography Building, Rm 129 (Lounge)
Join us for coffee, tea, and conversation! All coffee and tea hours will take place from 10:00-11:00 am in the GEO Lounge, Rm. 129. All are welcome!
Save the Date: MSU Geography Colloquium Series and Poster Session
Friday, March 27, 2026 4:00 PM - Friday, March 27, 2026 5:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for our next MSU Geography Colloquium session. Check back later for details.
Save the Date: MSU Geography Colloquium Series and Poster Session
Friday, April 10, 2026 3:00 PM - Friday, April 10, 2026 4:00 PM at Geography Building, Rm 126
Join us for our next MSU Geography Colloquium session. Check back later for details.
Geography Department Coffee & Tea Hour
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 10:00 AM - Wednesday, April 15, 2026 11:00 AM at Geography Building, Rm 129 (Lounge)
Join us for coffee, tea, and conversation! All coffee and tea hours will take place from 10:00-11:00 am in the GEO Lounge, Rm. 129. All are welcome!
Final Exams
Monday, April 27, 2026 12:00 AM - Friday, May 1, 2026 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Final Exams
Commencements
Friday, May 1, 2026 12:00 AM - Sunday, May 3, 2026 12:00 AM at Michigan State University
Commencements