Geography Awareness Week
The Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences at MSU celebrates Geography Awareness Week with a variety of activities, including workshops, lectures, social activities, and featured speakers.
Geography Awareness Week is an annual public awareness program that encourages citizens to learn about the significance of place and how we affect and are affected by it and to excite people about geography as both a discipline and as a part of everyday life. Celebrated during the third week of November, it was created by National Geographic more than 25 years ago.
The Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences at MSU celebrates Geography Awareness Week with a variety of activities, including workshops, lectures, social activities, and featured speakers. Past speakers have included Bill Weir, Host and Executive producer of CNN’s The Wonder List with Bill Weir; world-renowned artist Julie Mehretu; Yoruba Richen, filmmaker and Director of The Green Book: Guide to Freedom; Dr. Roberta Bandar, the first Canadian woman and the world’s first neurologist to fly in space; Krista Schlyer, an award-winning writer and photographer; Chris Jordan, an acclaimed artist, and cultural activist; and many other distinguished guests.
2024 Geography Awareness Week Geovisualization Competition
Help us celebrate Geography Awareness Week and enter our 2024 Geovisualization Competition! The primary theme of this competition is to highlight the practical aspects of geography as a discipline worth pursuing. Entries should inspire and motivate by shedding light on the diverse job prospects available after graduation with a degree in geography and its subfields, including, but not limited to, GIS, remote sensing, physical, economic, and human geography. We recognize the value of your contributions and look forward to seeing your work!
Winners will be announced during Geography Awareness Week (November 18-22, 2024).
SHOW US HOW GEOGRAPHY IS YOUR PASSPORT TO A GLOBAL CAREER!