44th South Dakota State University Geography Convention: March 14-14, 2013 Brookings, SD

The South Dakota State Geography Convention is the longest running student organized and sponsored annual meeting in the United States. Approximately ten eminent academic and applied geographers from around the region, the country, and Canada are invited to make presentations at the conference each spring. The convention also features social activities, a Gamma Theta Upsilon initiation, and an awards banquet. Field trips are provided on occasion.

Call for Abstracts

*Interested in presenting at the South Dakota State Geography Convention on March 14th, 2013?

*Email an abstract to Josh Bucher, Geography Club Secretary at joshua.bucher@sdstate.edu

*Presentations can be scientific in nature or informational, posters or slide show presentations are accepted

*Poster size should be 36”x48”

*Presentations should be 15 min with 5 min after for questions

*Please submit name, school, title, and abstract by March 1^st 2013 44^th Annual South Dakota State 

Geography Convention:Thursday March 14th and Friday March 15, 2013

Student Presentations – Thursday, 12:00-4:00pm

J.R. Smith Memorial Geography Bowl - Thursday

Social at the Ram Pub - Thursday night, 6:00-10:00pm

Guest and Faculty Speaker Schedule - Friday

9:00 – AAG President Eric Sheppard, UCLA

10:00 – John Fraser Hart, University of Minnesota

11:00 - William Woods, University of Kansas

1:00 – David Roy, SDSU GIScCE

2:00 – Trisha Jackson, SDSU

3:00 – Dean Gesch, USGS EROS

Geography Department Banquet at McCrory Gardens - Friday night at 5:30pm

Banquet Keynote Speaker: Joseph Kerski, ERSI

44^th South Dakota State University Geography Convention: March 14-14, 2013 Brookings, South Dakota

Presented By: The South Dakota State Geography Club & TheDelta Zeta Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon

Conference , Geography