During the Spring semester Geography and Geology students had many opportunities to take their classes into the field.  Geology classes went to northern Alabama and on to Georgia and North Carolina to focus upon minerology.  Geography students had opportunities to study urban landscapes in Hattiesburg, area development in McComb, and habitat change on the barrier islands.  For our students and faculty, the field is our classroom.

Four of our graduate students presented at the 2013 Graduate Research Symposium.  They were (L to R) Andrew Fleming (MS GLY), Matt Fahrenbruch (MS GHY), Ken Crumpton (PhD GHY), and Tim Sutherland (MS GHY).  Andrew Fleming received the top department award for best research!  Their research covered topics in Peru and Nicaragua, sedimentation along the north coast of Lake Pontchatrain, and environmental justice.  Pictured with them at far left is Dr. Dixon.  Way to go guys.

Maps are the core of what we study, they are a language to us.  For the past several months undergraduate geographers Nicole Baiza and James Dickens have been working with the Southern Miss historic map collection to build an integrative approach to viewing the collection.  Have a look at this project and other work by James and get an idea of what our students are doing with digital cartography.