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Geography Majors!
[Note: Please pass this along to your friends and neighbors because this visit goes beyond just geography!]
This week, we have the honor of hosting Dr. Michael Goodchild of the University of California, Santa Barbara as this year’s Hammond Lecturer (see schedule below). As you’ve seen in the announcements around the Burchfiel Building, he is
considered the father of Geographic Information Science, the field where many of you will be finding careers after graduation. I’m attaching his final schedule to this email and you’ll see that we have scheduled
a luncheon for undergraduate students to meet personally with Dr. Goodchild on Thursday February 12th from 12:00 noon until 1:30, where he’ll talk about “Careers in GIS.” This literally will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so don’t
miss out! (When I was an undergraduate, I remember hearing talks by some of the most famous geographers at the time and meeting them personally was a highlight of my undergrad career!)
Did I mention, the department is also furnishing box lunches from Aramark (the food people at the UC) and bottled water for undergraduates who show up and meet Dr. Goodchild!
So, Club Geography, this is a challenge to you: make this the most attended meeting ever hosted by the undergraduates in our department! I promise, it will be worth your time!
Thanks all!
Dr. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
Professor of Geography
Associate Department Head
Department of Geography
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0925
865.974.6029
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FINAL SCHEDULE
Dr. Michael Goodchild
Tuesday, February 10–Saturday, February 14
Tuesday, February 10:
Evening: Arrive 7:49 pm, staying at Four Points Cumberland House Hotel
Wednesday, February 11:
All day: Spend day at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as guest of Dr. Budhendra Bhaduri
Thursday, February 12:
8:00–9:00 am: Breakfast at the Cumberland House Hotel
9:00–9:30 am: Escorted to the department by Dr. Henri Grissino-Mayer
9:30–10:30 am: Meet with Department Head Dr. Derek Alderman and Associate Department Head Dr. Henri Grissino-Mayer
10:30–11:00 am Meet with Tracy to process paperwork
11:00-12:00 pm Free time
12:00–1:30 pm: Lunch with undergraduate students in room BGB 406 (coordinated by
Club Geography): “Careers in GIS.” Relocate to room BGB 405 if many students show up. Box lunches to be provided by Aramark.
1:30–2:45 pm: Free time to prepare for talk
2:45 pm Meet outside Main Office (Room 304) and escorted to Hodges Library by Dr. Henri Grissino-Mayer
3:00–3:40 pm: Reception outside the Hodges Library Auditorium
3:40–5:00 pm: Research presentation titled
“Space, Place, and GIS” in the Hodges Library Auditorium. Introduction to the Hammond Lecture Series by Dr. Derek Alderman. Introduction of Dr. Goodchild by Dr. Henri Grissino-Mayer.
5:15 pm: Escorted back to Cumberland House Hotel by Liem and Hyun
6:30 pm: Picked up at the Cumberland House Hotel by Hyun Kim
Dinner at Chesapeake’s with Drs. Shih-Lung Shaw, Liem Tran, Hyun Kim, and Robert Washington-Allen
Friday, February 13:
8:00–9:00 am: Breakfast at the Cumberland House Hotel
9:00–9:30 am: Escorted to the department by Dr. Bruce Ralston
9:30–11:30 pm: Meet with Geospatial Faculty in Room BGB 406 and tour of GIS facilities: Dr. Hyun Kim, Dr. Shih-Lung Shaw, Dr. Liem Tran, Dr. Nicholas Nagle, Dr. Philip Li, and Dr. Robert
Washington-Allen
11:30–12:00 pm: Free time
12:00–1:30 pm: Lunch with graduate students in Room BGB 406 (coordinated by
Graduate Students): “Careers in GIS.” Relocate to room BGB 405 if many students show up. Pizza lunch to be provided by the department.
1:45 pm: Escorted back to Cumberland House Hotel by Derek and Henri
Saturday, February 14:
Afternoon: Departs Knoxville at 2:05 pm