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Dear Colleagues, Please join your Special Events Committee in welcoming the Ralston Speaker this Thursday in the Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library: Ralston Speaker: Professor Jason Duke Southeast Region GIS Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Adjunct Professor, Tennessee Technological University Thursday, March 9, 2017 3:40 PM – 5 PM This is the planned itinerary for Dr. Duke with assistance from: Dr. Sally Horn Mrs. Norma Galyon Mrs. Maegen Rochner Dr. Shaw Dr. Paulo Raposo Ms. Jenna Casperson Dr. Hyun Kim Dr. Bruce Ralston Dr. Yingjie Hu Drs. Alderman & Dr. Kalafsky Dr. Robert A. Washington-Allen 10:00 AM: Arrive at Four Points by Sheraton Knoxville Cumberland House Hotel (1109 White Avenue, Knoxville TN 37916, Tel: 865-971-4663<tel:%28865%29%20971-4663>) to check in the hotel if a room is available; otherwise, store luggage and park vehicle at the hotel. 10:00 AM: Dr. Robert A. Washington-Allen will meet with Dr. Jason Duke at the hotel at 10 AM and walk with him from the hotel to the Geography Department. First stop, meet with Norma Galyon for UT paperwork. 10:20 AM – 11:00 AM: Dr. Paulo Raposo will then give Jason Duke a tour of the Geography Building and escort to BGB 406 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM: Open meeting with faculty, staff and students in BGB 406 and a pizza lunch starting at 12:15 PM. Mrs. Maegen Rochner has ordered pizzas and drinks. 1:30 – 2:30 PM: Quiet time in BGB 406 2:30 – 3:00 PM: Walk from BGB to the Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library and test computer projector and Powerpoint file. Ms. Jenna Casperson will accompany him to the Library. 2:40 P.M. Mrs. Galyon has arranged Jason’s Deli. Dr. Hyun Kim & Mrs. Maegen Rochner will guard food 3:00 – 3:40 PM: Reception in the hallway outside the Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library 3:40 – 5:00 PM: Either Drs. Alderman, Dr. Kalafsky, or Dr. Washington-Allen will introduce Dr. Bruce Ralston who will introduce Dr. Jason Duke: Presentation of “GIS in Disaster Response – Issues and Solutions” in the Lindsay Young Auditorium 5:00 Return to the Four Points Hotel for a short break (Check in the Four Points Hotel if it’s not done in the morning.) Dr. Robert A. Washington-Allen will walk Jason Duke back to the hotel. 5:45: Dr. Robert A. Washington-Allen will pick up at the Four Points Hotel for dinner with Bruce Ralston, Sally Horn, and Yingjie Hu at Naples Italian Restaurant Kindest regards, Robert A. Washington-Allen Assistant Professor of Geography Environmental Tomography Laboratory Department of Geography University of Tennessee 304 Burchfiel Geography Building 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way Knoxville, TN 37996-0925 Cell: 979-571-4330 e-mail: washingtonra@<mailto:[log in to unmask]>utk.edu<http://utk.edu/> website: http://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-robert-washington-allen/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- "God has chosen the world that is the most perfect,that is to say, the one that is at the same time the simplest in hypotheses and the richest in phenomena." — Leibniz "I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people." --- Isaac Newton