Good Morning Geographers and Sustainers,

The department is organizing several events for Geography Awareness Week coming up in mid-November. Please take a look at your calendar and pencil in these dates.

 

• Geography Virtual Career Mingle
• Wednesday November 17, 2021
• Schedule one-on-one informational interviews and attend panel discussions from 2-4 pm ET
• 4-5 pm ET are reserved for additional panel discussions
• Start signing up for appointments on Monday November 1 through Handshake (I think this link takes you to the event website, if not, log into Handshake, click on find an event, and search for Geography – see attached)
• Organizations already signed up
• East Tennessee Development District
• Knox County Engineering and Public Works
• Calvert Street Group
• Knoxville-Knox County Planning
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• State of Tennessee
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• USDA Forest Service
• Geography Awareness Week Distinguished Speaker
• Speaker: Dr. David Padgett, Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the GI Sciences Laboratory at Tennessee State University
• Title: Democratizing Geospatial Technology:  A Model for Providing Technical Assistance in Community Based Participatory Mapping to Environmental Justice Stakeholder Communities
• Dr. Padgett is an expert in using the power of geospatial technology to study and address social and environmental justice issues.
• Thursday November 18, 2021
• Reception at 4:45 pm ET
• Presentation at 5:00 pm ET
• Student Union Building Room 362C

 

If you have questions about the events please let me know.

 

Michael Camponovo

GIS Outreach Coordinator

Geography Department, UT Knoxville

209A Burchfiel Geography Building

1000 Phillip Fulmer Way

Knoxville, TN 37996

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(865) 974-5348

https://gislab.utk.edu