University Of North Alabama Welcomes Alumni Back For Annual Geography Alumni Conference
Oct. 05, 2016
Michelle Eubanks, ĢƵ, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033
By Bryan Rachal, University Communications
FLORENCE, Ala. - The ĢƵ Department of Geography will host the annual ĢƵ Geography Alumni Conference Oct. 13-14, in Wesleyan Hall auditorium.
The keynote speaker for this year's conference is Dr. Bill Strong, professor emeritus of the ĢƵ Department of Geography. Strong's lecture, Geographic Eyes Wide-Open on a Life-Long Journey, will be delivered in Wesleyan Hall auditorium Oct. 13, at 2:20 p.m. The event is free for all ĢƵ faculty, staff and students.
In addition to the keynote address, the chair of the ĢƵ Geography Department, Dr. Francis Koti, will also provide a State of the Department Address Friday, Oct. 14, from 9-9:20 a.m.
This two-day event is the 12th conference hosted by the ĢƵ Geography Alumni Association (ĢƵGAA) and will coincide with ĢƵ's homecoming week festivities.
The ĢƵGAA is a professional organization with the goal of promoting and encouraging closer communication among alumni of ĢƵ's geography program and current geography faculty and students. This annual event allows the association to showcase its professional activities in addition to interacting and sharing industry experience with current geography majors. It is also an opportunity for the department to show its alums all the exciting things students are doing to prepare for their careers in the industry or in graduate school.
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA
The ĢƵ is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Human Sciences, and the Anderson College of Nursing. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, ĢƵ is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. ĢƵ also operates a renowned collegiate athletic program in NCAA Division II's Gulf South Conference. The ĢƵ is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age or national origin.