National Geographic Awareness Week

Geography Awareness Week, Nov. 12-16, 2007

Events at Mason

Film Series (tentative listing)

 

Monday           November 12               1:30 pm    In Search of The Afghan Girl             JC Cinema

 

Tuesday           November 13               1:30 pm    An Inconvenient Truth                        JC Cinema

 

Tuesday           November 13               8 pm    The Devil Came on Horseback*         JC Cinema

                                                            * co-sponsored with Mason Environmental Awareness Group

 

Thursday          November 15               1:30 pm    7 Years in Tibet                                   JC Cinema

 

Friday              November 16               1:30 pm    The Motorcycle Diaries                       SUB II

                                                                                                                                    Rooms 5,6,7

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GIS Day 2007

 

All are invited to GIS Day at Mason, Wednesday, November 14, 12:00-4:00 pm outside of Dewberry Hall and in the Johnson Center Cinema, as part of Geography Awareness Week. Sponsored by the Department of Geography, the event will feature exhibits, demonstrations and presentations by local and federal government and industry including ESRI, the National Geographic Society, Arlington and Loudoun counties, GeoEye, Dewberry, SAIC, Booz Allen Hamilton, Boeing, BAE Systems, MTC Technologies, NGA, and American Forests. They will show applications of Geographic Information Systems and discuss career opportunities. Mason faculty and students will present projects, and share previews of courses and opportunities for additional studies. These activities will also be supported by ongoing software demonstrations in Fenwick Library.

 

The full program can be found at http://library.gmu.edu/resources/govt/gisday2007.htm

Refreshments will be served!

 

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Geography Awareness Night at the Patriot Center

Mason Men's Basketball vs. Dayton

 

Saturday           November 17               7 pm                                                    Patriot Center

 

This event is also supported by Coach Larranaga, the Department of Geography, My Wonderful World Campaign (National Geographic Society Education Foundation), ESRI.

 

Please join us for