Academic Services is hiring Peer Academic Consultants and Peer Tutors for next year! More info here:  Now Hiring - Academic Services (umw.edu) … [Read more...]

DCR has many open positions at the moment - all over the state! Check them out here. Their recruiting motto is, "If you feel like saving the world, you belong at DCR". … [Read more...]

Please see full description here Crow's Nest is in southern Stafford County. Several former students have held this position! You need to be able to work outdoors and on weekends, including in Virginia summer humid and bug season! Application closes April 6. … [Read more...]

UMW has one scholarship application portal, available here. If you fill out the information, write an essay, ask a professor who knows you well to write you a letter of recommendation, you will be entered for every scholarship for which you are eligible. Maybe you will win even a small amount, which would be wonderful! Scholarships have different due dates, and different requirements. The Geography Alumni Scholarship is due by April 9; it is awarded to one student, a rising junior or rising senior, and it covers tuition for one semester. … [Read more...]

Geography is hosting our Spring Awards Banquet, Wednesday April 12, starting at 6:00 pm, in the upstairs river-view room at Brock's Riverside Grill! Geography and Geospatial majors, students in the GIS Certificate, Urban Studies or the master's in Geospatial Analysis program are all invited at a cost of $15.00 each. We are also inviting our 2022 graduates who missed out last year! This is a steal - the meal is worth $45; the Department of Geography will pay the balance. How do you buy your ticket? You can bring cash to Dr. Bowen (Monroe 315), or she will email everyone to provide her venmo, paypal and zelle codes! Read about the banquet here; we will induct new students into GTU, the geography honor society; we will celebrate GTU members who are graduating; we will announce winners of our Awards (not just for seniors!); we will play games and visit and enjoy our first outside event since covid-19! The cost for friends who are not in the Geography Department is $45.00. … [Read more...]

As part of our GEOG 498 Senior Portfolio course, which has an After Mary Washington designation, we have four speakers lined up for the next few weeks. Each will give an overview of what their current position entails, how they got there (education, previous jobs), and what advice they would give to a graduating senior today. These talks are informal, and will be followed by questions from the audience. Anyone is welcome to join: I will send a Zoom link by email to anyone who emails me to say they wish to attend! jgallagh@umw.edu March 22, 4:00 pm: Cassandra Ratti Pierandri graduated from UMW in 2010 with a BA in Geography. Cassandra worked as an Assistant Director in the UMW Office of Admissions immediately following graduation. In 2014, she relocated to Richmond and began working in the educational non-profit space. Since 2020, she has worked for TemperPack, a manufacturer of sustainable packaging products for cold-chain shipments, focusing on eCommerce and life science customers. … [Read more...]

Have you conducted original research through a class or an internship?  Do you want the experience of being published as an undergrad? Submit to Columns: The Mary Washington Humanities and Social Science Journal, and have your work published in the Spring 2023 Volume! Articles should be between 6-12 pages, and submissions are due by March 24th.  If your paper is chosen, you will be published in the Spring 2023 volume, as well as get the amazing opportunity to present at the Spring 2023 Columns Symposium! Click here to learn more!  … [Read more...]

Info Technology Specialist I Assistant Data Manager Division of Natural Heritage To apply click here Applications close on 03/24/2023 Hiring Range: $55,000 - $65,000; Position Number: DCR00424 The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation is seeking applicants to fill the full-time, classified position of Assistant Data Manager in the Natural Heritage Division. As a member of a team of spatial ecologists, conservation planners, and GIS specialists in the Information Management section of the award winning Virginia Natural Heritage Program (VNHP), this position reports directly to the Data Manager and is responsible for supporting the processing, analyzing, and managing of biodiversity data on Natural Heritage Resources (NHR) by integrating data from field, literature, and partner sources into the proprietary database management system called Biotics. This work requires daily collaboration with DCR staff, and partners, to ensure accurate data are the basis for … [Read more...]