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Join us for jeopardy (geo-party!) and risk management this Wednesday at 5:15 PM. We will begin with our state mandated annual risk management training, then the game will begin! 🌎🌍🌏🗺️🏆 who will get bragging rights? Come find out!
Please RSVP to meganflannery@txstate.edu or indicate your RSVP on the Outlook calendar invite so we get enough pizza. Hope to see you there!

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We are always so proud of our faculty! #txst #geography

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Did you know the New York Public Library (NYPL) offers a wide array of resources to support geographic scholarship and writing in the humanities disciplines? Join this webinar to learn about some of the many opportunities for geographers interested in the library’s research facilities, archives, and fellowship programs available to support short- and long-term projects focusing on the city’s rich musical history and culture.

Save the date for next Tuesday, September 29, 2026: 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET. AAG webinar flyer for "New York’s Music Geography: Research Fellowships and Opportunities at the New York Public Library," Tue Sep 29, 2026, 2–3 PM ET; includes a short description of NYPL research resources and two speaker headshots with their professional titles.

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Join us this Wednesday for our second Geology Club meeting and jeopardy night!

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Welcome back Bobcats! We are so excited because this Wednesday, September 2nd is our first geology club meeting! Come get to know the club and join us in a scavenger hunt at 5:30 in ELA 156!

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🌍 Hey, TXST geographers! 🌎
Come join us for our first meeting of the semester! Comment if you plan to attend so we can get enough pizza for everyone! 🍕

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Introducing… the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies!

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Also late, oops 😅 BUT! I was accepted @txst as well! I will be continuing my education and attending this Fall as a GIS major while double minoring in Criminal Justice and Sustainability Studies! I am super excited to shine yet another degree brighter!! And who knows?? Maybe even a masters or doctorate in the future 👀🤔

#EatEmUp #txst #bachelorofscience #txstbobcats #gis

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We had so much fun celebrating our students at the 2026 Outstanding Student Awards! These students have been working hard all year long and we want to take this moment to congratulate them! Additionally, we would like to highlight our three highest honors:

Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Elise Bostian of the Department of History
Outstanding Graduate Student, Brandi Reynolds of the Department of Psychology
and Outstanding Doctoral Student, Pingping Wang of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.

We are so proud of our students!

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Ethics Bowl Team wins Midwest Invitational!🐾 On April 25th, our TXST Ethics Bowl team (pictured L to R) Andrew Usry (CIS, Accounting), Reece Owens (Geography and Environmental Studies, Honors), and Andrew Bencivengo (Management), coached by Zachary Poston (Assistant Professor of Instruction, Philosophy) won the Spring Midwest Invitational at the University of Chicago, going undefeated in 4 matches, and capturing the title by holding a better point differential than Stanford (which was also undefeated). Other teams competing included the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Chicago, and Cornell. A huge congratulations to the Ethics Bowl team and their coach!

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This past Friday, The College of Liberal Arts hosted our annual Undergraduate Research Expo! Our students presented their projects that they had been working on all semester and we are honored to announce our 2026 winners!

Oral Presentation Winners:
1st place - Carolina Cambrom, A Binational Comparison of Water Policy and Human Impacts in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez: A Coding Study of Water Laws and Local Policy Frameworks
Major: Geography
Mentor: Dr. Christi Townsend

2nd place - Brandon West, Unburied Public History: Black History Through The Life of Julia Nobles at Bethany Cemetery
Major: History
Mentor: Dr. Ruby Oram

Poster Presentation Winners:
1st place - Electra Zatorski, Differences in Electrocortical Activity During Preparation for Inner vs. Spoken Speech
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Reiko Graham

2nd place - Isabella Litwin, A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Cultural Expressions in Colombia
Major: Spanish & Business Management
Mentor: Dr. Bouchra El Harrak

We would also like to give a huge shoutout to our donors as well! Thank you Aaron Barker, Latrice Hertzler, Sandra Harley Carey and Star Carey, and Mike Mitchell for all of your support!

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Colleen C. Myles is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. She is a first-generation college student with a PhD in Geography and a MS in Community Development from the University of California, Davis. She is a cultural geographer and political ecologist with specialties in land and environmental management; sustainability; food studies; and the geography of wine and beer. She is the editor of Fermented Landscapes: Lively Processes of Socio-Environmental Transformation, has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, and writes for Forbes.com. As a wine educator, she holds certifications as a Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW), Specialist of Texas Wine (STW), and Texas Wine Ambassador.

Join us for Night of Ideas: Ideas and Stories to Make Impact!

Friday, 27 March 2026
6 PM – 2 AM
Taylor–Murphy Hall
Texas State University

Free and open to the public.

@villa.albertine x @frenchconsulatehouston x @txst x @txsthonors x @txstla x @txsthistory x @txstgeo

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