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🌺 Day One of APCG 2026 — Hilo, Hawaiʻi 🌺 We’re officially underway! Our first day in beautiful Hilo, Hawaiʻi, began with the Mōhalu Moon and a heartfelt Kīpaepae Welina ~ Welcoming Ceremony at Hawaiʻi Community College’s Manono Campus. From the Hawaiʻi Keynote to Huakaʻi ~ Excursions, the day was filled with learning, connection, place, and ʻike. 🌊🌴 And to close out the day, we’ll gather downtown at Hale Kanikapila for an optional evening of music, community, and aloha. 🎶 Mahalo to everyone who helped us begin APCG 2026 in such a meaningful way. We’re grateful to be here, together, in Hilo. 💛 #APCG2026 #APCG #HiloHawaii #Hawaii #Aloha
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🎉 Congratulations to Ran Ma, a recipient of the 2026 APCG Women’s Network Small Travel Grant from the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers! 🌏✨ Ran is a graduate student in Spatial Economics and Data Analysis at the USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute, where her research focuses on tropical fruit cultivation suitability on Hawaiʻi Island. 🍍🌺 We’re proud to celebrate Ran’s achievement and the opportunity this award provides to support her research and academic journey. Congratulations, Ran! 🎓💙
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📣 SAVE THE DATE! Southern California Geography Educators Regional Meeting 2026 🌎 The 2026 regional meeting for Southern California geography educators, (formerly known as BRIDGES and OC Geographers) brings together geography faculty, graduate students, and informal educators from across the region to connect with colleagues at different institutions, exchange experiences, and build community. Whether you’re just beginning your teaching journey or have been in the classroom for years, we’d love to see you there! 📅 Saturday, November 7, 2026 🕙 Meeting: 10 AM–1 PM 🌿 Optional outdoor campus activity: 1–2:30 PM 📍 California State University, Fullerton Cartography Lab, Room 422 4th Floor, Humanities and Social Science Building 🍴 Lunch generously provided by CSU Fullerton Geography! 🚗 Free weekend parking available. Who should attend? 🌎 Geography educators at 2-year and 4-year colleges 🎓 Graduate students interested in academic careers 🤝 Informal geography educators from local organizations Geography is a small community, and building connections across institutions makes it stronger. Come meet new colleagues, reconnect with familiar faces, and help grow geography education in Southern California! 📌 Mark your calendars contact Vanessa Engstrom and Vienne Vu for more details!
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📍 GEOGRAPHY JOB OPPORTUNITY IN LOS ANGELES! 🌎 The University of Southern California is hiring for a Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Spatial Sciences. This is an exciting opportunity for geographers and spatial scientists interested in teaching and working in the Los Angeles area. If you—or a colleague—are looking for your next academic opportunity, check out the position and share it with your geography network! 📚 Position: Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty in Spatial Sciences 📍 Location: Los Angeles, California 🎓 Field: Geography / Spatial Sciences Tag a geographer who should see this opportunity!
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Time Management, Balance, and Success: Advice from Senior PhD Students on Wednesday evening! We’re especially grateful to our incredible panelists for sharing their own personal experiences, and their best tips on how to keep every aspect of your life in balance: Feriel Ouerghi (CBB), Neuds Saint-Cyr (ASE), and Jacob Gizamba (PHP)! We loved the thoughtful questions and hope students walked away feeling more confident ✌️ #DornsifePhDAcademy #timemanagement #phd
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🌎Calling all Los Angeles geography buffs, LAGS members, students, alumni, and friends of geography! Our Los Angeles Geographical Society T-shirt fundraiser is here—and every purchase helps support our annual student scholarships. ❤️ Choose your favorite LAGS style: 🖤 Black T-shirt — $30 🤍 Two-sided T-shirt — $40 (variety of colors) 🩶 Grey T-shirt — $30 👕 Sizes S–2XL 📦 Free shipping! Your purchase does more than show your love for LA geography—it helps provide students with financial support and opportunities to pursue their geographic interests. Grab a shirt, represent Los Angeles geography, and help us invest in our future geographers! 🗺️🌴 📲 Scan the QR code in the post to shop or visit our website https://sites.google.com/view/lageographic #LAGeographicalSociety #LAGS #LosAngelesGeography #Geography #GeographyBuffs SupportStudents StudentScholarships GeographyStudents LosAngeles LAHistory Geographers GeographyMatters
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240:365 • It’s a great day to be a Rays fan! • Also, shameless plug to the Thesis I wrote for my @usc_ssi Masters, which called the best site for the new stadium within a few hundred feet. • I’m going to tell myself that someone at the @raysbaseball front office saw my project and made their decisions based on it. • • • • #raysforeverhome #365project
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Take a look at this Interactive Wildlife Observation Map of Jackson Hole! 🫎🦌🦬 Emily Smith, TCD Technician, recently built this map as part of a Master’s project in Geographic Information Science (GIS) at the University of Southern California, drawing on 5,700+ research-grade iNaturalist sightings across 12 species, including moose, elk, bison, and wolves. The map shows where animals turn up across the valley, but it also gets us thinking about a bigger question with citizen science data: these sightings reflect where people go and what they choose to record as much as where wildlife actually is. Click the link in bio to read the full story on our blog and access the map.📍
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“Food systems are not simply about producing or consuming food. They are networks of relationships that connect society, the economy, and the natural environment.” 🥑🍎🥦 #USCWrigley Graduate Fellow Iskar Waluyo from @usc_ssi uses geography and data science to explore our relationship with food systems here in Los Angeles. Visit the 🔗 in bio to learn more about Iskar’s research.
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What does a graduate degree in spatial sciences look like in action? For Riya, the MS in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) is a strategic step in her journey to become an urban planner. Want to learn more? Visit the link in our bio. 🌏 [master’s degree, USC]
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📣 Registration for the LAGS Student Symposium has been extended! Geography students from across Southern California still have time to sign up and connect with fellow students, faculty, and geography programs from local colleges and universities. 🌎✨ 🗓 Friday, May 15, 2026 ⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM 📍 Pasadena City College — Room E220 Join students from PCC Geography, Cal State LA, CSU Fullerton, and CSU Northridge for an evening of networking, academic exploration, and geographic conversation. ⏳ New registration deadline: Thursday, May 14 at 12 noon 📲 Scan the QR code in the flyer to register or go to https://sites.google.com/view/lageographic/events #LAGS #Geography #StudentSymposium #PCCGeography #CalStateLA CSUF CSUN GeographyStudents SouthernCalifornia PasadenaCityCollege AcademicCommunity HumanGeography PhysicalGeography GIS GeographyMatters
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There’s never a dull moment as a Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) student! Here’s how Sharvari balances her studies, professional development and fun with friends at @uscedu [Photo] A woman stands smiling with arms crossed in front of a curved sign reading “Welcome to the Wrigley Institute Environmental Studies,” with palm trees and a bright blue sky behind her. Overlaid text reads “A week in my life as a grad student at USC feat. Sharvari Yadnik,” with “Swipe →” and “Page 1 of 12” in the corners.
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