Geosciences - Geography Awareness Week - Fort Hays State University (FHSU)

Geographic Awareness Week
(GAW)

"A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES"

2022 Schedule of Events
November 14-19

Each year, over 100,000 Americans actively participate in Geography Awareness Week. Established by Presidential proclamation over 30 years ago, this annual public awareness program organized by National Geographic Education Programs (NGEP) encourages citizens young and old to think and learn about the interconnectedness of our world.

     This year we plan to explore
              The World of Possibilities
                                   with events tied to the 5 themes of Geography.

Location - Place - Movement - Human Environment Interaction - Region

DAILY/SCHEDULED EVENTS

11/14 Monday

Learning Geographic Locations the FUN way
9:30 am - 11:30 am
FHSU Campus, Tomanek Hall 121

Guest Speaker, Robert Reynolds, founder of Click and Learn Software will be giving a short presentation and demonstration using software gaming principles to improve learning geographic concepts. Participants will received a free registered account to continue creating and playing custom games following the presentation.

This is a 2 part presentation:

9:30-10:30 am Will be a Hands-on presentation designed to show attendees how to use the software to see how quickly learning can occur. PLUS the opportunity to play a local geography game created specifically for FHSU.
10:30-11:30 am Attendees will be shown how to create their own channel to create their own learning games on any topic.

What is GAW?
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
FHSU Campus, Memorial Union, 1st Floor, table by Starbucks

The Geosciences Club and Geosciences Seminar class students will be hosting 2 tables in the Union.

Table 1: Stop by to find out what Geography Awareness Week is all about! Information will be provided on events through out the week. And, find out more about how Geosciences is out of this world.

Table 2: Test your world knowledge and awareness! Stop by our Trivia table. Let us quiz you on your world geography knowledge and see if you can win a sweet treat.

You Got Globed!
Geosciences Club fundraiser kickoff
The Geosciences Club is running a fundraiser to support club activities, this week only you will have the opportunity to globe someone's office on the FHSU campus. For more information contact fhsurocks@gmail.com

11/15 Tuesday

Campus Clean-up Challenge
4:00 pm meet in front of Tomanek Hall
Join fellow students and campus community members in a campus clean up challenge. Trash bags and gloves will be provided. Lets see who can clean up the most trash AND bring back the most aluminum cans for recycling!

MapRoulette Challenge. Anyone can participate, click on the link in the title to get instructions. Give it a try and help out others!

11/16 Wednesday - GIS Day

Curious about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and want to know (or share) how the daily applications of GIS may be impacting you? GIS Day @GeoFHSU is part of a nationwide event to promote awareness of GIS and how we use this evolving tool to analyze the world.

Developing GIS Data Towards Serving the Community
10:30 am - 11:30 am
FHSU Campus, Tomanek Hall 121

Mark Allen, President of Enertech Corporation will be on campus to speak with students interested in GIS and/or data analysis in serving local communities.

"Student Experiences in Applied GIS in Work and Research"
2:00-4:00 Student Presentations
by FHSU Graduate Students: Christopher Kingwill, Diane Nunez, and William Wallace
Tomanek Hall 121

Check out other activities and find out how to get involved on the GIS Day page

11/17 Thursday

My Academic Roadmap: Research, Stories, and Advice from a Geographer
Special Guest Speaker: Michelle Saunders, Ph.D
5:00 - 6:00 pm
FHSU Campus, Center for Applied Technology, Room 120

Join us for this special presentation as Dr. Saunders speaks about her current path in academia, highlighting some of the important decisions she has made, sharing the best advice she has received along the way, and giving short summaries of her current and previous research.

Anyone interested in emergency preparedness, weather predictions, emergency/hazard post response is welcome to attend. Dr. Saunders current and previous research is oriented around vulnerability, risk perception, and decision-making in the face of severe weather.

Refreshments and time to visit with the presenter will be available.

Dr. Michelle Saunders is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Applied Social Research at the University of Oklahoma. She is currently researching the impact of using more accurate satellite radar images of weather patterns in national weather service forecasts and emergency management. Her goal is to figure out why people make decisions during weather events and to improve the communication of weather hazards to the public.

Sponsored by: Werth College of Science, Technology, and Mathematics & Department of Geosciences

Address for GPS: 713 College Drive, Hays, KS

Friday 18th - Challenge

Stop Disasters! On-line game challenge. Check out the on-line disaster preparedness game at https://www.stopdisastersgame.org/

How high of a score can you get by managing resources and building infrastructure to protect a population from a natural disaster? Screenshot and share your score on our Facebook page GeoFHSU or email it to geosciences@fhsu.edu.

WEEK LONG EVENTS

MapRoulette Challenge

Join in the MapRoulette Challenge: Oct. 9th - Nov. 19th

Data that is part of Open Street Map, is not only used for GPS navigation, but everything from cell phones companies try to figure out locations to put new towers, gas companies figuring out where to run gas lines, and military applications. With this challenge you can help fix real world data sets.

To participate in this challenge, go to https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new and create an account.
Once your account is created, go to https://maproulette.org/browse/challenges/25231 for the challenge.
Click start, read the instructions for what to do. This will vary slightly between locations. Click edit. If the features need to be edited. This will open a new tab in your browser, make the necessary edits to the feature/features.
In the top right click save once complete. You can either close this tab after saving or just click the challenge tab (the edit tab will automatically refresh when you start another edit).
Once on the challenge tab again, select whether you completed the challenge, it was too hard, it was already fixed or if it was an issue. Click submit and the next features needing edited is automatically selected.
If anyone needs help or assistance, feel free to reach out to my email kbalspaugh@mail.fhsu.edu and we can set up a zoom call to assist you.

Other International Themed activities this week at FHSU

International Education Week
The FHSU International Student Services Office is hosting several exciting international themed activities that may also be of interest to you. Check out the FHSU International Programs & Events page for this year's activities.

GET INVOLVED

Check out the following GAW hosted events to see if there is one near you.

Frame source: American Association of Geographers, https://www.aag.org/geoweek-2022/

Geosciences - Geography Awareness Week

Geographic Awareness Week (GAW)