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2024 World Geography Bowl Sign-ups

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Students should use this form to self-register to play in the Round Robin competition of World Geography Bowl on Sunday November 24th during the Annual SEDAAG meeting in Greenville, SC.  If you are from one of the states below, please reach out to the coordinator for your state directly to get signed up.  Sign-ups will remain open until Wednesday November 20th at 11:59pm CT.  After that you will need to sign-up onsite the day of the competition, space permitting.
State Coordinators:
Alabama – Matthew Balentine (mdbalentine@una.edu)
Florida – Audrey Smith (audreyculver@ufl.edu)
Kentucky – Sarah Fogel (shfo224@uky.edu)
Virginia – Dawn Bowen (dbowen@umw.edu) or Joe Nicholas (jnichola@umw.edu)
If you have any questions, email SEDAAG Bowl Director, Dawn Drake at dmdrake@ou.edu 

SEDAAG wins Bowl at AAG

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Congratulations to the SEDAAG World Geography Bowl Team who won a well-fought battle with Middle States to become the 2024 World Geography Bowl champs! Our two undergrads, Alex Perry from Georgia Southern University and Kaleb Dunlap from University of Mary Washington tied for 6th place in the individual rankings and all 6 players scored in the top 25 for individual rankings.
Team members include:
Kaleb Dunlap, University of Mary Washington
Seth Kannarr, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Alex Perry, Georgia Southern University
Audrey Smith, University of Florida
Jessica Striley, University of Florida
Jack Swab, University of Kentucky
Also thanks to volunteers from the SEDAAG region:
Question writers: Thomas Bell, Dennis Edgell, Peggy Gripshover, Joshua Brian Hodge, Jeff Neff, Caleb Smith, and Chase Womack
Moderator – Paul McDaniel
Judges – Joshua Brian Hodge and Chase Womack
And especially to Lee Nolan and Jamison Conley who stayed awake until almost 4am ET to be our Master Scorekeepers!

Southeastern Geographer 8th Annual Cover Art Photo Contest

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See the entries here and vote: https://msuas.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dcGgLZihe04aJjo

Each issue of the Southeastern Geographer includes a front-cover photograph of the American South by a SEDAAG member accompanied by a short essay. As part of its annual photo contest, the Southeastern Geographer will hold a virtual photo contest to select potential covers for its four issues. The photos will be displayed on the SEDAAG Website and voted on by conference attendees via a Google Form. Attendees will be asked to vote by midnight on Sunday, November 19th. The results will be announced at the SEDAAG Awards Ceremony.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 SEDAAG Mini-grant competition for Ph.D. student members.

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Recipients will receive a $500 grant for dissertation-related expenses and are requested to present the results of their work at the Norfolk meeting (November 19-20)
Robert Gudia, University of South Carolina
Rachel Arney, University of Georgia
Greg Carlton, UNC Greensboro
Reagan Yessler, University of Tennessee
Jack Swab, University of Kentucky