News Archives

Sep 15, 2020
  • GPE

Geography’s Environmental Tradition

When most individuals think of geography they automatically retreat to an antiquated view of geographers making maps and studying place names or locational facts. Unfortunately, this commonly held misconception of...

Sep 01, 2020
  • Hoyt Alexander

Two DGPE Students Awarded Undergraduate Research Mini Awards

Vanessa Duran Celis and Maggie Richardson (right) have each been awarded an ECU REDE Undergraduate Research Award. Maggie and Vanessa are seniors in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment...

DGPE Graduating Class of 2020
May 08, 2020
  • Thad Wasklewicz

DGPE Class of 2020

The Department of Geography, Planning and Environment wishes to celebrate and recognize the new graduates from the class of 2020. Even with the current rough seas, this group of pirates...

Apr 08, 2020
  • GPE

Two DGPE Students Receive Scholarships

Christopher Jarrett Christopher was recently awarded the Gamma Theta Upsilon Rechlin Scholarship. This scholarship is a one-time award of $1000. Chris is now an MS student in DGPE, but at...

Coronavirus
Mar 17, 2020
  • GPE

CORONAVIRUS Department Information

Department Hours Until further notice DGPE faculty and staff will be telecommuting and will be on campus for scheduled appointments only. If you need assistance, electronic communication is the preferred...

Mar 03, 2020
  • GPE

Internship Opportunity at Montgomery Botanical Center

Two student interns from ECU’s Department of Geography, Planning and Environment (DGPE) had another successful season at the Montgomery Botanical Center located in Coral Gables, FL. The paid internships are...

Oct 23, 2019
  • GPE

The Science and Art of Telling New Environmental Stories

Presented by the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment & School of Art & Design Speaker: Mrill Ingram, PhD When: Friday, October 25th 2019 at 2:30pm Where: Bate 1028  ...

Oct 07, 2019
  • Hoyt Alexander

Geography Students Receive Lyman “Skip” Dickerson Internship Scholarship

Two students from ECU’s Department of Geography, Planning and Environment were the recipients of the Lyman “Skip” Dickerson Internship Scholarship. The internship took them to Miami, FL to work at...

Mar 11, 2019
  • GPE

ECU Alumni Bringing Change to Down Town Greenville!

Click the link for the original story. Greenville residents will soon have more parking options in the Uptown district, thanks to a project that will provide on-street parking on Greene...

New Faculty: Hannah Cooper
Mar 01, 2019
  • GPE

New GPE Faculty Member! – Hannah Cooper

Hannah’s multidisciplinary research interest lie in the integration of Earth science, human environmental interactions, GIS, remote sensing, machine learning, statistical modeling, and field measurements to better understand dynamic geographic phenomena...