Undergraduate Geography Club

The Undergraduate Geography Club, a registered student group at the University of Oklahoma, is open to anyone interested in geography. Meetings are on the first and third Thursdays of every month. For details on our meetings, volleyball, soccer, game nights, movie nights, and other events, please take a look at our calendar.

Geography Bowl 2007

This year's event will be held on Friday, November 9, at 6:00 PM in the Associates Room (third floor, near the parking garage) at the Student Union. There will be plenty of free food, and everyone's invited. Details on the contests and event are outlined below.

GPS/Geocaching Contest
Tuesday, November 6; Wednesday, November 7

Groups of 2-3 visit campus landmarks with a GPS receiver (provided). The group visiting all landmarks traveling the shortest distance wins. First through third place will be awarded prizes at the Geography Bowl on Friday.

Groups will be given a map of the landmarks, and will have 15 minutes to figure out the optimum route. Groups will start and finish their trips from Sarkeys. Each group will be provided with one GPS reciever, which will have all of the landmarks programmed into it. After visiting the landmarks, the GPS unit will be returned to the judge, who will download the track data and determine the total distance traveled by the group. Groups must reserve a timeslot on Tuesday or Wednesday by contacting nick@ottergoose.com.

Photo Contest
Submit by 11:59 PM, Sunday, November 4

There are two categories, physical and human geography. 1st-3rd prize will be distributed for the best photos submitted for each category at the Geography Bowl on Friday, November 9. No student will be awarded multiple prizes per category (a student cannot win first and second prize in the physical geography category, for example, but they could win first prize in both categories). Photos will be judged by a panel of Geography professors and/or staff members.

Other guidelines:
  • Photos must be submitted as email attachments to contest@geographyclub.org
  • No more than two entries per category per student
  • Photo resolution should not be smaller than 800x600 and no larger than 1024x768
  • Photos must be submitted in JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg) format
  • Your name cannot appear on the photo (so you don't influence the judging)
  • Your entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM, Sunday, November 4
  • Any photo taken by a current OU student is eligible, with the exception of photos that were submitted for previous Geography Bowl Photo Contests
  • The photographer retains all copyrights, and agrees to allow the photos to be displayed at the Geography Bowl

    Geography Bowl Quiz
    Friday, November 9, 6:00 PM

    Teams of 2-3 students (no more than one grad student / team) compete in a multiple choice quiz, with questions from professors covering human and physical geography, as well as GIS. Prizes will be awarded to winning teams.

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