[McGill Undergraduate Geography Society] |MUGS| Welcome back! and some announcements

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Hello geographers!!

We hope you're having an awesome summer, and taking some time to relax before hitting the GIC in a few weeks. With September quickly approaching, we have a few announcements:

I) ORIENTATION FOR NEW GEOGRAPHERS!! –

All new geographers (U1s, urbaners, SSS, transfers, either majors or minors) are invited to attend a geography orientation session Friday September 7th at 2PM in Burnside Hall Room 426. There you'll get a chance to meet other new geographers and the MUGS exec, learn about geography field courses, and the stream options available to you in Geography, and eat *****yummy treats****. Immediately following the orientation join in an epic round of geocaching and get a secret prize.

II) LOCKERS! –

If you had a locker last year, MUGS will be cutting locks Friday September 14th!! We will be renting out lockers as of the 2nd week of class. We will send out the dates and times you can rent lockers in the next listserv.

III) U1 REP AND SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER POSITIONS –

Are you interested in getting involved in MUGS this year? We're looking for 1 – 2 U1 reps (only U1s may run for this position) and 1 – 2 sustainability officers (open to geog undergrad!) to sit on MUGS council for the year. Position info and application forms are attached, and must be submitted by Friday September 14th, 2012.

IV) GIC STUDENT JOBS 

The GIC is looking for several students to fill some positions in the library! Now that the space is run by the geography department, things are a-changing. Think you got the GIS skills, geographic knowledge, and feel you need to spend even mooooooore time in Burnside? This may be the job for you! The job posting/info is an attachment in this email.

V) HACK TA VILLE

This AWESOME event is occurring next Friday in the SSMU building. People interested in sustainability, urban systems, GIS, Programming? THIS IS FOR YOU:

building applications for a smarter, healthier, more sustainable city.
Whether you are a programmer/designer/hacker, or a city-, urban planning-, transportation- or sustainability-enthusiast - join us on Sept. 8th from 9am-5pm in the SSMU Ballroom (University Center, 3rd floor).
For those will little to no programming or design experience, fear not, there will be workshops going on throughout the day, so come and learn.
Register here <http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/3998696208?ref=ebtnebregn> for free.
Check out the website<http://www.hacktaville.ca/> and find us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/431072056943250/>.

VI) YOUR WEEKLY GEOGRAPHY TIDBIT

groundbreaking scientific research comparing the topography of Kansas to that of a Pancake. This may be of interest to those taking GEOG 308 (Raster):
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html

That is all for now, enjoy the rest of your time off!
Sincerely,


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MUGS
Dept. of Geography
McGill University
Burnside Hall, Rm 305
805 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, QC

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