2014 National Conference on Geography Education

SCHEDULE PREVIEW

7/29: All Day Field Trips

7/30: All day Field Trips & NCGE Admin. Meetings

7/31: Sessions, Exhibits, 1/2 Day Field Trips, Opening Session.

8/1:
Sessions & Keynote

8/2: Sessions, Awards, Dinner

8/3: No events at this time

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Thank you for your 2014 NCGE Abstract & Award Submissions

Thank you to everyone who submitted a 2014 NCGE abstract or award nomination before our April 10th deadline. NCGE has received well over 200 individual submissions for this year's conference. A 2014 conference program preview will be able available in the coming weeks.

If you have submitted an abstract and have not yet registered for the conference please do so soon to take advantage of our 2014 early bird registration rates.

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The HeartBleed Bug & Your NCGE Account Information

Late Monday afternoon, a number of news sources started reporting about a newly discovered software flaw. This flaw - now named HeartBleed - can allow passwords and other highly sensitive data to be intercepted or exposed.

This bug manifest itself in a piece of software called OpenSSL which is commonly used on Linux based systems as a means to encrypt Web communications.

While many systems on the internet are scrambling to get this fixed as soon as possible, we have verified that our CMS system is not using the software in question and is not vulnerable to the HeartBleed bug. In other words your account information is and continues to be safe with NCGE.

2014 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION

FIELD TRIP SPOTLIGHT

William Faulkner's

Oxford, MS

Field Trip Guide: Jack Mayfield

Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Time: 8:30AM - 4:30PM

About: Drive from Memphis to Oxford, MS. We'll start the tour off with a visit to Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's home. The Nobel Prize winning author made his home in Oxford and found inspiration in people and places of Oxford and Lafayette County which he ﬁctionalized in his Jefferson and Yoknpatawpha County. After the museum, we'll take a driving tour of Oxford and Ole Miss with local historian and docent, Jack Mayfield. We'll give everyone free time on Oxford's historic town square for lunch where you can choose from down home cooking to upscale cuisine and browse through independent bookstores and modern boutiques.

Cost: $60.00 (
Tour

cost does not include lunch
)

Registue to attend this Field Trip.

TONIGHT

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014

IS OUR NEXT

NEW LIVE WEBINAR

Mapping Your Data with ArcGIS Online

Presenter: Tom Baker

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Time: 8:00 PM EST (Webinars start at 8pm)

About: Join the Esri Education Team as they share the latest developments in ArcGIS Online and how it can empower your classroom! Tom shows us how to use your data and the latest developments in the ArcGIS Online platform! There's always something new to learn from about this environment!

Click here to register for this webinar

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