27 Social Events On August 17, Geography faculty and staff gathered for a dinner party at the Comer residence to kick off the school year and Jon’s Interim headship. Though it was ghastly hot outside, the inside temperatures were Comeresque and it seems like a good time was had by all. On February 28, Professor Emeritus John Rooney and his wife Sandy hosted a reunion of long-time and retired OSU geographers. It also turns out that other than 1989-1992, every Department Head dating to 1969 was present. From left to right: Richard Hecock (Department Head 1978-89), Steve Tweedie, Tom Wikle (DH 1994-2000), John Rooney (DH 1969-78, 1992-94), Alyson Greiner (DH 2018-23), Dale Lightfoot (DH 2000-18), Steve Stadler, Jon Comer (DH 2023present), and David Waits. On May 9, geography had a second successful bowling night (the first was on February 29, 2024). As is evident from the photo, it was a great turnout though certain graduate student bowlers had to take advantage of the assistance of a dinosaur bowling ramp... Department of Geography 2023-2024 (Back row) Tao Hu, Hongbo Yu, Reuel Hanks, Don Colley, Brad Bays, Barbara Goodnight, Jon Comer, Rebecca Sheehan, Thomas LaVanchy, Rory Hill, Youting Zhou, Hamed Gholizadeh, (front row) Jing Wang, Michael Larson, Ana Segoviano, Saber Brasher, Carlos Cordova, Dani Dempsey, Alyson Greiner.
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