Check here for what has been happening at the Grosvenor Center this past year!
This year in Frisco, the Texas Council for the Social Studies annual conference was held. The Texas Alliance sponsored the Geography Strand and it was filled with dozens of great geography teaching ideas!
Texas State was well represented at the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) annual conference held October 16 - 19 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Ph.D. alum Lisa Elikan won the Salvatore J. Natoli Dissertation Award.
Presentations by Drs. Zadrozny, Jo and Giordano were given during the conference.
On September 24th, Dr. Boehm was commemorated with a room dedication for his 55 years of service to Texas State University. ELA Room 145, is forever now the Richard G. Boehm Conference Room. A celebration was held afterwards.
We celebrate the remarkable 55+ year career of Dr. Richard G. Boehm, whose dedication, scholarship, and leadership have left a lasting impact on the field of geography education. He has inspired countless students, educators, and colleagues in Texas and nationally.
Dr. Zadrozny and Stacie Aguirre provided professional development on Powerful Geography virtually for Texas Alliance teachers on July 10th and traveled to Lubbock to provide a workshop for teachers at Education Service Center Region 17 on July 15, 2025.
We congratulate the first group of students to graduate from our Online PhD Program. They include from left to right: Skylar Slaughter, Skylar Slaughter-Murphy, Jan Rueschhoff, Lisa Elikan, & Kelly Nolan, capped by their advisors Drs. Injeong Jo & Michael Solem.
The fourth recipient of the Val Wilkie Jr. Award or Excellence in Teaching Geography award was Justin Whalin, a world geography teacher at Frontier Stem Academy.
We collaborated with the South Asia Institute at UT Austin on a teaching unit focused on Solutions for South Asia. The unit explores the region through solutions that are being developed to face the challenges and issues. Expert speaker: Samira Bashar - talked environmental planning in Bangladesh.
We collaborated with LLILAS on Powerful Geography to develop a teaching unit focused on bamboo in Latin America. The unit includes lessons focused on the topics of agriculture, sustainability, and ecotourism. Expert speaker: Dr. Ximena Londoño de la Pava.