Geography Awareness Week – 2026

UCA’s Geography Awareness Week & GIS Day Celebrations are here!!

Welcome to Geography Awareness Week 2026. Join the UCA Geography Department, Geography Club, and Gamma Theta Upsilon for a celebration of Geography and GIS through the theme of “Mapping the Future”. A tentative schedule for specific events is posted below; this will be updated in late October with confirmed event locations and times. Be sure to check out our social media for additional information and to track events ahead of and throughout the week, including the 2026 edition of our (in)famous Google Earth Scavenger Hunt.

Schedule of Events (tentative)

• Monday, November 16: Geographers of UCA
  • Time TBD, Burdick Hall 205
    • Hear from Geography faculty about their journey to becoming a Geographer.
• Tuesday, November 17: International Education Week – Global Expo
  • 12-3pm, Old Main Circle
    • Drop by the UCA Geography table during this campus-wide event. We’ll have geo-trivia, games, sticker, and (of course) maps.

• Wednesday, November 18: GIS Day
  • Burdick Hall 3rd Floor
• Thursday, November 19
  • 5-7pm, Celebrating Geography Awareness – Burdick 309
    • Join Geography Club members, Department faculty, and fellow students for a pot luck to celebrate Geography Awareness Week.
• Friday, November 20:
  • 1pm-?, Humanitarian Mapathon with OpenStreetMap – Burdick 303
    • Join us for an afternoon of Humanitarian mapping. Bring your laptop to join the campaign for as much time as you want; NO PRIOR GIS KNOWLEDGE IS REQUIRED!!!

Check out our Social Media feeds throughout the week for Geography & Environment-related trivia and facts, including new posts our annual Google Earth Scavenger Hunt at 9am, 1pm, and 5pm each day.

UCA Geography on Instagram
UCA Geography on Facebook

Make sure you stay in touch after Geography Awareness Week as UCA Geography for news and announcements throughout the remainder of the 2026-2027 academic year.

For more information, contact the department at geography@uca.edu.