Welcome, Fall 2015

This is the class weblog for GEOG 107D Introductory Cultural Geography at Western Oregon University.

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[Shaun Huston]

I am Shaun Huston, professor for the course. I grew up in north Portland and attended Lincoln HS. My BA is from Lewis & Clark and my PhD is Syracuse University.

[Samantha]

Hello, my name is Samantha Stephens. I graduated from Marshfield High School and SouthWestern Oregon Community College in Spring of 2015. I received my diploma, AAOT and ASOT. This is my first Geography class.

[Hailey Hummer]

My name is Hailey Hummer I graduated from Sweet Home High School, which is a small town south of Monmouth. I am and education major and I am in my third year and Western Oregon. I am taking this class to fill my LACC credits.

[Yanet Reyes]

Hi! My name is Yanet Reyes. I am a senior this year and I am majoring in Psychology. I hope to graduate this upcoming summer. I am taking this class to meet my last few LACC credits. I hope to meet all of you personally and I hope to learn a lot in this class.

[Jalene Alviar]

Hello! My name is Jalene Alviar. I am a freshmen and majoring in Nursing. I was born and raised in Hawaii, Oahu and I am a graduate from Mililani High School. This is my first year in Geography and I am looking forward to learning a lot in this class!

[Gabrielle Ganvoa]

Hello! My name is Gabrielle Ganvoa. I am originally from Boardman and graduated from Riverside Jr/Sr High School. I am a freshman and majoring in Exercise Science. I am taking this class for my LACC credits. Even though today was the first class of the term, I found this class interesting and I am excited to see what this course has in store!

[Connor Thompson]

I am Connor Thompson. This is my senior year here at Western. I actually have a minor in geography, so that is the reasoning behind me taking this class. My major is in chemistry and I have a second minor in mathematics. I graduated from Glide High School in 2012.

[Betty Jean Ghasedi]

Hello!
I am Betty Jean Ghasedi! This is my senior year (finally)! I am from Sutherlin, OR! My major is Criminal Justice, I am wanting to become a Parole and Probation Officer. I am taking this class for an elective.

[Cindy Rosales]

Hi, my name is Cindy Rosales and I am currently a freshmen. I'm majoring in Business but have not decided my minor yet. I came from Independence, just a couple minutes away and practically have lived my whole life there. I'm really looking forward to this class and meeting you all!

[Nicholas Ham]

Hello everyone,
My name is Nicholas Ham and I am a transferred Junior who earned an associates from Mt Hood Community College in Gresham OR. My major is Middle/High Education and I (like some of you) am also cleaning up some missing LACC's before focusing on my field of Social Studies. My goal is to eventually become a High School History teacher, where I can coach year round as well as compete in the Highland Games during the (mostly) free summers. I graduated from Sam Barlow High School back in 2013.

[Alyssa Adams]

Hello everyone!

My name is Alyssa Adams and this is my fourth and final year at WOU. My major is in chemistry and my minor is physics. I was born and raised on the Oregon Coast and moved for the first time when I went off to college. As a member of the Honors Program, I am required to take two geography classes so this is cutting out one of those. This class will be a breath of fresh air from my previous courses and I hope to make some friends outside of my major.

[Annie Storey]

Hi,
My name is Annie Storey. This is my senior year here at Western. I'm from Portland but was born in Brazil. I'm an exercise science major with a minor in health. My dream job is to be an Adapted Physical Education Teacher. I'm taking this class for my LACC credits.

[elias bedoll]

Hi my name is Elias Bedolla but everyone calls me El, I am from California and made it up north to play baseball for WOU. I am a junior transfer from Ohlone community college in the bay area (san Francisco, san Jose area). I chose to study geography and minor in criminal justice because I want to be a game warden and I thought that would benefit my future job. I am excited to learn as much stuff as possible and looking forward to working with everyone

[Morgan Taylor]

Hi my name is Morgan, and I am from Independence OR. Which is pretty much the same town as Monmouth. I am a freshman this year and I am an eduction major. My goal is to teach elementary school, either grades 1st through 4th. See y'all in class!

[Jenae]

Hi my name is Jenae, and I am from Molalla, OR. My major is ASL Studies and I have no clue what I want to do with my life yet. But I'm excited for this school year and class!

[Danyelle K]

Hi my name is Danyelle Kawamura, I'm a freshmen at WOU and I'm from Maui, Hawai'i. I am planning on majoring in Business and I'm still searching for my minor. I am going to enroll in Geography 1 class day late so I'll see you all in class!

[Jacob Fricke]

My name is Jacob Fricke, I am from Glide, Oregon. I'm a freshman and I am on the baseball team. I haven't declared a major yet, but I am looking forward to this class.

[Adeline Ndayishimiye]

My name is Adeline Ndayishimiye, I am from Burundi in East Africa. This is my junior year and I am majoring in Accounting and Social Science. I am taking this class for my Social Science major and LACC.

[yanet reyes]

I just wanted to say that i am glad I am taking this class because I have learned so much already. I also have enjoyed reading both books that have been assigned for this class, i have never read a comic book and I am starting to understand it a little more every day.