Geography, Geology, and the Environment Funds
Total funds: 7
Geography Excellence Fund
The Geography Excellence Fund supports the activities, programs, students and faculty in the Geography Program, GEOMAP, and the Illinois Geographic Alliance at Illinois State University. Gifts help enhance the quality of the Geography Program and ensure that its teaching and research facilities, scientific instrumentation, and laboratories, remain up to date.
Michael D. and Patricia A. Sublett Geography Professional Development Fund
The Michael D. and Patricia A. Sublett Geography Professional Development Fund was established in 2020 to support professional development for students in the Geography program at Illinois State who are Geography and Geography Education majors. The Sublett family moved to Bloomington-Normal in August 1970. Geographer Michael served as a professor in the Department of Geography-Geology between September 1970 and August 2015. From 1978 to 1988, he chaired the Department. Patricia managed the University Registration Office from 1971 until 1978. Michael developed and implemented the Geography Internship Program in 1985 that majors in Geography complete prior to graduation to this day. He also oversaw the publishing of the first 40 volumes of our Department yearbook, Glacial Deposits. This award is a testament to the Subletts' continued commitment to the success of Geography students and the program.
Geography, Geology and Environment Department Fund
The Geography, Geology, and the Environment department houses the Geography and Geology Programs. The Geography Program at Illinois State is one of two or three oldest in the country and was one of the first programs established on the Illinois State campus. The Geology program was established in 1969. The purpose of the Geography, Geology and Environment department fund is to support program development and operations.
John Wesley Powell Fund
Illinois State University's first geologist was John Wesley Powell, the famous scientist-explorer who led the first expedition through the Grand Canyon and became the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey. The John Wesley Powell Fund was established in 1980 and provides support for geology students, faculty, and programs, with particular emphasis on initiatives related to field experiences, student and faculty research and travel, and field camp.
Geology Excellence Fund
The Geology Excellence Fund provides support for the activities, programs, and operations, including named commemorative scholarships and awards, of the Geology Program. Gifts help enhance the quality of the Geology Program and ensure that its teaching and research facilities, scientific instrumentation, and laboratories, remain up to date.
James and Lucy Patterson Family Geography Field Trip Endowment
The James and Lucy Patterson Family Geography Field Trip Endowment was established by Lucy Patterson and family members in 2013. The purpose of the fund is to provide financial assistance to the Department of Geography for field trips and/or scholarship support for geography students to participate in field trips. James Patterson was a regional geography professor at Illinois State University from 1957 to 1986. During his tenure at ISU, he received the first Bone Award for outstanding teacher at ISU and was the recipient of the Illinois Geography Society's Distinguished Geography Education Award. Patterson combined his passions for teaching and travel by organizing and leading cross-disciplinary student field trips. Students were taught in the classroom at a nearby university and then taken into the field to observe firsthand the geographical, biological, historical, and archaeological aspects they were studying.