Geography Society
Message from the President
Welcome Back and Happy New Year! I hope everyone's exams and dissertations have gone well!
We had a very successful semester last year and the Society now has the most members it has ever had! We had many successful events and activities last semester and we have many more to come this year which I hope you can be a part of!
Please also make sure you join our Facebook group
I hope you will support us this year and we, as a committee, will do our best to make this year even better than any other. If you have any suggests, please feel free to get in contact with me at: geogsoc@sheffield.ac.uk
Jack Watkins, President 2011/12
Study Geography at Sheffield
Maybe thinking about being a student here in Sheffield in the future? Come along to our Departmental Open Days and see what excellent courses we have and the committee will also be around for you to talk to, so you can hear about all the amazing things we get up to in Sheffield and that will hopefully be enough to make you join us here in the future!
Join GeogSoc
Here are a few reasons why you should join GeogSoc:
- We have brilliant social nights out in Sheffield throughout the year. First on the calendar is the Colouring-In Social, THE social night of the year, attended by 380 people in 2011!
- We will also will be organising Day Trips and non-alcoholic events to places like the Peak District, Roller Disco and Sheffield United!
- This year, GeogSoc organised the first apprentice competition that gave participants the chance to win a four-week paid internship at the Geographical Association! It raised over £2,500 for charity and has been a massive success!
- Members save throughout the year compared with the standard cost of our socials for non-members throughout the year
- There are lots of different sports teams that we subsidise and set up every year
- The annual GeogSoc Big Weekend Away that has got bigger and better every year. In 2011 we took 165 people to Dublin, and in 2012 we are taking 192 to Berlin!
- Vodka Revolutions is our official sponsor and this allows are members to receive exclusive discounts on food and drinks throughout the year.
- Being a member of GeogSoc brings everyone doing Geography closer together, making us some of the most sociable and outgoing students in the University.
Your GeogSoc Committee 2011/12
President – Jack Watkins
Vice President & General Secretary – Fiona Stirling
Treasurer – Stefan Moore
Social Secretaries – Lisa Hall, Stephen Hughes & Christian Miller
Sports Secretaries – Steven Price & Luke Liddle
Charity & Volunteering Secretary – Kathryn Butterfield & Beth Byers
Inclusion Officer – Nick O’quinn
Second Year Representative – Sian Parkinson
First Year Representative – Chris Lowe
Official Society Sponsor: Vodka Revolution, West Street
This year one of the best and most popular bars in Sheffield will be sponsoring us. VodkaRevs will be giving us great discounts on food and drinks everyday of the week throughout the year, and also providing facilities for our socials. All members will be issued with a Vodka Revs Society Card which will enable you to receive discounts. If you haven't already got your Vodka Revs GeogSoc card, email us so we can get it to you.
GeogSoc Charities 2011/12
This year all our charity and fundraising will be going towards supporting local Sheffield and Alumni charities: Joseph Foote Trust and Edale Mountain Rescue.
We will also be supporting the work done by the department and students in West Pokot, Kenya. The Geography Department every year runs annual fieldclasses to West Pokot, Kenya for Third Year Undergraduates, MA International Development and MPH students. Sparked by the slow progress of the construction of a new health clinic in one of the local villages, Tikit, some students have decided to raise money as a way of 'giving something back' to those communities who partake in research for the students year-on-year, and GeogSoc would like to help support this. Money will be channelled through and distributed for projects in Marich, Mbara and Tikit by the Marich Pass Field Studies Centre.
Last year, students arranged a 'West Pokot Week' and with students who are going on this year's trip, we hope to encourage and raise lots of money for this important cause. We would love to hear any ideas, however small, in order to raise as much money as we can throughout the year.
GeogSoc's Big Weekend Away 2012 to Berlin!
This year's trip is now sold out! 192 of you are coming with us to Berlin!
We will be leaving the field of dreams on Thursday 16 February and arriving in Berlin for 9am ready to explore the city before our first night out on a bar crawl led by the ILoveTour team!
Then you'll have all day Saturday to do as you please/be hungover and prepare yourself for the second night out in Berlin before leaving on Sunday Morning!
Follow this Facebook link for the group event page:
www.facebook.com/events/157143471046296
GeogSoc Sports Teams
We have had a massive turn out this year, with 5 football teams, 2 netball teams, 1 hockey team and badminton/tennis box leagues.
Follow our Sports Teams on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/groups/281012178577917
Hoodies
The deadline for the official Geography hoodies has now passed, and we sold a massive total of 80 hoodies this year!
Volunteering in the local community
This year we will be promoting members to get involved and volunteer to help us give something back to the local community. We all love Sheffield and this can be a little gesture of giving something back. Employers are also looking for candidates that stand out from the rest and have done something different to the rest, so this could be your opportunity.
GeogDog
This year, GeogSoc have sponsored a dog at Sheffield Dog Rescue! Poor Nan was found tied up outside the rescue in the middle of the night in May 2010! Since then she has had an operation, but she is now settled in and gained some weight.
Nan has been popular with everyone this year, and anyone can walk her and the other dogs at Sheffield Dog Rescue. Just contact them a few days in advance so they can get a few details off you!! Additionally, whoever walks her the most will receive a free place to the ball!
