Highlights of the 2025 American Association of Geographers regional meeting

October 24, 2025

GPRM attendees
American Association of Geographers (AAG) Great Plains/Rocky Mountain (GPRM) region annual meeting attendees.

The annual meeting of the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain (GPRM) region of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) took place Oct. 17-18.

Check out photos and commentary:

Juanito Seaborn and the Geobowl team

Undergraduate Juanito Seaborn adventured on his own, quickly networking, practicing with the BYU students, and joining the South Dakota State University (SDSU) GeoBowl team. See SDSU GeoClub pics here.


Francis Atitsogbui

Applicants to the geography (GEOG) graduate program this past year who, without funding, attended elsewhere, still sought University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) geographers out and expressed wishes to work with. Check out updates from Francis Atitsogbui and Joseph Aboagye.


Dr. Humphress

Lecturer Glenn Humphress presented!


Chris Turley

UNL alumnus Chris Turley ('13, secondary education through the College of Education and Human Sciences), now a teacher at Lincoln High School, won a national award!


Victoria Alapo

Lots of alumni visited, such as recent PhD graduate Victoria Alapo!


Student paper comp

Of all the students who presented at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain conference, check out the winners of the Student Paper Competition! For more on their talks, see the program.


Michael Djan

PhD candidate Michael Djan met with AAG President Moseley, who has worked on the United Nations, for an hour’s worth of one-on-one mentoring!


Student presenters

Congratulations to all our student participants!

Content provided by Dr. Becky Buller.