History

Department of Geography History

• 1970:  First Geography faculty hired at Virginia Tech.
• 1972:  Proposal for a new Geography undergraduate degree to be housed in Political Science.
• 1975:  Gained departmental status as the Department of Geography under founding chair Dr. Charles Good and launched the B.A. in Geography.
• 1977:  Launch of M.S. in Geography.
• 2004:  Department moved from the dissolved College of Arts and Sciences to the College of Natural Resources (renamed College of Natural Resources and Environment in 2010).
• 2006:  Launch of the Ph.D. in Geospatial and Environmental Analysis (GEA Ph.D.).
• 2012:  Launch of the B.S. in Meteorology.
• 2019: Move from Major Williams Hall to Wallace Hall
• Present:  20 faculty, 250 undergraduates in department of Geography majors, plus about 20 master's students, and 15 doctoral students.