presidents

Hi my name is Louis and I am one of this years Co-Presidents. This year I believe it is more important than ever to network with other geographers and department staff and secondly to create awareness around possible career paths. Therefore, I am looking forward to launching a new “Going places with Geography” publication and also welcoming back recent graduates and staff to some of our events.

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Hi everyone, I’m Chris and I’m one of your DUGS Co-Presidents this year. I’m really excited for DUGS this year as we have some big plans in the works: a mentoring scheme for incoming freshers; the DUGS Ball after its Covid hiatus; academic talks and socials, and more, so watch this space!

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Social Secretaries

Flo & Abi: 
Hi, we are your Social Secs for the year! We can’t wait to get to know new faces and welcome more people into DUGS’s very inclusive environment. We are currently organising a freshers bar crawl and we’re excited to start planning the annual geography ball.

​treasurer

​​Hi, I'm Joel, your DUGS Treasurer for the year! My main role is creating the DUGS budget and advising the other exec members about purchases and expenses. I’m looking to ensure that we make up for the lack of events last year with even better ones this year!

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Vice-Presidents

Hi, we’re Saffron and Holly and we will be your Vice-Presidents this year. We are both keen geographers who became friends through our online IGR group! We have particular interests in glaciers and mountains and are very much looking forward to getting out in the field this year! We are excited to help bring Durham’s geographical community back together in particular through organising the Geography Ball!

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Secretaries

Molly: My plans for this year are to organise a mixture of online and in person talks throughout the year with alumni to show where geography can take you! Also for the society to be a social space to meet your course-mates that you may not have been able to do last year!

Hanna: As one of your secretaries, my role is to organize some (hopefully!) really interesting talks throughout the year, but I’m also excited for the return of in person events, like socials and the Geography ball!

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publicity officer

Hi, I'm Matt & I'm the Publicity Officer for this year. Given the rather restricted year we had last year I’m hoping that this year we can work to organise a range of events to explore the wide range of topics that Geography encompasses. Given my Exec position I’m aiming to make sure that everything we do organise reaches as many people as possible, as well as helping to promote any other useful news & opportunities. Notably I organise the social media posts & update this website across the year.

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