Thursday, September 22, 2005

By Emily Walsh, PR Intern

Wilmington, N.C. - Douglas Gamble will receive the National Council for Geographic Education’s annual Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award for 2005 at the council’s annual meeting Oct. 12-15 in Birmingham, Ala.

Gamble, an assistant professor of earth sciences at University of North Carolina Wilmington, is being recognized for his contributions to geographic education at UNCW. He established the Laboratory for Applied Climate Research to involve students and university faculty in applied climatology field research of island and coastal environments. He has also designed several courses giving students hands-on experience in the Caribbean and Bahamas and involving them with his climatology/meteorology research.

“My teaching efforts at UNCW have primarily focused upon creating opportunities for undergraduate and graduated students in advanced study and research of physical geography, particularly climatology and hydrology,” Gamble said.

Gamble is one of four university/college professors, nine K-12 teachers, and three informal, community and professional educators from the United States and Canada being recognized. Honorees receive free registration to the conference and a one-year membership in the NCGE.

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Douglas Gamble can be reached at 910/962-3778 or via e-mail gambled@uncw.edu