UNC Charlotte wins NC World Geography Bowl

The UNC Charlotte chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, an honor’s organization for geography students, has resumed their reign over the NC World Geography Bowl competition! Once again, the trophy has been returned to UNC Charlotte by team members Carolynne Hultquist, Ran Tao, Sara Gleave, Monica Dorning and Joe Howarth, team captain. Both Carolynne and Joe are invited to be on NC’s team at the conference for the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. Carolynne, an undergraduate student in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, was the top female scorer and Joe placed second in scoring in the graduate student category.