Coffee Con 2026

Please mark your calendar and join us on Monday, April 27, 2026
2:00 - 3:00 PM DMF 279/283
for the Twentieth Annual Coffee Tasting.

Students in our department's Second Year Seminar The Secret Life of Coffee have been welcoming the campus community to share specialty coffees and coffee knowledge since the very first SYS course was offered in 2007. 

Image: Thea Jackson

We welcome everyone to join us from 2-3 pm in DMF 279 and 283 (adjoining classrooms). The coffee lineup this year includes:

BRAZIL

Cerrado 17/18 from Coffee Corral

Dermott Amorim / Morgan Smith

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Ramirez Red Honey from Coffee Corral

Thea Jackson / Ellie Ward / Bryce Bishop

HAITI

Blue Pine from Coffee Corral

Larah Letelier / Fog Pokrovskiy 

PANAMA

 

Janson Farms Geisha from Coffee Corral

Fiona Duke / Daniel Gostin

PERU

Pacha Glow from Sunrise Trading
Sarah Ahern / Emma Larose / Wendy Goetz-

VENEZUELA

La Curva donated by Red Rooster Coffee
Thal Nogueira / Molly Cleary / Mint Jindawit

Bring your own mug if you can!

Teamwork

 

In geography, the real world is a big part of what we do!

The Old State Farm Trail project is an excellent example of collaboration among academic, non-profit, government, and for-profit partners. It is also an example of the value of both vision and patience. 

The project is not complete, but it has recently reached an important milestone. Small parking lots are now in place at the north and south ends of a trail that will provide public access to permanently-protected open space adjacent to the National Wild & Scenic Taunton River. 

We will edit this entry to include more detail soon, but for now suffice it to say that this project has involved the Massachusetts Legislature, the Town of Bridgewater, the Natural Resources Trust of Bridgewater, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, and many faculty members and students in the Bridgewater State University Department of Geography. 

And speaking of teamwork, the best way to locate and envision this trail and to learn about its background and latest information is to visit the Old State Farm Story Map on ArcGIS. This is the joint effort of Dr. Boah Kim and five (so far) BSU geography interns.