Educational Geographic Games, Inc.

History

Putting the globe on a basketball was an idea that came after the GMU men's basketball team reached the final four of the 2006 NCAA championships. Around the same time, the Roper report commissioned by the National Geographic Society, documented geographic illiteracy among young people in the United States. Allan Falconer, Chair of the GMU Geography Department (left) and the coach of the GMU men’s basketball team, Jim Larranaga (right) realized it was a perfect opportunity work together to promote geography education.

 

E.G.G. in the News

2009

August

June

January

2008

November
  • Mason kicks off Geography Awareness Week with the second annual Family Geography Night at the Patriot Center, sponsored again by GeoEye and supported by the National Geographic Society's My Wonderful World campaign.

2007

December
  • Coach Larranage teams up with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to donate World Balls to children hospitalized at the Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children.

November
  • Coach L's World Ball Night is held at the Patriot Center.

August

June
  • GMU men's basketball team makes it to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament, beating former tournament champions Michigan State, North Carolina and UConn.

2006

March

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