{"id":103784,"date":"2024-09-17T09:54:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=103784"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:16:46","slug":"umw-senior-maps-out-career-with-bowen-geography-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/17\/umw-senior-maps-out-career-with-bowen-geography-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Senior Maps Out Career With Bowen Geography Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When University of Mary Washington senior Anders Barretta was a child, he was fascinated by the maps his father kept around the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me that his favorite geography professor, Marshall Bowen, taught some of the most influential classes he took in college,\u201d Barretta said. His father, John Barretta \u201990, said students would sit on the floor of Monroe Hall just to hear the late professor speak. \u201cDr. Bowen inspired my dad\u2019s 30-year career as a geospatial intelligence officer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/umw-senior-maps-out-career-with-bowen-geography-scholarship\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 904px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"904\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 471px; height: 904px;\" data-original-width=\"471\" data-original-height=\"904\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/17\/umw-senior-maps-out-career-with-bowen-geography-scholarship\/img_6530\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"467\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"900\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"103786\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1170,2255\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530-156x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530-531x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530.jpeg?w=467&#038;h=900&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530.jpeg 1170w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530-156x300.jpeg 156w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530-531x1024.jpeg 531w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530-768x1480.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530-797x1536.jpeg 797w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/IMG_6530-1063x2048.jpeg 1063w\" width=\"467\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"467\" data-original-height=\"900\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Anders Barretta &#039;25, a double major in geography and political science, is the first-ever recipient of the Marshall E. Bowen Scholarship, established by Susan Liebenow &#039;71 for the distinguished professor emeritus, who passed away in 2020. Photo courtesy of Anders Barretta.\" style=\"width: 467px; height: 900px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Anders Barretta &#8217;25, a double major in geography and political science, is the first-ever recipient of the Marshall E. Bowen Scholarship, established by Susan Liebenow &#8217;71 for the distinguished professor emeritus, who passed away in 2020. Photo courtesy of Anders Barretta. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 629px; height: 904px;\" data-original-width=\"629\" data-original-height=\"904\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/17\/umw-senior-maps-out-career-with-bowen-geography-scholarship\/phoeniximagep078\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"625\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"900\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"103785\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1779,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-208x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-712x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-scaled.jpg?w=625&#038;h=900&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-scaled.jpg 1779w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-208x300.jpg 208w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-712x1024.jpg 712w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-768x1105.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-1067x1536.jpg 1067w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/09\/PHOENIXimageP078-1423x2048.jpg 1423w\" width=\"625\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"625\" data-original-height=\"900\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"The late Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography Marshall Bowen was beloved by Mary Washington students, including Anders&#039; own father, John Barretta &#039;90, who told his son that students would sit on the floor of Monroe Hall just to hear the professor lecture. Photo courtesy of Dawn Bowen.\" style=\"width: 625px; height: 900px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The late Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography Marshall Bowen was beloved by Mary Washington students, including Anders&#8217; own father, John Barretta &#8217;90, who told his son that students would sit on the floor of Monroe Hall just to hear the professor lecture. Photo courtesy of Dawn Bowen. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>That made it even more special when the younger Barretta, who is double majoring in geography and political science and earning a geographic information systems (GIS) certificate, learned he would be the first-ever recipient of the Marshall E. Bowen Scholarship at UMW. Barretta has traveled to professional conferences, engaged in timely research and competed twice in Virginia\u2019s World Geography Bowl, helping UMW\u2019s team beat the buzzer to become the 2022 champions \u2013 all of which helped him earn the prestigious geography award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnders truly embodies my husband\u2019s interest in geography, and his curiosity about the places around him is incredibly refreshing,\u201d said Professor of Geography Dawn Bowen, who serves as Barretta\u2019s advisor. She invited him last year to participate in a small group discussion for other students. \u201cHe embraced the idea of learning something new and engaging with others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography Marshall E. Bowen joined the Mary Washington faculty in 1965, where he was dedicated to helping students understand the world around them. He also served as the first men\u2019s basketball coach until 1976. He retired from Mary Washington in 2001 and lived in Fredericksburg with his wife until he passed away in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such a great honor to receive this scholarship,\u201d said Barretta, expressing gratitude toward Susan Liebenow \u201971, who established the award in honor of her former professor. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful to her for investing in the department and students like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more and view photos at <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.umw.edu\/blog\/2024\/09\/17\/umw-senior-maps-out-career-with-bowen-geography-scholarship\/\">Giving.umw.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When University of Mary Washington senior Anders Barretta was a child, he was fascinated by the maps his father kept around the house. \u201cHe told me that his favorite geography professor, Marshall Bowen, taught some of the most influential classes he took in college,\u201d Barretta said. 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