The proposed School of Earth, Environment & Society (SEES) is nearing final approval. The new school will be comprised of the Department of Geography, the Department of Geology, and the Center for Environmental Programs. The Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, where the new school will reside, has been enthusiastic in his support. We have already been given approval to hire a new tenure track faculty member with interests in Geospatial Science. The new school will offer new and innovative multidisciplinary programs that highlight the commonalities between the academic disciplines while maintaining undergraduate degree programs in Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, and Environmental Policy. The graduate program in Geology will continue to offer an MS degree, and beginning in Fall 2006, a new graduate certificate program in Geospatial Sciences will be offered by the school.