Mapping and spatial data analysis at Wesleyan University
GIS Working Group – Story maps in the classroom Thursday February 19 1:00 – 2:00 pm Fisk 115 light snacks and refreshments provided This month’s GIS Working Group meeting will include a discussion about story maps in the classroom. Colleaugues who have implemented and are currently using story maps as a pedagogical tool will share … Read more
The West Virginia GIS Technical Center (http://www.wvgis.wvu.edu), housed in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University, is seeking a graduate research assistant at the Masters or Ph.D. level in Geographic Information Science. At a minimum, applicants should have an undergraduate degree in Geography, Geology, Computer Science or related field or any combination … Read more
Each year at the Esri Uuser Conference, up to 60 students take part in the Student Assistantship program, giving them the opportunity to network with fellow students and GIS professionals from around the world. Student assistants spend the week monitoring sessions, working at attendee registration, and assisting with overall conference logistics. In exchange, they can … Read more
Visit http://develop.larc.nasa.gov/apply.html to learn about this year’s NASA DEVELOP projects and application procedures. DEVELOP is a NASA program in which students conduct research with scientists utilizing remote sensing and GIS.
GIS Interns are a group of paid student assistants available to work on faculty projects, help prepare class modules with faculty, and work with community-based service-learning projects outside of a course framework. The Spring 2015 GIS Interns are paired with a professor’s course to assist that professor in preparing GIS-related materials for the course and/or … Read more
The Director of the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship reached out to me about a mapping project that she wants to do. Her message: “The project would entail outreach to approximately 30 alumni (I will provide contact info) to survey them about their undergrad experiences (can be done using a form), then creating an online, … Read more
Audubon Texas will be hiring a GIS intern that will be working out of our Texas City office. If you know of a recent graduate or student still in school, please pass along! This intern will have the opportunity to learn some very high-level, advanced GIS techniques and will be working with LiDAR Data and … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested the assistance of GISCorps to support their West Africa Ebola response activities. WHO is the United Nations agency responsible for directing, coordinating, and leading health activities within the United Nations system and around the world. For the Ebola crisis, WHO and the UN have established the first-ever UN … Read more
Wesleyan Campus Mapping Project. The map below is the story map prototype for an intreractive Wesleyan Campus Map created by introductory GIS students (E&ES 324) in collaboration with Wesleyan Facilities and Physical Plant. Student cartographers include DeNeile Cooper, Rebecca Sokol, Chloe Holden, and Katy Thompson. (Click here for the original story map format.)
I am working with a group on a Tongue River watershed conservation project in Sheridan, Wyoming. This is a unique collaborative conservation project to improve the health of rivers and streams within the watershed through easements, restoration and actions like septic system protections and just begs to have a Story Map built for it that … Read more