Thursday, December 17, 2020

GEOG Winter Courses!

Thinking ahead to Winter term? We are offering several courses that will satisfy MAJOR requirements. 


GEOG 340-Geomorphology will fulfill your PHYSICAL Geography requirement (in addition to GEOG301 which is only offered in the Spring)

GEOG 372-Remote Sensing will fulfill an Upper Level GIS elective

GEOG 473-Geographic Information Systems & Spatial Analysis will fulfill one 400 GIS elective

Please see flyer for more Winter course options.




William M. Lapenta NOAA Student Internship Program


Applications are now being accepted for the William M. Lapenta Summer Internship Program.  Please see details below.


NOAA is offering paid summer internships through the William M. Lapenta NOAA Student Internship Program targeted towards current 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate and enrolled graduate students to work in areas that will provide robust research and/or operational experience that will prepare the student for further study in NOAA fields, for application to fellowships or for the NOAA-mission workforce.  This internship program enables the National Weather Service (NWS), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), and National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS) to target the skills needed to fulfill their specific mission needs.  Projects may be focused on research areas or development of operational products such as decision support tools, climate and weather forecast models, data analysis methodologies and social science strategies to communicate climate and weather information.  Overall, students will focus on areas that will meet the future needs of NOAA’s ever-broadening user community and address strategic weather-water-climate issues.    See here for more information and how to apply: https://www.weather.gov/ncep/student_internships


Applications are due February 1, 2021

Thank you,
Jacqui

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Jacqui Poindexter
Acelnfo/ERT Corporation
Program Coordinator
NOAA/National Weather Service
National Centers for Environmental Prediction

Monday, December 7, 2020

Master of Science in Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Information Session, 5:00 PM on Wed, Dec 9th, 2020

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Master of Science in Geospatial Intelligence Information Session

When: Dec 9, 2020 5:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Register in advance for this meeting:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Are you interested in a career in Geospatial Intelligence? 

Join our virtual information session to learn more about the Master of Science Degree in Geospatial Intelligence 


 Master’s Degree (30 credits) or Graduate Certificate (15 credits) 

 Evening classes offered both online and in-person

 Cutting-edge courses:  


◆ Big Data Analytics
 Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing
 Open Source Intelligence
 Hazards and Emergency Management

We are now accepting applications for admission in Spring 2021 (Application deadline: Feb 12, 2021) and Fall 2021

 

More details are available at geoint.umd.edu or geog-geoint@umd.edu





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Ruibo Han, PhD
Director of Programs, Center for Geospatial Information Science
Senior Lecturer, Department of Geographical Sciences
University of Maryland
1111B LeFrak Hall
College Park, MD 20742
E-mail: ruibo@umd.edu
Tel: 301-314-1343

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Master of Science in GIS Info Session-Dec. 8th

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POSITION YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS

Come learn about the

Master of Science

and Graduate Certificate in GIS


Online Information Session

Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020  6pm

RSVP HERE


Spring & Fall 2021 applications open now!

Learn more at: msgis.umd.edu

Questions? geog-gis@umd.edu



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Best,
MS Program team
Department of Geographical Sciences
University of Maryland, College Park
2108 LeFrak Hall
College Park, MD 20742
301-314-1883


UMD MLIS Upcoming Information Sessions 12/9 & 12/18

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The Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) Graduate Program invites you to join us for two upcoming Information Sessions via Zoom for prospective students:

Wednesday, December 9th, 11:00 AM Eastern

MLIS General Information Session
Friday, December 18th, 10:00 AM Eastern

You will be able to learn a bit more about the field, the Program, and ask questions!

The MLIS degree prepares graduates to work in libraries, archives, schools, government jobs, data science, records management, and more. The Program has a non-thesis option and GRE scores are not required to apply. Anyone interested in learning more about the field and graduate school are encouraged to attend!

Please email mlisprogram@umd.edu with any questions. And feel free to share with other networks as you see fit. We look forward to meeting you!

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Master of Information Science Program
University of Maryland | College of Information Studies (iSchool)
4117L Hornbake Building, South Wing | 4130 Campus Drive | College Park, MD 20742
ischool.umd.edu | MLISProgram@umd.edu

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BSOS Trivia Night

Hi everyone!

This is just a reminder that the DGSAC Mental Health Committee is hosting a virtual trivial night on Friday, December 4th. The event will be over Zoom from 5-7 PM, and there will be a prize for the final winner! Please fill out the RSVP form here if you are interested.


Program agenda for each event:
The trivia will last for roughly two hours with multiple rounds of questions covering a wide range of topics. Participants will be paired up to answer questions, so bring your friends or be ready to get to know someone new! This will be the last event hosted by the MH Committee this semester, and I hope you will get some fun and relaxation from it to carry along through the end of the semester.

Timeline –  
5:00 – 5:10 PM - Welcome and Introductions
5:10 – 5:50 PM - First Session (5 Rounds)
5:50 – 6:00 PM - Regroup
6:10 – 6:50 PM - Second Session (5 Rounds)
6:50 – 7:00 PM - Winner Announcement
7:00 PM – Event Ends (Zoom session closes)

We hope to see you all there!

Best,
DGSAC MH Committee

Two spring virtual internships

 

INTERNSHIP NOTICE 1:

HELP BUILD FAMILY DIPLOMACY IN THE WORLD

ABOUT LEARNING LIFE AND THE INTERNSHIP

Learning Life is a nonprofit education and citizen engagement lab based in Washington D.C.  Our flagship program, the Family Diplomacy Initiative (FDI), connects families in nations worldwide via the internet to nurture a family form of citizen diplomacy.  Our International Mentoring Program helps open the world to children from lower-income families in the USA and abroad.  Our Democracy Dinners nurture deeper conversation across specialty silos among democracy sector activists, academics, professionals and elected officials in metro D.C. 

Learning Life is now accepting resumes from graduate and undergraduate students interested in interning with us remotely.  Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus our organizational needs, interns support the above-mentioned three programs, assisting with a variety of tasks including research and writing; local to global outreach via social media, email and phone; document translation and/or live language interpreting; website and design; photo and video recording and/or editing; fundraising, and more.

The internship tentatively starts Friday, January 8, 2021 with a 1-2 hour orientation meeting via Zoom, and ends in early May.  During this period, interns must be able to commit a total of 10 hours/week: 9 hours/week of independent work + a live one-on-one 1-hour meeting online once per week with Learning Life’s Director, Paul Lachelier, to go over work completed and assign new tasks.

The internship is unpaid, but offers substantive, resume-building experience working on innovative international education and citizen engagement initiatives, and a formal reference and/or recommendation letter upon request given satisfactory performance. 

THE INTERNS WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Applicants should be interested in international affairs, diplomacy, communications (video, photo and/or social media, especially Facebook), education, and/or children and families, and also be outgoing, organized, detail-oriented, motivated and punctual.  The ability to read, write and speak French, Spanish or Arabic at an advanced to fluent level is a plus, as are poster and video-making skills.

HOW TO APPLY  

Email Paul Lachelier at paul@learninglife.info with your resume.  No need for a cover letter.  Please indicate in your email whether you speak Spanish, Arabic and/or French and at what level (basic, intermediate, advanced, or fluent).  Paul will contact you in December to schedule a phone interview if your resume matches what we are looking for.  Thank you for your interest! 


INTERNSHIP NOTICE 2:

LEARN TO HELP ENTREPRENEURS START, GROW, SOAR 

ABOUT SOLOPRENEUR SUCCESS

Steve Coombes lives to help business owners succeed.  By 2030, he aims to help one million solopreneurs and small business owners start and grow their business.  An Army infantry veteran and computer programmer turned internationally-recognized copywriter and copywriting instructor, Steve has helped dozens of companies grow their businesses, and taught hundreds of students the principles of copywriting through the American Writers & Artists Institute.  Steve’s Solopreneur Success business offers a podcast, business community, and personal coaching to a growing client base of solopreneurs and small business owners.  

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP

Steve is now accepting resumes from graduate and undergraduate students nationwide interested in interning with Solopreneur Success remotely.  Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus Solopreneur Success’s organizational needs, interns assist with a variety of tasks including social media communications, video and podcast interviewing and editing, public relations and interview scheduling, research and writing, business administration, and website updating.

The internship tentatively starts Tuesday, January 19, earlier if you can, and ends in early to mid-May, with some accommodation for later start or earlier end as needed.  During this period, interns must be able to commit a total of up to 10 hours/week.  Interns will meet every week with Steve Coombes to review their work completed and discuss their next tasks.

The internship is unpaid, but offers substantive, resume-building experience in entrepreneurship, communications and business development.  A formal work reference and/or recommendation letter are available upon request given satisfactory performance.

THE INTERNS WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Applicants should be interested in communications, marketing, or business.  An entrepreneurial mindset is a strong plus.  Skill and experience with Audacity, Corel Video Studio, Adobe Premier, Trello, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube are pluses, but not required.

For more information, or to apply, contact intern recruiter, Paul Lachelier, at letlearninglive@gmail.com with your resume plus details of any business or communications experience you have, including any experience with the software and social media listed above. 

Graduate assistantship in Ecology and Remote Sensing of Tree Heights

 MSc or PhD graduate studies in Ecology and Remote Sensing of Tree Heights 


The Savanna lab (https://savannalab.nmsu.edu/) in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University is seeking applicants for a graduate assistantship.  Candidates broadly interested in dryland ecology and remote sensing, and/or with interests in macroscale patterns in tree physiology and phylogeny are encouraged to apply. We are looking for candidates interested to join a team exploring global patterns and drivers of woody plant height, canopy cover and biomass in water-limited ecosystems using space-borne LiDAR (e.g. GEDI and IceSat-2).  The student will develop an independent research project and publications leading to a dissertation relating to dryland ecosystem structure and function, height, canopy cover and/or biomass estimation, using data from one or more sources including satellite remote sensing, UAV, and field measurements.

 

Required Qualifications: MSc applicants: Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field relating to ecology, geography, remote sensing, earth system science, or related fields. PhD applicants: Master's degree in geography/geospatial analysis, ecology, remote sensing, data analytics or related fieldPreference for candidates with experience with analysis of geospatial data and computer programming, strong interest in learning new skills and ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

 

To apply: Please email Dr. Niall Hanan at nhanan@nmsu.edu or Dr. Qiuyan Yu at qiuyanyu@nmsu.edu with the email subject: Graduate Studies Opportunity and the following as 1 combined pdf attachment. (i) Brief cover letter describing your research interests, research experience and career goals; (ii) Resume/CV including contact information for 3 professional references.  Following review of applicants and interviews, competitive applicants will be asked to submit an official application to New Mexico State University Graduate School (https://gradadmissions.nmsu.edu/). For more information on the Department and PES academic programs see aces.nmsu.edu/academics/pes.

 

New Mexico State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and diversity. We strongly encourage members of marginalized and under-represented groups to apply.


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Qiuyan Yu, PhD

Plant and Environmental Sciences

New Mexico State University

qiuyanyu@nmsu.edu

Apply to WVU Geography Graduate Program

 

 

WVU Geography Graduate Program 2021-2022 Recruitment

We are currently recruiting M.A. and Ph.D. students for the 2021-2022 academic year, with competitive funding packages available through assistantships.

 

 

 

Our program offers both Master’s and Doctoral degrees and a rigorous certificate program in Geographic Information Science. Our graduate program is composed of 13 core geography faculty with expertise in the interdisciplinary subfields of:

  • Human Geography
  • Environmental/Physical Geography
  • GIScience and Geospatial Science

 

 

 

 

How to Apply


To apply for Fall admission, submit transcripts, letters of recommendation, and a statement of interest by January 15 through the WVU Application Portal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feel free to email our faculty or graduate committee for additional information or to schedule a meeting.

Graduate Committee Email: GradGeography@mail.wvu.edu

 

About Our Program

WVU Geography faculty are engaged in local, regional and global research focused on human-environment relations, climate change, political geography, spatial science, machine learning and deep learning, digital humanities, forest ecosystem modeling, cultural and political ecologies, conservation science, feminist geography, science and technology studies, humanitarianism, land change science, critical cartographies, food justice, and development geography.

Our faculty and graduate students are currently conducting research in:

  • South Asia
  • South America, Central America, and the Caribbean
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • The Middle East
  • The United States, including Appalachia

Our department also houses the WVU Center for Resilient Communities and the WV GIS Technical Center, which offer assistantships, research, and service opportunities.

 

 

 

For more information about the Morgantown area, please visit our city's official web page.

 

AGI Invites Applications for New Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession

 Scholarship opportunity for graduating seniors applying to graduate schools! 


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AGI Invites Applications for New Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce its new Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession. The scholarship is a one-time $5,000 award supporting geoscience graduate studies by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who self-identifies as a member of an underrepresented minority (Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color) and is within two semesters of completing a recognized geoscience program.

"The geosciences can thrive only with full participation from all communities, yet research shows that many underrepresented minority students face obstacles in the transition from undergraduate to graduate studies," says AGI Interim Executive Director Sharon Tahirkheli. "Supporting the next generation of aspiring minority geoscientists has perhaps never been more important."

The application deadline is February 21, 2021. The scholarship winner will be notified in April 2021. To learn more, see https://www.americangeosciences.org/workforce/agi-scholarship-advancing-diversity-geoscience-profession. If you have questions, please contact AGI Geoscience Profession and Higher Education Director Christopher Keane at keane@americangeosciences.org.

About AGI
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI), a federation of scientific and professional associations representing over a quarter-million geoscientists, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to serving the geoscience community and addressing the needs of society. AGI headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia.

Recruitment for AGU GeoHealth Social Media Fellow

 GEOHEALTH SOCIAL MEDIA FELLOW

Are you Twitter savvy? Are you passionate about advancing understanding of the complex interactions between our geospheric environment (including earth, water, soils and air) and the health of human populations? The American Geophysical Union’s GeoHealth section needs your help! We are seeking a social media savvy volunteer to apply to become the GeoHealth Social Media Fellow. 

The Social Media Fellow will be a key partner of the GeoHealth Executive Committee by ensuring that there is a steady stream of content disseminated through the GeoHealth Twitter account. The Fellow will make posts and disseminate content within the scope of the guidelines outlined in the GeoHealth social media plan. Major goals include expanding GeoHealth section membership, increasing readership of and submission to the GeoHealth journal, building an active online community of practice where section members can connect and stay updated on the GeoHealth section happenings, and promoting the awareness of GeoHealth as a discipline to the general public and the broader scientific community.

Although we are seeking applicants that have previous experience with social media, our GeoHealth Social Media Fellow will also receive additional social media training from AGU staff. 

This is a competitively awarded, unpaid, 1-year position. We anticipate that this would require a weekly commitment of 3-5 hours/week. 

Interested? Email AGU’s GeoHealth Section Communications and Outreach Co-Chairs Amy Wolfe (Amy.Wolfe@uky.edu) and Mike Wimberly (mcwimberly@ou.edu) and include a 2-5 sentence statement that describes your interest in advancing the GeoHealth mission through social media. Please also share how you currently engage with Twitter (number of followers, average number of tweets per week) and an example Tweet that you are proud of!

Review of applications will begin on December 18, 2020 and will continue until a suitable candidate is found.