Katie Meckler, a captain in the U.S. Air Force, helps pilots navigate the skies. She’s completed six deployments around the world and has moved across the country for a new assignment. And she still manages to carry a 4.0 GPA in her online master’s degree program at Penn State.
Penn State World Campus graduate students in the Rural/Regional Geodesign Challenges studio course were asked to apply their knowledge to help develop a large-scale recovery, restoration and sustainability plan for one of the most iconic and revered sites in the United States, Yellowstone National Park.
Clio Andris, assistant professor of geography and Penn State Institute for CyberScience associate, will discuss how geographic information systems are helping to investigate ways of building communities that foster relationships and social life, at the CyberScience Seminar on Feb. 14.
Brookelynn Constant was about halfway into her 10-year career as a data analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense when she enrolled in a master’s program through Penn State World Campus. Constant, who always wanted to squeeze graduate school into her busy schedule, took advantage of the online-learning format for the master of geographic information systems (GIS) as a way to elevate her leadership role with the U.S. Defense Department.
Penn State has launched a new graduate certificate aimed at helping geospatial professionals working in the GIS and web mapping industries to expand their software development and coding skills.
On Wednesdays this February, and one in March, Penn State University Libraries will offer informational sessions relating to foundational map and geospatial topics. Sessions are open to all Penn State students, staff, faculty and visitors, with remote viewing available online.
As an emergency management specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Association, Adrienne Kramer is applying her geography skills to build maps, analytical tools and other resources to help the agency improve its response and recovery operations.
Each Tuesday this October, Penn State University Libraries will offer informational sessions relating to foundational map and geospatial topics. Sessions, which do not require registration, are open to all Penn State students, staff, faculty and visitors, and remote viewing is available online using Zoom.
For Zongjun Li, a junior majoring in geography at Penn State, the chance to explore real-life opportunities with his degree is what drives him as an undergraduate student.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Data Portal Project, of which Penn State University Libraries is a contributor, has launched an online spatial data discovery tool called the Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal. The project and geoportal aim to provide discoverability, facilitate access and connect scholars across the Big Ten Academic Alliance to often scattered geospatial data resources.
Faculty, staff, students and visitors are invited to to learn more about map and GIS applications by participating in-person or remotely online in any or all of three workshops offered by the University Libraries during the spring 2017 semester.
Resources, presentations and career options for GIS and related fields are highlighted during an expanded program of 2016 GIS Day activities Nov. 14-15 at Penn State’s Pattee Library and Paterno Library at University Park.
Two fall 2016 Penn State University Libraries informational sessions offering introductions to map and GIS topics are planned for Penn State students, faculty, staff and visitors in the Donald W. Hamer Maps Library, ground floor Pattee Library, University Park, and via Adobe Connect online. No registration is required.
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman will always have Paris, and Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks had their meeting at the top of the Empire State Building in New York. But the part cities play in relationships has begun to change, according to Penn State researchers who are studying how cities — and State College specifically — play a role in modern romances.
World Campus students, like their on-campus counterparts, can take part in out-of-class engaged scholarship experiences that complement their in-class learning.
