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Call for faculty participation in LIT and Mellon-funded summer GIS workshops

Call for faculty participation in LIT and Mellon funded summer GIS Workshops

Two GIS workshops for faculty will be offered during Summer 2011.
* Introductory GIS workshop (4 days)
Monday, August 8th through Thursday, August 11th from 9am-1pm*
(lunch provided)

* Advanced GIS workshop (2 days)
Monday, August 15th through Tuesday, August 16th*
(lunch provided)

*Additional workshop dates (e.g. end of May/early June) may be added depending on faculty interest. If you are interested in attending, but can’t join us during the August workshop dates, please click on the link below to suggest alternate dates.

These grant supported workshops ($400 for each participant) will enable 12 faculty to engage in a hands-on GIS experience designed to be broadly useful to faculty, regardless of their specific disciplines and areas of research. To make the workshop experience more meaningful and relevant, both the introductory and advanced workshops will feature local data and topics of interest

If you are interested in participating, please click the link below to complete the GIS workshop interest form. Please note – there is a limit of 12 funded seats for the Summer 2011 GIS Workshops. Additional Mellon funded GIS workshop opportunities will be announced prior to summer 2012 and 2013 sessions.

Click here to access GIS workshop interest form.

By Janine Glathar

Janine Glathar joined the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship team in 2009 to fill the newly-created role of GIS Specialist at Bucknell. She has worked in the field of geospatial technologies for more than 15 years as research specialist, technical analyst and software trainer. Prior to joining L&IT at Bucknell, Janine spent seven years doing applied GIS research in Philadelphia’s non-profit social services sector as the GIS Senior Analyst for Philadelphia Safe & Sound and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. Before transitioning to the social services research world, Janine worked for the GIS software company ESRI as a trainer and education/non-profit coordinator. She earned a B.A. in European History and Russian Language/Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. If you ask Janine where she’s from, she’ll tell you she’s a Navy brat and will probably offer to show you a map of all of the various places she’s lived over the years.

Areas of expertise:
ArcGIS, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Scholarship, GIS, Google Earth, Spatial Thinking