What skills/experience are employers looking in the fields
of GIS, Cartography and Remote Sensing? Find answers at this
panel discussion for students planning a career in the geospatial
sciences. Professionals from the private and public sectors
will give their perspective and help you plot your course.
Sponsored by the Spatial Information & Analysis Consortium
(SIAC), the Department of Geography and the State Cartographer's
Office.
Spring Geography
Department Picnic
What: The Spring Geography
Department picnic
When: Sunday, 15 May, 11:30 am - 3
pm
Where: Tenney Park shelter, 1414 E. Johnson
Street
For a map go to the link below and then click on "Get directions
from Mapquest": http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/parks/tenneyPark.html
Please bring: A dish to pass (salad, dessert, snacks,
etc), significant others, outdoor sports equipment.
The department will provide: Beverages, grillables,
condiments, plates and other picnic stuff.
Cronon Appears in WPT
Documentary on Portage, Wisconsin
"This documentary is a collection of memories about
Portage, beginning with its days as a Native-American footpath
between two rivers, traveled in 1673 by French explorers Jacques
Marquette and Louis Joliet. Bill Cronon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
history professor, describes the international importance
of the portage in pre-settlement days as the vital link between
the Saint Lawrence and Mississippi rivers. 'Portage Memories'
celebrates the character of a town, its residents and the
stories they have to tell about their past as a mirror of
the entire state." Next airing is on June 1 at 9 pm.
Departmental
awards were presented to outstanding students at the Yi-Fu
Tuan annual Trewartha Lecture, April 29, 2005.
At right, Ben Sheesley with Outstanding Teaching Assistant
award (a tie with Courtney Klaus, not pictured)
The awards were announced by Department Chair Jim Burt for
the following students:
Name
Award
Criteria
Sheesley, Ben
Outstanding Teaching Assistant
(tie for 1st)
Nominated by a faculty member
and then judged on Student Evaluations and length of service
as a TA.
Klaus, Courtney
Outstanding Teaching Assistant
(tie for 1st)
Nominated by a faculty member
and then judged on Student Evaluations and length of service
as a TA.
Miao, Xiaodong
Outstanding Publication by
a Graduate Student
Outstanding publication,
as judged by Geography faculty. Paper title: "Loess
record of dry climate and aeolian activity in the early-
to mid-Holocene, central Great Plains, North America" in The Holocene, Vol. 14, no. 3 (2005) pp. 339-346.
Heyman, David
Barbara Bartz Petchenik Memorial
Graduate Award in Cartographic Design, 1st Place
Excellence in cartography
and map design, including artistic and technical skills.
Alberts, James
Barbara Bartz Petchenik Memorial
Graduate Award in Cartographic Design, 2nd Place
Excellence in cartography
and map design, including artistic and technical skills.
Roth, Robert
Barbara Bartz Petchenik Memorial
Undergraduate Award in Cartographic Design, 1st Place
Excellence in cartography
and map design, including artistic and technical skills.
Olson, Eric
Barbara Bartz Petchenik Memorial
Undergraduate Award in Cartographic Design, 2nd Place
Excellence in cartography
and map design, including artistic and technical skills.
Welch, Allison
Excellence of Scholarship
Award
Very High GPA, and outstanding
work in Geography
McGlynn, Evangeline
Undergraduate Achievement
Award in Cartography/GIS
Outstanding high quality work
in Cartography and her high GPA
Bruce, Jennifer
Undergraduate Achievement
Award in Geography
Very strong work in a diverse
array of courses on all side of the sub-field spectrum
in Geography.
Roth, Robert
Outstanding Symposium Paper
by and Undergraduate Student
Outstanding paper and presentation
at the 2005 Geography Student Symposum. See
abstract
Weng, Yen-Chu
Outstanding Symposium Paper
by and Graduate Student
Outstanding paper and presentation
at the 2005 Geography Student Symposum. See
abstract
Jim Knox Appears on Channel
3000 News, Gives Assessment of Mississippi River Flooding
Dr.
Jim Knox, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Geography and Environmental
Studies at UW-Madison, gave his assessment of the causes of
Mississippi River flooding on a Channel 3 feature "Storms
of the Future" recently.
From
WPT.org : 
Departmental
awards were presented to outstanding students at the Yi-Fu
Tuan annual Trewartha Lecture, April 29, 2005.
