Posted: October 31, 2023
The University Libraries and Department of Geography invite you to Penn State GIS Day which includes a career panel, presentations, and reception.
Schedule of Penn State GIS Day program and details of presentations are on the Penn State GIS Day website.
Monday, November 13, 2023
11:15 am-12:05 pm: Career Panel (in person or Zoom) in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park
Career Panelists:
- Amanda Byrd – Geospatial Analyst, Dewberry
- John Greer – Geospatial Data Science Head, Applied Research Lab at Penn State
- Jason Shellhammer – GIS Director, Carbon County GIS/Mapping
- Scottie Wall – PA State GIS Coordinator
1:30-3:00 pm: Keynote & Lightning Talks (in person or Zoom) in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park
- Keynote: Scottie Wall – PA State GIS Coordinator : “Geospatial Services in the Commonwealth”
Lightning Talk Presenters:
- Travis Flohr – Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Penn State: “Using GIS to evaluate policy performance, designed and future landscapes from the parcel to metropolitan scales”
- Christina Grozinger – Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, Penn State: “Beescape: Seeing the world through the eyes of bees”
- Jacob Holland-Lulewicz – Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Penn State: “Revealing the Anthropogenic Landscapes of Ossabaw Island through LiDAR”
- Beth King – Associate Teaching Professor, Online Geospatial Education, Penn State: “Reflections on Penn State’s Embedded Geovisual Analytics Course”
- Brian Naberezny – Assistant Teaching Professor, Civil Engineering, Penn State
- Alexis Oltmer-Bergmann – MFA candidate, Penn State: “Art as Research”
- Michael Sutherland – Senior GIS Analyst, Cushman & Wakefield: “Lessons Learned as an Early-Career GIS Professional”
3:00 pm: Reception with refreshments in the Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information, 1 Pattee Library, University Park
Penn State GIS Day is co-sponsored by the University Libraries and Department of Geography.
