Monthly Archives: December 2011

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2012-2013

2012-13 Community College STEM Scholarship Program The Community College STEM Scholarship provides a one-year, non-renewable award of $2,000 for students enrolled full time (12 credit hours or more) at one of Virginia’s Community Colleges.  Students must be majoring in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field and be interested in pursuing a career that [...]

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Student Assistantship Position for next ASPRS Conference

Attention all student members of ASPRS!  ASPRS Student Assistantship Program  Application deadline: January 20, 2012 Student Assistants will be notified by January 31, 2012  If you are a student at an accredited college or university, ASPRS invites you to attend and assist with the ASPRS 2012 Annual Conference March 18-23, 2012, in Sacramento, California.   Please go [...]

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Registration Deadline December 15 for ASPRS GeoLeague Competition

Reminder: Registration Deadline Tomorrow to participate in  the Second Annual ASPRS GeoLeague Challenge  to be held at the ASPRS 2012 Annual Conference  Sacramento, California  March 19-23, 2012  Request for Proposal: Development of a Repeatable Cost and Time Efficient Remote Sensing Solution for Updating the National Coastal Wetlands Inventory  The deadline to REGISTER is December 15, [...]

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NOVA/USGS Physical Science Technician Program

Curriculum Reqts Phys Sci Tech USGS The NOVA/USGS Physical Science Technician Program is new and in the formative stages.  The USGS is looking for well trained candidates to serve in Internship positions during the summer months.  These are paid internships with the possibility of placement this coming summer.  We have established curriculum requirements (link above) [...]

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Satellites Capture Record US Tornado Activity

Satellites Capture Record U.S. Tornado Activity The U.S. experienced unprecedented tornado activity throughout the month of April 2011. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center received 875 tornado reports during that month alone; 625 have been confirmed as tornadoes, so far. Many of these storms were concentrated during 7 different major outbreaks, mostly in the Southern U.S. [...]

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2 SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Click on links for details! CC Flyer – Final   UGSR Flyer – Final

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Webinar Recording: Remote Sensing Workforce

GEO TECH CENTER: Remote Sensing is among the fastest growing sectors of the geospatial industry and worthy of consideration by individuals in search of a new career or schools seeking to expand their geospatial curriculum. John Johnson of the GeoTech Center will share his results from a national survey and job analysis on this occupation. [...]

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