GIS @ the New U Nancy Hoalst Pullen, PhD Mark W. Patterson, PhD.

GIS @

the New U

Nancy Hoalst Pullen, PhDMark W. Patterson, PhD

First … a brief look the consolidation!

THE CONSOLIDATION

• Consolidation KSU-SPSU in January 2015

• New University Called…

Kennesaw State University

• Two campuses, 13 colleges, 33K students

Currently has:• 84 GIS majors• 20+ GIS Certificates• 200+ Alumni

All members of Gamma Theta Upsilon (Geography honors fraternity) last year were GIS majors or Certificate students

THE GIS PROGRAM

Faculty Have Taught These Courses:• Earth From Above • Cartography• Intro to GIS• Advanced GIS• ArcServer• Directed Applied Research• Remote Sensing• Python• Internships• Spatial Statistics• Project management• PPGIS/PGIS• Geodatabase modelling

…And over 50 ESRI online tutorials!

OVER THE PAST YEARS…

… was the KSU finalist for the Regents’ Excellence in Teaching Department-Program Award!!!!

THE GIS PROGRAM

(this means our program is awesome!)

KSU GIS

Next, the Men and Women of Steel….

The GIS professors!

(starring in alphabetical order)

• GIS Program Director• Co-Edited the book:

Geography of Beer• Co-Leading a Study

Abroad… On the Geography of Beer!

DR. NANCY HOALST PULLEN

I’ll try and get

you graduated!

And save your

cartography at

the same time!

PROF. ULRIKE “ULI” INGRAM

This is why we do typology!

• Coordinator of the Online GIS Certificate

***Starts Fall 2015!!***

• Assistant Director of GeorgiaView

• Co-Edited books: – Geography of Beer – Urban Sustainability: Policy and

Praxis

• Co-Leading a Study Abroad… On the Geography of Beer!

DR. MARK PATTERSON

You call that a map?

• Co-authored a paper of the socioeconomic effect of preterm births in Georgia in the “Annals of GIS”

• GWR analysis related to urbanization and climate change

DR. JUN TU

This isn’t the most

comfortable place

to do GIS… but I have to make

maps, and in a hurry!

Community Outreach

Completed These Internships/Practicums: • AMEC• Atlanta Diocese• Chattahoochee River NRA• Clayton County• Cobb County• Emory• Etowah Valley Historical Society• Georgia DOD• GDOT• Georgia Pacific• Greenpeace• Gwinnett County GIS• Norfolk Southern• NOAA• Rome• The Shopping Center Group

…& several others that were just super!!!

OVER THE PAST YEAR…

Darn

GPS!

PROJECTS HOSTED BY KSU

URL: http://pangaea.kennesaw.edu/EVHS/

How to work with us:• Have a good project• Work with our department

(faculty and students)• Nominate yourself for the

Outstanding Alumni or Outstanding Community Engagement Awards

• Come to KSU GIS Night to celebrate!

I wonder how he got that network to work in ArcGIS!

That’s right Superman! I have

learned to push routes &

directions with only my mind!

WANT TO WORK WITH US?

KSU GIS NIGHT AT BHB!We will see YOU at Burnt Hickory Brewery on GIS Night on November 18, 2015. During the night, there were several unmentionable acts of good spatial analysis and general well being toward all, plus the Dean will speak and make everyone believe that GIS can pinpoint the route of Santa Clause using GPS tracking devices.

November 18 is the worldwide celebration of GIS Day, the annual salute to geospatial technology and its power to transform and better our lives.

THE DAILY PLANETwww.dailyplanet.com THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE NEWSPAPER - 18 Nov 2015

Winners of the Outstanding Awards

OUTSTANDING ALUMNI

2014: Rebecca Mattord

2013: John Hudler

2012: Tim Poe

THE DAILY PLANETwww.dailyplanet.com THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE NEWSPAPER - 18 Nov 2015

OUTSTANDING SENIOR

Kat Tucker

OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE STUDENT

Rebecca Mattord

OUTSTANDING ENGAGEMENT

2014: Brad Neugent (individual) and Watershed Alliance of Sandy Springs (group)

2013: Etowah Valley Historical Society

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND ENJOY GIS @ The New

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