Education Tidbits
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology introduces a minor in geospatial technology starting this fall. The local television station, via AP, offers pronunciation help:
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is adding a minor in geospatial (jee-oh-SPAY’-shuhl) technology, effective this fall. Tech officials say students with the minor can show potential employers they have gotten substantial training in GPS, remote sensing and other geospatial techniques.
- The Volante
- KXMC
This is the second time the US Census Bureau will use the Census in the Schools program. The package of information, sent to schools in Ohio in April encourages integration of census ideas into civics, government and geography classes. Another bonus: students can encourage parents to fill out and return census forms.
A letter to the editor of the by Prof Morshidi, Director, National Higher Education Research Institute (IPPTN) at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang to The Star responds to a government official’s comment that those being trained in Geography be retrained to be more marketable. He points out the value of geography in good and bad times, as well as how the discipline combines art and science.
- The Star (Malaysia)
IAVO Research and Scientific, a geo firm located in Durham, NC, has donated more than 100 copies of its GeoGenesis image-processing software, worth some $3.2 million, to East Carolina University.
