Outreach
The GS program is involved in a variety of outreach programs with K-12 schools.
The Geospatial Semester is a dual enrollment project where high school students learning about GIS and do local projects while they earn JMU credit. Please contact Dr. Bob Kolvoord for more information.
The following is a list of GIS websites featuring GIS-based curriculum for geography, math and science:
- Center for Rural STEM Education
Collection for GIS activities for middle school. - Project GODI
GIS activities developed in conjunction with Shenandoah National Park - Project VISM
GIS and other data visualization activities.
Department faculty offer professional development workshops in the use of geospatial technologies for K-12 teachers. Please contact Dr. Bob Kolvoord for details.
Announcements
- Upcoming great study abroad opportunities for geographers: Peru, London, The Philippines, Malta and elsewhere: see OIP for more information…More >
- Dr. Henry Way and Dr. Zack Bortolot were awarded a Freddie Mac grant to develop a new course with the College of Business: a Geography Entrepreneurship Studio.
- Dr. Carole Nash has been awarded her PhD from American University, with a Distinction! Her dissertation title was: “Modeling Uplands: Landscape and Prehistoric Native American Settlement Archaeology in the Virginia Blue Ridge Foothills.”
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