GIS Certificate Program @ PCC 07/06/2010
Portland Community College will begin offering a GIS Certificate Program this upcoming Fall quarter, 2010. The program is a one-year program that requires 44 credits in Geography, GIS, and the natural sciences. More information can be found on the PCC website (http://www.pcc.edu/programs/geography/gis.html). If you are interested in the program or have any questions, contact Christina Friedle, christina.friedle@pcc.edu (or on the contact form on this website). I will be teaching three GIS courses in the fall: Geo 265 Introduction to GIS (Rock Creek, 10:00am - 12:50, MW) Geo 266 GIS Analysis (Sylvania, 6:30 - 9:20pm, MW) Geo 267 Applications in GIS (Sylvania, 6:30 - 9:20pm, MW) In the fall the Geo 267 class will be working with Sylvania's Habitat team on the Sylvania Park restoration project and mapping out the vegetation in the park and its change over time. Google Travel Grants for Female Students 06/17/2010
==================================================== ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 Google Travel Grants for Female Students URL: http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/google_female_grant.html ==================================================== As part of Google's ongoing commitment to support women in computing, we are pleased to announce the 2010 ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS Google Female Student Grants to encourage more female computer science students to attend and participate in the ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 Conference, November 2-5 2010, San Jose, California, USA. The winners will receive 00 USD towards conference travel-related costs. We invite all female computer science PhD students to apply. Selection Criteria * The recipients must be female students enrolled and pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or technical field related to conference subjects. * Priority will be given to students authors with accepted papers at ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010. * The recipients must register and attend the full conference. * The funding will be used for student travel-related support only. Committee Peggy Agouris Elisa Bertino Wei Ding Silvia Nittel Laura Toma (chair) Elizabeth Wentz Application Process To apply, send an email by Friday September 17 to ltoma@bowdoin.edu with subject heading 'Google ACMGIS 2010 travel grant' and containing a single pdf document with: * your CV (containing your full name and e-mail address, current address and contact phone number). * 1-page statement (no more than 600 words) about why you wish to attend the conference and why attending it is important to your research, work, and/or future career. Deadlines Application Submission: Friday, September 17th, 2010 Decisions/Notifications: Friday, October 1st, 2010 Acceptance by the recipient: Friday, October 8th, 2010 (conference registration must be completed) The winners will be notified by email and their names will be published on the conference webpage. The payment will come directly from Google. June 9th, Brown Bag (OHWR) 06/01/2010
Willamette Project Biological Opinions: What are they—and what do they mean for the Willamette Basin? Mindy Simmons, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers June 9th Noon to 1 pm Portland Building Auditorium (2nd Floor) 1120 SW Fifth Mindy M. Simmons, Willamette Program Manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District will describe the Biological Opinions for the Willamette Project and explain the major actions they require at an upcoming Rivers Office brownbag. In July 2008, two “BiOps” were issued under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These BiOps cover the operation of the 13 Willamette Project dams and reservoirs, maintenance of 42 miles of revetments, and operation of the Hatchery Mitigation Program. The BiOps require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to implement over 90 actions to improve conditions for ESA-listed spring Chinook salmon, winter steelhead, bull trout, and Oregon chub. Actions include designing and building fish passage facilities to reintroduce fish upstream of the high-head dams. However, the BiOps also require the agencies to improve habitat downstream of the dams by correcting water temperatures, providing the appropriate amount of water, and improving physical habitat. Because of the wide range of effects of the Willamette Project on these species, the range of required actions is broad, interdisciplinary, and will be technically challenging to implement on the specified timeline. Mindy’s presentation will: · answer the question “what is a BiOp, anyway?”, · describe the major effects of the Willamette Project on fish and habitat, · describe the major actions required over the next 15 years, and · highlight some of the challenges we face in recovering fish in the Willamette Basin. For more information, call 503.823.0275. Background: The speakers below will be giving more in-depth presentations on topics they highlighted at the Urban Ecology and Conservation Symposium in January 2010. All are welcome to attend. Location: Metro, 600 NE Grand Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232 in room 370 Time: 12:15 to 1:00 p.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 4, 2010 BirdSafe Portland: Assessing the magnitude of bird window strikes in the City of Portland Speaker: Mary Coolidge, Audubon Society of Portland - Conservation July 2, 2010 No presentation scheduled due to holiday weekend and busy summer schedules. August 6, 2010 Invasive animal assessment Speakers: Claire Puchy, City of Portland - Bureau of Environmental Services & Lisa DeBruyckere, Creative Resource Strategies, LLC September 10, 2010 (Note: Scheduled on the 2nd Friday due to the holiday weekend) Tracking the phenological developments of native wildflowers at Cooper Mountain Nature Park Speakers: Marsha Holt-Kingsley & Amber Ayers, Metro Native Plant Center Please join us for the last Spring 2010 Colloquium of the Geospatial Information Society (GIS) Student Club! We will be having an exciting presentation this Friday (5/28)! Jacob McDonald, a physical scientist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will present "Applying Digital Terrain Modeling to Water Resource Engineering." Mr. McDonald will be discussing projects that he has been involved with, including:
Time: 3-4pm Location: Cramer Hall, Room 413 This event is free and all are welcome! Refreshments will be provided! Great opportunity for Oregonians - most expenses are paid and there is a stipend included. Check it out: CalGETT is running 2 RS-GIS workshops this summer; one at West Valley College in Saratoga, Ca. (Natural and Cultural Resource Professionals) June 7-11, 2010 and the other at Shasta College, Redding , Ca. for Educators August 2-6,2010. We still have open seats in both classes. www.westvalley.edu/calgett 2010 STUDENT CONFERENCE ON CONSERVATION SCIENCE (SCCS-NY) American Museum of Natural History New York City 3-5 November 2010 http://symposia.cbc.amnh.org/sccsny/ APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH 18 MAY 2010 In November 2010, the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation will host SCCS-NY, the Student Conference on Conservation Science in New York City. Designed for graduate students, recent post-doctoral fellows, and early-career professionals, the conference specifically targets those pursuing or considering a profession in conservation science. This conference is a unique opportunity for those beginning their careers to present their work before established leaders in science, policy, and management. In addition to formal presentations, there will be numerous opportunities to interact with established conservation professionals at workshops, informal gatherings, and networking events. SCCS-NY is sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, in collaboration with the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Fordham University, the Mason Center for Conservation Studies, Princeton University, the Richard Gilder Graduate School (AMNH), SCCS-Cambridge, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, The Nature Conservancy, and Wildlife Trust. SCCS-NY is a sister conference to the highly successful SCCS-Cambridge, begun in 2000 by the University of Cambridge, and the newly developed SCCS-Bangalore. GUEST SPEAKERS Sir Peter Crane, Ph.D. - Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Professor of Botany, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut James Gibbs, Ph.D. – Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York Joshua Ginsberg, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President, Global Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York Andrés Gómez, D.V.M., Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York Martha Groom, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Ecology and Environmental Studies, University of Washington Bothell & Seattle, Washington MENTORING TASKFORCE Dozens of conservation professionals will be on hand during the conference to provide personalized feedback, lead workshops, host working lunches, and offer networking ideas. (See the website for a list of confirmed participants.) WORKSHOPS A series of workshops will be offered by experts working in diverse aspects of conservation science and education. Topics will include: 1) Ecological risk analysis for conservation biology 2) Conservation Action Planning: developing conservation strategies for applied conservation projects 3) Advances in monitoring and quantitative ecology in conservation science 4) Expanding your teaching toolbox: an introduction to active and scientific teaching approaches 5) Modeling ecological niches and geographic distributions: what, why and how?" WHO SHOULD APPLY Those wishing to participate in SCCS-NY should have completed, or be conducting a research project in any conservation-related course of study within the natural sciences, social sciences, or humanities. Selection for participation will be based on the quality of one’s application as well as its relevance to conservation. Applications are encouraged from the following: Graduate Students Recent Post-Doctoral Fellows Early-Career Professionals Undergraduates (research project must be of thesis-level quality) TO APPLY, please go to http://symposia.cbc.amnh.org/sccsny/ DEADLINE: 18 May 2010 Environmental Project - Student Competition 03/03/2010
Great opportunity to showcase your GIS (or other environmentally-focused) project and win some cash for your work! PSU's College of Urban & Public Affairs is hosting a Environmental Project presentation/competition. The competition is open to students from any college. Click here for details. The PSU ASPRS Student Chapter has extended the deadline for GIS in Action Conference Scholarships to Friday, March 12, 2010! The scholarship covers the $30 conference registration fee to attend the 2010 GIS in Action Conference to be held on PSU's campus on April 14 and 15. We have enough funds available to grant 20 scholarships. The GIS in Action Conference is a fantastic opportunity to learn about cutting edge GIS and Remote Sensing software, methods and applications and to meet and network with GIS professionals from throughout the Pacific Northwest. To learn more about the GIS in Action Conference, please visit the ASPRS Student Chapter website at: http://www.psuasprs.groups.pdx.edu/ A scholarship application form is attached to this email! Please fill out the form and answer the essay question with a 1-2 paragraph response. Completed scholarship applications can be either emailed to housepet@pdx.edu or returned to the Lily House-Peters's mailbox in the Geography Department, Cramer Hall Rm 424. Scholarship Deadline: FRIDAY, MARCH 12th GIS Colloquium Friday 2/26 02/09/2010
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 10:26 AM Please join us for the second Winter 2010 Colloquium of the Geospatial Information Society (GIS) Student Club! Presenter: Ralph Kiefer (Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Subject: 50 Years of Remote Sensing and GIS: Then and Now (A Personal Journey) Ralph Kiefer will be presenting an in-depth look at how GIS and Remote Sensing methods, techniques, and applications have changed during the last 50 years. Mr. Kiefer is a great speaker with a lifetime of experience in the fields of GIS and Remote Sensing. This presentation is not one to be missed! Mr. Kiefer is one of the authors of the seminal textbook "Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation" Date: Friday, February 26, 2010 Time: 3-4pm Location: Cramer Hall, Room 413 This event is free and all are welcome! Free refreshments will be provided! | ArchivesJuly 2010 CategoriesAll |
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