UMKC Faculty Symposium on GIS Education and Research Held in March, 2011
The Advanced Certificate Program in GIS of the College hosted the UMKC Faculty Symposium on GIS Education and Research on March 25, 2011. More than 40 faculty, staff, administrators, students, and invited guests participated in this event at the Administrative Center of UMKC. Faculty from the College departments of Geosciences, Economics, AUP+D, Sociology, and Criminal Justice and Criminology, as well as from the School of Computing and Engineering, the Bloch School of Management, and UMKC Libraries presented their teaching, research, or application activities with geographic information systems (GIS) -related techniques.
In addition, led by Lynne Clawson-Day, Director of High School/ College Partnerships (HSCP), high school representatives of HCSP also participated in the symposium and presented their dual-credit teaching projects. Currently, Columbia Area Career Center/Columbia Public Schools have adopted Geosciences’ GIS course as part of their dual-credit programs with UMKC. Prior to the symposium, Prof. Wei “Wayne” Ji of Geosciences, Director of Advanced Certificate Program in GIS, visited Columbia Area Career Center and talked to the students there. (See photo).
The Advanced Certificate Program in GIS of the College was established in 2006 and has been growing rapidly. It has enrolled over 90 students including many working professionals. Through related teaching and student research activities, the program supports many academic programs of UMKC. For more see: http://cas.umkc.edu/Geosciences/advGis.asp
