Geography Student Awarded ESRI Internship - April 26, 2012

The Geography Program is pleased to announce that one of our students, Tim Reynolds, has been awarded a summer 2012 internship for Esri at their St. Louis regional office. Esri is the global leader in Geographic Information Systems software, which the Geography Program uses. Every summer, Esri offers internships to qualified college students for a period of twelve weeks. Most are at their headquarters in Redlands, California. However, there are sometimes opportunities at their regional offices. Tim was one of roughly sixty interns hired this year. And he will be the only one at the St. Louis office.

Tim will be working in support of the Professional Services Team which provides high end customer support through a variety of projects, including web development, GIS analysis and geoprocessing, as well as other niche GIS needs

For more information on Esri's internships, visit:  http://www.esri.com/careers/students/summer-internships.html.

GTU Initiation Ceremony-April 18, 2012

A ceremony was conducted to initiate the newest members of Mu Theta, Park's chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, The National Geographic Honor Society- held at the McCoy Meetin' House. Only students that meet certain criteria are invited to join Mu Theta. Initiates, current members, and their guests listened to a presentation on GTU's history and membership privileges given by Professors David Fox and Scott Hageman, before making the pledge of membership.

Congratulations, initiates!

• Aramis Calderon
• Travis Ham
• Justin Kobolt
• Adam Loetel
• Timothy Reynolds
• Katherine Romig
• Dana Wiggans