by Carissa Andrews | Nov 8, 2018 | Biology, Campus Notes, Environmental Biology, Featured, GIS, Press releases, Science, Stories
With the acquisition of several new projects, Saint Mary’s GeoSpatial Services (GSS) is increasing invaluable student internship experiences while helping nationwide organizations make far-reaching ecological decisions. For example, in the largest single contract ever awarded to them ($1.7 million over four years), GSS will work with the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The project will keep GSS staff and up to 30 student interns busy for several years.
by Carissa Andrews | Apr 18, 2018 | Admission Graduate, Alumni, DAR, Featured, GIS, MBA, Stories
According to Mike Komp M’13, M’14 few people have ever heard of Armstrong Creek, Wis., pop. 409. Despite its lack of notoriety, growing up in that rural northern Wisconsin town instilled in Komp a love of land and a respect for agriculture. This passion drove Komp to...
by Deb Nahrgang | Jan 19, 2018 | Academics Graduate, Admission Graduate, Alumni, BIzTech, Business and Technology Graduate, DAR, GIS
Adam Pfister C’06, M’10 can’t deny that speaking to the U.N. in early December was a career highlight. But Pfister’s career is full of highlights. As a solutions engineer on the nonprofit and global organizations team for Esri, he works closely with organizations who...
by Deb Nahrgang | Oct 10, 2017 | Alumni, BIzTech, Business and Technology Graduate, DAR, GIS
As a geographer and cartographer, Caroline “Siffy” (Erickson) Torkildson M’10 not only creates maps of the world, she is also trekking around the world using maps. And her M.S. in Geographic Information Science from Saint Mary’s is helping her go places. Most recently...
by Deb Nahrgang | Nov 28, 2016 | GIS, Math
Students interested in geographic information science at Saint Mary’s don’t need a global positioning system to direct them to valuable, hands-on experiences in their field. For years, the university’s GeoSpatial Services has been providing professionally mentored...
by Deb Nahrgang | Nov 9, 2016 | GIS, Math
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota has signed an $880,000 agreement with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to help inventory wetlands in the state’s Northwest region. This is the largest single project awarded to the university’s GeoSpatial Services...
