Friday, December 17, 2010

Marin Municipal Water District internships


The Mt Tamalpais Watershed has several internships starting in 2011 that
offer direct application and practical experience of skills learned in
school. The volunteer positions available are involved with vegetation
ecology, GIS, photomonitoring, environmental education and database
development. These activities will support such projects as the high
school restoration field trip program, Sudden Oak Death monitoring,
updating the Mt Tamalpais Rare Plant Report, Douglas-fir encroachment
project and the Weed Watcher program. Students must commit to 35 hours
during a semester and have substantial knowledge in one of these
disciplines or the aptitude to learn.

We also have volunteer habitat restoration events at least one Saturday
per month and may be able to schedule mid-week events for groups. Please
let me know who I should talk with at Sonoma State to get the word out.
Students can contact me for more info or for an internship application.

More information on volunteer opportunities on the Watershed can also be
viewed on our website:
http://marinwater.org/controller?action=menuclick&id=580

Thank you. Have a great holiday season.

Suzanne Whelan


Volunteer Program
Sky Oaks Watershed Headquarters
Marin Municipal Water District
415-945-1128
volunteerprogram@marinwater.org

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Spatial Statistics 2011 conference

 The international Spatial Statistics 2011 conference, which will take place 23 – 25 March, 2011 in The Netherlands: http://www.spatialstatisticsconference.com/

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

10-week research internship in air quality at UC Davis


> I am writing to request your help in recruiting promising undergraduate
students to a 10-week research internship in air quality at UC Davis that
will take place in the summer of 2011. This program is open to rising junior
and senior undergraduates in all fields - including the physical,
biological, and social sciences, engineering, and economics. Each student
will work on an air-pollution-related research project with a faculty member
at Davis and will meet weekly as a group to discuss the ins and outs of
graduate school. Students will receive a $4,000 stipend, room and board on
campus, and money for travel to and from Davis. More details about the
program can be found at: http://aah.ucdavis.edu/aper.html
>
> To help us advertise this program, please print and post this flier
(http://aah.ucdavis.edu/docs/APER2011.pdf), and or forward this flier to
students in your program(s). Similarly, we would be happy to share any
information from programs at your campus with our students here.
>
> Thank you for your assistance, and please feel free to contact me or Kate
Shasky, our program coordinator, at aah@ucdavis.edu, if you have any
questions.
>
> All the best,
> Cort
>
> Department of Land, Air & Water Resources
> UC Davis
>

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

GIS market forecast summary

Here is a recent market forecast for the GIS market.  The industry has robust growth predicted:

http://www.arcweb.com/AboutARC/Press/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=fe0aa6f8%2D048a%2D418e%2D8197%2D2ed598e42370&ID=165&RootFolder=%2FAboutARC%2FPress%2FLists%2FPosts

ESRI technical certification program

ESRI has a new certification program for user of their software, modeled after the Microsoft software certification.  See:

http://training.esri.com/certification/index.cfm

Monday, December 6, 2010

Erasmus Mundus Masters of Science in Geospatial Technologies


http://www.mastergeotech.info/
Erasmus Mundus Masters of Science in Geospatial Technologies
The three-semester Erasmus Mundus Masters of Science in Geospatial Technologies program targets holders of Bachelor degrees in application areas of Geographic Information (GI), e.g., environmental planning, regional planning, geography, logistics, transportation, marketing, energy provision, computer science.

The following grants are open for applications (the exact numbers have still to be confirmed):
• ~ 7 financial contributions to EU students (in this context nationals from EU Member States and EEA-EFTA countries).
The financial contribution includes a support towards living costs of 500 € per month (9.000 € in total – to be confirmed),
coverage of tuition fees of 1.500 € per semester (4.500 € in total), and an insurance package.
•  ~ 1 full scholarships to students from the Western Balkans and Turkey Window. Full scholarships include a
contribution to travel, installation and all other types of costs (8.000 € in total – to be confirmed), monthly allowances of 1.000
€ per month (18.000 € in total – to be confirmed), coverage of tuition fees of 3.500 € per semester (10.500 € in total), and an
insurance package.
• ~ 8 full scholarships to third country students (other nationals than EU and Window students above).
Full scholarships include a contribution to travel, installation and all other types of costs (8.000 € in total – to be confirmed),
monthly allowances of 1.000 € per month (18.000 € in total – to be confirmed), coverage of tuition fees of 3.500 € per
semester (10.500 € in total), and an insurance package.
• ~ 2 scholarships for third country scholars (visiting researchers). Scholarships include a lump sum of 7.200 € (to be confirmed) for supporting all types of costs.

Scholarship application deadline: January 15, 2011.