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Founded by presidential proclamation in 1987, Geography Awareness Week, or GeoWeek, has been observed during the third week of November each year. The event has been celebrated by students, educators, families, schools, nonprofit organizations, business, and policymakers around the world. It has been a unique opportunity for not only geographers but in fact for everyone who wants to get together to learn and share their geographic experiences to help raise the awareness of the importance of spatial thinking and geographic literacy that are needed to make far-reaching decisions. Moreover, since 1999, the Wednesday of GeoWeek has been dedicated to GIS Day. GIS standing for Geographic Information Systems are computer-based systems allowing for collecting, organizing, analyzing, and visualizing geographic data. These systems have become important tools that help to positively change the world physically and perceptionally. In concert with other universities across the United State, especially in the state of North Carolina, Fayetteville State Univesity has been celebrating the GeoWeek and GIS Day for since 2017. The event has been organized and coordinated by the Geospatial Science/GEOINT program housed in the Department of Intelligence Studies, Geospatial Science, Political Science, and History.
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In concert with the National Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day, the Geospatial Science and GEOINT programs at Fayetteville State University is thrilled to celebrate the 5th Geospatial Awareness Week 2021 (5th GeoWeek 2021) during the week of November 15, Monday (11/15) to Friday (11/19) in coordination with the North Carolina Chapter of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (agenda available at NC ASPRS) and the Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, UNC Wilmington. The topic of our event this year is Geospatial Science and Technology and GEOINT in Education and Practice. This event aims at raising and advancing the awareness of spatial thinking, geospatial technologies and tradecraft across the campus as well as the Fayetteville and its surrounding community. Due to the pandemic, most activities of the event this year will be conducted virtually through the Zoom meeting platform.
The 5th GeoWeek and GIS Day 2021 @ FSU is proudly sponsored by Caliper Corporation, SpatialGIS LLC, and Carolina URISA.
Caliper Corporation founded in 1983 and headquartered in Newton, MA, is a technology leader in the development of GIS and transportation software. Caliper is also a highly regarded consulting and R&D provider offering professional services in quantitative management consulting, transportation, and decision support systems development. Caliper software products are supported with extensive technical services in GIS applications and training, database development and software customization. Caliper is the developer of TransCAD® Transportation Planning Software, TransModeler® Traffic Simulation Software, and Maptitude® Mapping Software & Geographic Information System.
SpatialGIS is geospatial consulting firm founded by Kendrick O. Faison, M.S. GSci. Mr. Faison developed the company’s core services based around his more than 13 years of Geospatial and Emergency Management experience. SpatialGIS is a solution-focused company that specializes in supporting federal, state, local and commercial clients. SpatialGIS consolidates industry standards and developed a rapid geospatial team for all emergency situations along with agile development practices that gives us a competitive edge.
Carolina URISA (CURISA) is the North and South Carolina chapter of The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), which is a nonprofit association of professionals using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other information technologies to solve challenges in state / provincial, regional and local government agencies and departments. URISA is considered to be the premier organization for the use and integration of spatial information technology to improve the quality of life in urban and regional environments and CURISA is proud to be a 15 year old chapter of the organization. Our membership is over 200 strong and represents both urban and rural areas from North and South Carolina. Our members come from a wide variety backgrounds including GIS/IT, Planning, Zoning, Law Enforcement, Emergency Services, Public Works, Surveying and Engineering.
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In concert with the National Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day, the Geospatial Science and GEOINT programs at Fayetteville State University is thrilled to celebrate the 4th Geospatial Awareness Week 2020 (4th GeoWeek 2020) during the first week of November 2020, from Monday (11/2) to Friday (11/6). This event aims at raising the awareness of spatial thinking, geospatial technologies and tradecraft across the campus as well as the Fayetteville community. Due to the pandemic, most activities of the event this year will be conducted virtually through the Zoom Meeting platform. However, there are two drone demonstrations on Friday that will take place on the field.
The 4th GeoWeek and GIS Day 2020 @ FSU is proudly sponsored by Caliper Corporation and SpatialGIS LLC.
Caliper Corporation founded in 1983 and headquartered in Newton, MA, is a technology leader in the development of GIS and transportation software. Caliper is also a highly regarded consulting and R&D provider offering professional services in quantitative management consulting, transportation, and decision support systems development. Caliper software products are supported with extensive technical services in GIS applications and training, database development and software customization. Caliper is the developer of TransCAD® Transportation Planning Software, TransModeler® Traffic Simulation Software, and Maptitude® Mapping Software & Geographic Information System.
SpatialGIS is geospatial consulting firm founded by Kendrick O. Faison, M.S. GSci. Mr. Faison developed the company’s core services based around his more than 13 years of Geospatial and Emergency Management experience. SpatialGIS is a solution-focused company that specializes in supporting federal, state, local and commercial clients. SpatialGIS consolidates industry standards and developed a rapid geospatial team for all emergency situations along with agile development practices that gives us a competitive edge.
The Geospatial Science/GEOINT program at Fayetteville State University is pleased to announce that the 3rd GeoWeek and GIS Day 2019 @ FSU will take place from 11/18 to 11/22/2019 with multiple activities. More importantly, the 2nd Geospatial Poster Competition will occur on Friday (11/22/2019) from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at the TV Lounge in the Rudolph Jones Student Center. All students who want to participate in the competition must register for their poster presentation. Please check out this link for the full program of the 3rd GeoWeek and GIS Day 2019 @ FSU, the Competition requirements, and the Competition registration form.
The 3rd GeoWeek and GIS Day 2019 @ FSU is proudly sponsored by Caliper Corporation and SpatialGIS LLC.
Caliper Corporation founded in 1983 and headquartered in Newton, MA, is a technology leader in the development of GIS and transportation software. Caliper is also a highly regarded consulting and R&D provider offering professional services in quantitative management consulting, transportation, and decision support systems development. Caliper software products are supported with extensive technical services in GIS applications and training, database development and software customization. Caliper is the developer of TransCAD® Transportation Planning Software, TransModeler® Traffic Simulation Software, and Maptitude® Mapping Software & Geographic Information System.
SpatialGIS is geospatial consulting firm founded by Kendrick O. Faison, M.S. GSci. Mr. Faison developed the company’s core services based around his more than 13 years of Geospatial and Emergency Management experience. SpatialGIS is a solution-focused company that specializes in supporting federal, state, local and commercial clients. SpatialGIS consolidates industry standards and developed a rapid geospatial team for all emergency situations along with agile development practices that gives us a competitive edge.
The Geography program at Fayetteville State University is pleased to announce that the FSU 2018 GeoWeek and GIS Day will take place from 11/13 to 11/16/2018 with multiple activities. More importantly, there will be the FSU Geospatial Poster Competition taking place from Thursday (11/15) at 2:00 pm to Friday (11/16) at 5:00 pm in the Rudolph Jones Student Center. FSU undergraduate students of all majors across the campus as well as early college students from Cumberland International Early College High School and Cross Creek Early College High School are invited to participate in this competition with their poster presenting a research in which geographic information is utilized or produced. Winners will be awarded with monetary prizes. FSU students who want to participate in the competition must register for their poster presentation. In addition, food and door prizes will be provided during the competition. Please check out this link for the full program of the 2018 GeoWeek and GIS Day, the Competition requirements, and the Competition registration form.
The FSU 2018 GeoWeek and GIS Day is sponsored by Caliper Corporation and SpatialGIS LLC.
Caliper Corporation founded in 1983 and headquartered in Newton, MA, is a technology leader in the development of GIS and transportation software. Caliper is also a highly regarded consulting and R&D provider offering professional services in quantitative management consulting, transportation, and decision support systems development. Caliper software products are supported with extensive technical services in GIS applications and training, database development and software customization. Caliper is the developer of TransCAD® Transportation Planning Software, TransModeler® Traffic Simulation Software, and Maptitude® Mapping Software & Geographic Information System.
SpatialGIS is geospatial consulting firm founded by Kendrick O. Faison, M.S. GSci. Mr. Faison developed the company’s core services based around his more than 13 years of Geospatial and Emergency Management experience. SpatialGIS is a solution-focused company that specializes in supporting federal, state, local and commercial clients. SpatialGIS consolidates industry standards and developed a rapid geospatial team for all emergency situations along with agile development practices that gives us a competitive edge.
In 2017, at Fayetteville State University, the GeoWeek and GIS Day was celebrated for the first time by the Geography program housed in the Department of Government and History. The event took place with multiple activities going on everyday for the whole week from Monday (11/13) to Friday (11/17/2017). The event successfully attracted more than 170 students including early college students. They enjoyed the Map-Our-Campus activity by pinning a place on campus where they like the most onto a campus map as well as had fun in exploring the physical and cultural landscapes around the world with the wall quiz and trivia games. Cumberland International Early College High School students had a great opportunity to present their poster and photos relevant to environmental sustainability during the poster competition and photo contest. Furthermore, our students expressed their special appreciations to the presentation session with three invited speakers who are from the City of Greensboro and from USSOCOM NGA Support Team, National-Geospatial Intelligence Agency. The presentations concentrated not only on the applications of geospatial technologies in transportation planning and in national security but also on procedures and tips to apply for internships at the City of Greensboro and at NGA.