MGA November 2019 Newsletter

November 2019 Newsletter

Save the Date!
2020 MGA Geospatial Institute at Lincoln University

Once again, the MGA will co-host an institute for K-12 teachers focusing on incorporating Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, and UAVs (drones) into your classroom curriculum. Save the date! We'll be meeting at Lincoln University in Jefferson City on July 26-31, 2020. More information will be forthcoming in early 2020!

2020 ESRI User Conference

The Esri User Conference (Esri UC) presents a special opportunity to share your experiences, collaborate, and learn from over 19,000 fellow GIS users.

The application of GIS is growing exponentially and expanding rapidly into many new industries across the globe, making this the most beneficial Esri UC to share your success story. Whether you are submitting for the first time or the first time in a while, your colleagues want to hear how your experiences and best practices can help them solve their challenges.

The deadline for presentation submissions is November 8, 2019. See
https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/overview.

The APply Program

The APply Program seeks to connect Geography professors from nearby colleges and universities in order to strengthen Geography partnerships and increase student interest in Geography at the higher education level.

This program will work to expose high school students to Geography degree programs and offerings, expose high school students to potential career paths available with Geography degrees, increase educational resource-sharing between secondary and post-secondary Human Geography educators, and energize human geography education at both the secondary and post-secondary levels. For more information, see https://www.applygeography.com/.

Missouri Giant Traveling Map Reservations

Interested in renting a Big Map? Non-profit organizations will be charged a flat fee of $125 to cover shipping (round-trip via FedEx) and handling. Maps can be picked-up and returned to our University of Missouri office for a handling fee of $25. For-profit organizations should contact the MGA for pricing information. Handling fees will be used to maintain the Big Maps and the variety of geography education tools included in the Big Map containers. Maps can be checked out for a two week period.

More about the MGA Giant Traveling Maps is at: http://mga.missouri.edu/giant-traveling-map.

GPS Unit Rentals

Do you want to incorporate Global Positioning Systems into your curriculum? The MGA has 18 Garmin Etrex 10 units available for rental. (AA batteries--two per unit--not included.) For potential rental dates as well as shipping and handling costs, e-mail mga@missouri.edu.

This Month's Geographic Fun Fact
Who hosted the first Thanksgiving? English explorer Martin Frobisher is credited with giving thanks on Canadian soil in 1578 whereas the Pilgrims didn't arrive at Plymouth until 1621. However American Thanksgiving became a national holiday in 1863 while Canadian Thanksgiving was not officially declared until 1879.

Social Media
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Miscellaneous
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