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At NCCU’s Spring Commencement Exercises on May 11th, 8 DEEGS students earned degrees. Graduate student Philip Martin earned his Master’s in Earth Science. He will continue Ph.D. work at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Part of his dissertation...
Undergraduate students James Holland and Edward Holley won awards at the NCCU Research Symposium held on the NCCU campus on April 19 - 20, 2013. James won 1st place in his division for his analysis on existing air quality monitoring sites in the state to determine where to place...
The Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences (DEEGS) was well-represented at the NCCU Research Symposium held on April 19 – 20. Undergraduate students Ricoya Dozier and Rebekah Mixon made a poster entitled “Exploring Spatial Patterns of Female Breast...
4 students in the Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences were inducted into the Gamma Pi Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, the International Honor Society for the study and practice of Geography. Students are required to have a 3.3 GPA in all Geography classes,...
Along with graduate student LaDonna Brown, DEEGS Assistant Professors Garrett Love and Tim Mulrooney recently had their research on food accessibility in Durham published in the most recent publication of the North Carolina Geographer. Their article, entitled “Using GIS to...
The NC DOT has made some internship opportunties for students. These are very competitive and the deadline is April 1st. This is a great oppotunity to spend you summer doing productive and applicable to your future job. Please follow all directions for...
NCCU was well-represented in the North Carolina GIS Conference held in Raleigh on February 7th and 8th. Graduate Student Philip Martin was awarded the G. Herbert Stout Award for Innovative Graduate Papers based on his talk entitled “Geospatial and Temporal Analysis of...
The DEEGS was once again represented at the SE-DAAG (Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers) Conference held in Asheville, North Carolina, from November 18 – 20, 2012. Undergraduate student Joseph Roberts competed in the Undergraduate Honors...
The DEEGS hosted GIS Day on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. 5 different speakers came to talk about how they have used GIS in their research and jobs. DEEGS Assistant Professor talked about using GIS to explore various dimensions of health geography. He talked about his...
The DEEGS is proud to announce that 2nd year graduate student Philip Martin received Best Student Oral Presentation award at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America held in Blacksburg, Virginia from October 28 – 30, 2012. His...
The Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences (DEEGS) is proud to host national GIS Day at the Mary Townes Science Center on November 14th, 2012. GIS (Geographic Information Systems) is the technology that runs your GPS unit and helps you find directions. However, it...
During Homecoming fesitivities this weekend, the DEEGS will hold a short reception in the Mary Townes Science Complex between the homecoming parade and the football game that starts at 2:00. Feel free to stop by Mary Townes between 11:00 and 1:00 and meet faculty, staff and...
On October 11th, the DEEGS hosted its recruiting jam on the Brandt Street plaza outside of the Eagles Landing dorms. DJ Highrise provided music as we spoke to students about both the educational and job opportunities that a DEEGS major would provide. Opportunities within...
The Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences has created a geocache that can be found on campus. Geocaching is an outdoor recreation activity where small waterproof containers (called ‘caches’) can be found using GPS (Global Positioning System) units...
The NCCU Geography Bowl Team won 1 game at the North Carolina Geography Bowl held on the campus of UNC-Greensboro on September 28th, 2012. After losing in a tiebreaker to eventual runner-up Appalachian State in the first round, NCCU lost three straight to UNC-Charlotte, East...
DEEGS Student Robert Tuck completed a summer internship with the National Park Service at YellowstoneNational Parkin Wyoming. The National Park Service (NPS) is under the US Department of the Interior (DOI), as is the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) that he worked with last year in...
DEEGS Undergraduate student Rebekah Mixon completed an internship at the University of Nevada – Reno. During her internship at UNR, she worked mostly alongside a graduate student that was doing her own choice of research she wanted to study. The graduate student and Rebekah...
Environmental Biology major Kiera Saleem recently completed a summer internship experience at the Universityof Nevada– Reno. While previous internships experiences at UNR revolved around seismology and instrumentation, Kiera worked in a lab on the subject of butterfly...
Three North Carolina Central University students are participating this summer in the EarthScope project, a vast nationwide effort aimed at developing a broad understanding of the formation and structure of the North American continent.
The NCCU students — Philip Martin,...
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