On Wednesday, November 18, we will hold our first-ever GIS Day at Connecticut College to celebrate all the ways mapping technologies and spatial analysis are being used by students, faculty, and staff.
Across the afternoon Professor Beverly Chomiak will discuss GIS courses and the history of GIS projects at Conn, alumnus Zach Wheat ’26 will talk about his experiences learning GIS at Conn and his post-graduation internship at CT Department of Transportation, and Curator of the Native Plant Collection Erin Fogarty will lead a tour of the Arboretum to discuss how GIS technologies are being implemented there. There will also be an activity hub set up in the Library Living Room where visitors can interact with digital maps, build their own fantasy maps, contribute to public maps, meet GIS Specialist Gohar Shahinyan, and learn about mapping resources that are available at Conn.
The day will conclude with a Faculty Roundtable Discussion in the Chu Room (Shain Library) at 4:30, where faculty in Anthropology, Biology, Government, Hispanic Studies, and History will talk about how and why they are integrating GIS and spatial thinking into their courses, from first-year seminars to upper-level classes. This exciting discussion will be followed by a reception in the Library Living Room.
