posted Nov 11, 2009 3:24 PM by UNO Geography Clubs
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Geography Awareness week is rapidly approaching. We have a guest speaker arriving to give a presentation on Monday night. Please mark this on your calendars and come by to meet a scholar from the University of Texas, William Doolittle. He’ll be discussing the cowboy culture of Latin America and how it spread into Texas and how New Orleans was on the cattle trails, too. Cows not Crawfish: Whence They Came William Doolittle Department of Geography and the Environment The University of Texas at Austin Monday, November 16th, 2009 6 pm MH 179 
This guest speaker is being generously sponsored to be here by: Gamma Theta Upsilon Association of American Geographers University of New Orleans Latin American Studies University of New Orleans Department of Geography University of Southern Mississippi Department of Geography and Geology |
posted Nov 11, 2009 3:20 PM by UNO Geography Clubs
Louisiana Geographic Information Center (LAGIC)
Presents “Google SketchUp”
One Day Training Workshop at LSU
December 11, 2009
Instructor: Claudette Jones
Interested in adding three dimensional drawings to your maps?
LAGIC presents a one day Google SketchUp training workshop that
will be taught by skilled and experienced instructor Claudette Jones.
This training is intended specifically for beginners and novice users with
little or no 3 dimensional drawing or SketchUp experience, but who want to
start to create 3D visualizing and modeling of architectural space and mapping in
3D world.
The training will include introduction to tools such as: Line,
Rectangle, Circle, Arc, Eraser, Tape Measure, Fill, Push/Pull, Move/Copy,
Rotate, Offset, Orbit, Face, Edge, Group and Explode. Students will be able to
use those tools in exercises to build simple structures such as Houses,
Infrastructure and Commercial Development by teaching them some tricks and tips
techniques to create: Roofs, Steps, Columns, Doors, Windows, Roads/Sidewalks,
Intersections, Parking Lots, Lighting/Signage, Zoning/Design Overlays and
Building prototypes. Also the workshop will introduce the Components and
Libraries. The students will have a lot of hands own experience by working in
class project in practical application: Importing Cad Files, Photos, etc. into
SketchUp, Placing/Sizing/Swapping Components, Really using the tools, 3D
Walk/Fly-through, Taking Photos within the model and Exporting for other users.
And finally the students will be able to work with SketchUp InDesign and power
Point Presentations.
TO REGISTER:
Simply fill out the registration form by November 30, 2009 and return it by clicking submit by e-mail button
on the top right corner of the form, or you can print it and e-mail to training@lagic.lsu.edu or fax the
form to LAGIC 7 (225)
578-2796. LAGIC will invoice your agency.
For more
information contact: Mr. Alaa Shams (GIS Training Coordinator) and ESRI
Authorized instructor at ' (225)
578-8980 Email: ashams@lsu.edu or visit our
website: http://lagic.lsu.edu/Training.asp
Due to
limited class size, LAGIC must maintain a refund policy for
cancellations. A full refund will be issued if cancellation is made 24
hours prior to the class. If cancellation is made less than 24 hours
prior to the class there will be a 50% cancellation fee. We cannot refund
any fees if you fail to attend or have not notified LAGIC prior to the start of
the class.
Sketch-Up
Training Syllabus 9-10:30am Introduction to Tools
Select
Line
Rectangle
Circle
Arc
Eraser
Tape
Measure
Fill
Push/Pull
Move/Copy
Rotate
Offset
Orbit
Face
Edge
Group
Explode
10:30-10:45am Break
10:45-11:15am Tools
Exercise: Building Simple Structures
Houses
(Prototypes) Infrastructure Commercial
Development
Roofs Roads/Sidewalks Zoning/Design Overlays
Steps Intersections Building
Prototype(s)
Columns Parking Lots
Doors Lighting/Signage
Windows
11:15am-Noon Introduction
to Components and Libraries
Components
can be built and saved in a library for future use. Components can be resized
and assembled into new components. Architectural details can be developed for
windows, doors, columns, etc. which can be used to build houses, commercial buildings
etc. There are also libraries of components of building details, landscaping,
etc. that can be downloaded─ free and for purchase.
Noon-
1pm Lunch
1-2:30pm Class Project: Practical Application
Importing
CAD files, photos, etc. into Sketch-Up
Placing/Sizing/Swapping
Components
Really
using the tools
3-D
Walk/Fly-Through
Taking
Photos from within the model
Exporting
for other uses
2:30-2:45pm Break
2:45-4:00pm
Sketch-Up, InDesign and PowerPoint Presentations
Using
Sketch-Up and InDesign to develop presentations: PowerPoint, short-list
interviews, proposals, trade show/conference materials, etc.
4:00-4:30pm Questions/End
of Class |
posted Nov 5, 2009 8:11 PM by UNO Geography Clubs
We are announcing a unique grant opportunity for your department’s faculty and students - EPA’s P3 - People, Prosperity and the Planet - Program. Through this design competition, student teams and their faculty advisors apply for $10,000 grants to design scientific, technical, and policy solutions to sustainability challenges in the developed or developing world.
The challenge addressed by these projects can be in any of these areas:
- energy,
- built environment,
- materials & chemicals,
- agriculture, or
- water.
Past P3 teams have explored more efficient ways to produce biofuels, developed simple water treatment technologies for developing communities, produced a technology to measure real-time energy use in buildings, reduced hazardous substance use in laboratories through improved information and purchasing practices, designed and built an educational “learning barge” for the Elizabeth River, VA , and designed an innovative system for the bioremediation of agricultural chemicals.
Teams use the $10,000 grants to design and develop their projects throughout the 2010/2011 school year. Then in the spring of 2011, all teams will come to Washington, DC, to compete for EPA’s P3 Award at the 7th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo. The students’ projects will be evaluated by a panel of experts convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in all relevant fields, including sustainability. EPA will use these recommendations to choose the P3 Award winners who will be eligible for an additional grant up to $75,000 to further develop their designs, implement them in the field, and take them to the marketplace.
Applications are due by January 5, 2010. Visit our Web site for more information and to view the P3 program videos:
http://www.epa.gov/p3/
For information about this request for applications go to:
http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2010/2010_p3.html
For basic information go to:
http://www.epa.gov/ncer/p3/fact_sheet.html |
EPA | 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW | Washington, DC 20460 | This is a commercial message. |
posted Oct 5, 2009 12:35 PM by UNO Geography Clubs
Reserve the dates! These events are open to all UNOGS and GTU members and their guests. More information and other month’s events can be found in the calendar on the home or calendar page. Thursday Oct 15 Geography of Coffee @ Starbucks in Lakeview (coffee tasting) Friday Oct 16, 12:30 UNOGS/GTUZL meeting MH 351 Saturday Oct 17, 2:30 – 6 Tailgate BBQ at Juana Ibanez and Robert Baughn’s house with UNO Football at 7 pm. Thursday Oct 22 Geography of Beer, 6 – 8 pm, Bulldog (Canal Blvd) Thursday Oct 29 Geography of Coffee @ Starbucks in Kenner |
posted Oct 2, 2009 10:53 AM by UNO Geography Clubs
Want to know who's living in New Orleans and the surrounding parishes now? Of the thousands of "Ask Allison" questions we've answered since the storm, this one is super popular. Well, 2008 results from the Census' American Community Survey just came out, and we've packaged up these key data points for you: - race/ethnicity
- homeownership
- access to vehicles
- families with children
- single-person households
- poverty
- educational attainment
- foreign-born population
This American Community Survey data is based only on a sample of households each year, so results are only available for the larger parishes in our area... and identifying changes over time requires statistical analysis.
We performed the necessary, complicated and cumbersome analyses on this data, and explained our findings in a friendly short report with graphs and data tables.
This frees you up to focus on using these numbers to raise funds, plan programs, inform policies, advocate for your cause and educate your stakeholders.
Here's the link: Now go out there and do great things with it!
All our best,
The GNOCDC.org Team
Elaine Ortiz, Allison Plyer, Melissa Schigoda, Denice Ross, Susan Sellers and Charlotte Cunliffe @@@ The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center is a product of Nonprofit Knowledge Works and is supported in part by the Community Revitalization Fund of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries, United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area, the Blue Moon Fund, and data users like you. |
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1600 Constance | New Orleans, LA 70130
www.gnocdc.org |
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posted Sep 30, 2009 1:56 PM by UNO Geography Clubs
From our GTU executive office:
ATTENTION GTU MEMBERS:
Commencement Stole Orders Deadline November 1st for December graduation
Orders will be accepted through November 1, 2009. After November 1 we will be unable to accept orders as we must place the order with our manufacturer and allow sufficient time for the stoles to be made and shipped to us so we can ship them to you in time for your fall commencement.
The stoles are available in the three colors of Gamma Theta Upsilon (please see picture on merchandise page). The stoles you will receive will be similar, but not exact matches, to what you see in the picture as we have updated the GTU key and made it slightly more visible from a distance. Stoles are $20 each, regardless of the number purchased.
Light Blue @ $20.00 each
Gold @ $20.00 each
Brown @ $20.00 each
Please bring me a check made out to “Juana Ibanez” or bring me cash if you would like to purchase a stole by December’s graduation. Make sure you tell me what color stole you would like. If I am not here when you bring your funds. After the funds are collected, I will place the order with a single check made out to GTU and hand it to our GTU Executive Secretary, James Lowry by October 30 to meet the Nov 1 deadline. |
posted Sep 29, 2009 10:33 AM by UNO Geography Clubs
CALL FOR PAPERS STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION Association of American Geographers (AAG) Applied Geography Specialty Group The 2010 Meeting of the AAG, April 14-18 2010, Washington, DC The Applied Geography Specialty Group is sponsoring a student paper competition this year. The paper and its research should utilize geographic methods, techniques, or analysis applied in service to a real world client, while the subject-matter focus of the paper is open. One prize ($500) will be awarded to the best paper. The student papers can range from a class project or term paper to one that has been given at any professional meeting in the 12 months preceding (and including) the Washington, DC AAG conference. Participants are required to register and present in the AGSG Interactive Short Paper (ISP) Student Session at the April 14-18, 2010 AAG Annual Meeting. New this year, the Applied Geography Conference Board will award the student paper winner with a free conference registration to attend the 33rd Annual Applied Geography Conference in October, 2010 and an invitation to submit the winning paper for review and possible publishing in the Annals from that conference. The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Applied Geography Specialty Group student paper competition is: October 28, 2009. To submit an abstract to the AGSG you must first register for the meeting. Registration for the 2010 meeting is now open. Please review AAG guidelines for abstract submission. Send an abstract of no more than 250 words as an email attachment and your personal identification number (received from the AAG after applying online at www.aag.org), along with a 100 word maximum statement identifying the applied geography components of their paper to Dr. Dawna Cerney at dlcerney@ysu.edu Written papers (8,000 word maximum) are due on March 1, 2010. The prize will be awarded based on the written papers and not on the presentations, and the winner will be announced at the conclusion of the interactive session. If any participants would like informal feedback on their presentation, please advise Dr. Cerney in advance. Both Master’s and Ph.D. students are welcome in the competition. One prize will be awarded in the amount of $500. All authors will be recognized for their participation. |
posted Sep 22, 2009 11:09 AM by UNO Geography Clubs
Testing in
the Tremé
After having to
cancel the first weekend, we are going to try again. The GNOAP will be
starting a 2 day shovel testing project in the 1200 block of the historic Tremé
neighborhood.
When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday -September
26-27
Working
Hours: 8:30 am- 4 pm
daily
Location: 1218 and 1224 N Johnson Street (uptown
side of Esplanade, between Broad and Claiborne/I-10). The two empty lots
on the 1200 block of N Johnson Street.
Logistical
details:
·
There
are no restroom facilities nearby, so we will have to make bathroom runs to a
local coffee shop or fast food joint.
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Clothes
you can get dirty and long pants are recommended.
·
Sturdy,
closed-toed shoe are required.
·
You
might want to bring a hat, sunscreen, and a rain poncho/umbrella. For
light rain we will wait it out on site. If a thunder storm occurs, we
will call it for the day or wait it out at a local coffee shop. Those
that need transportation, we will find a way to get you home.
·
Water
and coolers will be provided. Please bring your own lunch and
snacks. There is a corner store nearby.
If you are
interested, please email Andrea White (apwhite1@uno.edu)
and let her know when you plan to come. Feel Free to pass the word along.
This is likely
our final field project for the 2009 year. So you don’t want to miss it!
Andrea White
Director and Regional Archaeologist
Greater New Orleans Archaeology Program
Department of Anthropology
School of Urban Planning and Regional Studies
University of New Orleans |
posted Sep 16, 2009 6:14 PM by UNO Geography Clubs
The Greater New Orleans Archaeology Program (GNOAP) housed in the UNO Department of Anthropology is looking for a graduate student worker to assist with various projects. The GNOAP is part of the Louisiana Division of Archaeology Regional Program and is a resource for private and public property owners, planners, and concerned citizens about archaeological issues in the greater New Orleans area. Our mission is to prevent the loss of the archaeological heritage of greater New Orleans through site documentation, preservation, research, and public education. This is a wonderful opportunity for a student to gain valuable experience not only in archaeology, but for those interested in the planning, preservation and public history fields. It is expected that there will be on the job training. However, successful candidates should have some familiarity with historical and archival research AND/OR in GIS analysis. They must be organized and motivated to learn. Students enrolled in Anthropology, Geography, History, and Urban Planning and Regional Studies programs are preferred. The position is up to 20 hours per week with a flexible work schedule. Employment may begin as soon a possible and multi-semester employment opportunities exist for the right candidate. This is an hourly position and does not offer tuition waivers. Other desired (but not necessary) skills include: Technical writing and editing Archaeological excavation Archaeological or artifact cataloguing, analysis, and curation Database management (mainly in Microsoft Excel and Access) Photography Public outreach, education, and communication Surveying Web design Library research Report Production Graphic design and layout Please submit an email of interest outlining your experience and skills to Andrea White (apwhite1@uno.edu). Andrea White Director and Regional Archaeologist Greater New Orleans Archaeology Program Department of Anthropology School of Urban Planning and Regional Studies University of New Orleans |
posted Sep 16, 2009 6:14 PM by UNO Geography Clubs
A delegation from the ‘Unión Civica Democrática’ (UCD) in Tegucigalpa , Honduras , will be making a presentation this week at the University of New Orleans on the current crisis in that country. The UCD is made up of forty Honduran organizations that support the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya and are now intent on making the case for the legitimacy of his removal. The delegation will be coming to New Orleans , according to one of its spokespersons, Mr. Carlos Avila, because they recognize that “the city possesses the largest and most important Honduran community outside ofHonduras itself.” The presentation Honduras Crisis via Unión Civica Democrática will be held on the University of New Orleans Lakefront Campus Room 210, Kirschman Hall, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 18. The event will be hosted by the World Affairs Council of New Orleans (WACNO) at the University of New Orleans . WACNO is a non-partisan organization that is encouraging the presentation of both sides in the current debate over the crisis. There will be three speakers from the UCD, including: 1. Mr. Fernando Alejandro Garcia Merino 2. Mr. Frederico Alvarez Fernandez, MBA 3. Ms. Mercedes Sofia Hernandez
The panel will be moderated by Professor Anthony Pereira, Head of Tulane Political Science Department. This presentation is one of at least three taking place this fall on the subject of the Honduran crisis. The first was a Breakfast Briefing on August 25 by Mr. Hugo Llorens, current US Ambassador to Honduras , at the World Trade Center . The UCD presentation on September 18 will be followed by another panel presentation on September 23 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art entitled “ Honduras meets NOLA.” That presentation, presented in collaboration with UNO-Latin American Studies, Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies, and Loyola University, will feature the artistic and cultural contributions of the local Honduran community and a discussion of the crisis by Oscar Avila, a local Honduran community leader, andDarío Euraque, noted historian and Director of the Honduran Institute for Anthropology and History. Eduardo Platon
The World Affairs Council of New Orleans
Executive Director
Office Number: 1-504-280-5591 Address: 2045 Lakeshore Drive Suite 539
New Orleans, LA 70122
Website: www.wacno.org
Email: wacno@bellsouth.net WACNO Social Media: You're welcome to join us!
http://www.linkedin.com/in/wacno
http://facebook.com/wacno.neworleans
http://twitter.com/WACNO |
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