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What it Takes to Become a GIScience Professional

January 17, 2018

Click on the image below to explore all of the aspects of a GIS career with our new infographic. Read up on the job market, education requirements and salary expectations for a GIScience professional.

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Kent State GISc Professor Chosen for AGU Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Academy

Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Geography and professor in the online Geographic Information Science (GISc) programs was recently appointed to the inaugural cohort of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Leadership Academy and Network for Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences (LANDInG).

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Geography Faculty Member Receives NASA New Investigator Award

He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received NASA’s New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. The award will provide funding for Yin’s research on the effects of the Syrian civil war on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.