Rocky Mountain Regional
Chapter
Goals and Results for 2008
Rocky Mountain Chapter Scholarship Program
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of GITA
has a history of commitment to student education.
Over the past eight years, more than $40,000 has been given
in scholarship awards to students from 15 different
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico colleges and
universities. The goals of the Rocky Mountain Chapter
scholarship program are to support national GITA education
goals, provide financial support to GIS programs in
the chapter’s four state region, and to create
networking opportunities for students entering the
GIS field.
Some of the research projects that the scholarships have helped to fund include:
rangeland ecology and watershed management; the utilization of digital image processing, spatial statistics, and GIS techniques to study small-scale sea ice dynamics during winter in the Bering Sea; spatio-temporal trends of a reintroduced black-tailed prairie dog colony in a desert grassland; and inputting data collected by a county sheriff’s department in GIS to perform spatial and temporal analysis in order to detect accident hotspots.
“Thank you for making this award available to an innovative GIS project as it promotes the use and flexibility of this technology.”
-Jason Northcott, New Mexico State University
RM GITA Scholarship History
Institution |
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2008 |
University of Denver |
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Mesa State College |
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Utah State University |
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Metropolitan State College of Denver |
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University of Wyoming |
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New Mexico State University |
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University of Colorado, Boulder |
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University of Colorado, Denver |
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University of Northern Colorado |
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Front Range Community College |
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Aims Community College |
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Colorado School of Mines and Technology |
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Arapahoe Community College |
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Red Rocks Community College |
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Colorado State University |
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Student Totals |
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7 |
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About GITA
The mission of the Geospatial Information & Technology
Association (GITA) is to provide excellence in education
and information exchange on the use and benefits of
geospatial information and technology in telecommunications,
infrastructure and utility applications worldwide.
RM-GITA supports this mission by providing local networking opportunities for the industry and a regional forum for industry information exchange.
Upcoming Events!
Where is the Geospatial Industry Headed?
Technology Luncheon Seminar & Tour
Space is limited so REGISTER today!
Join us for a technology luncheon seminar and tour. Click here for complete program information. All proceeds will go to the Rocky Mountain Chapter Scholarship Fund!
When:
Friday, August 7, 2009
Where:
Denver Federal Center (map)
US Geological Survey
Bldg. 810 - Entrance W-5
Lakewood, CO 80228
(303) 202-4315
Cost:
$20 - GITA Members
$25 - Non-Members
Program Information
Register!
September 16-18, 2009 - 2009 GIS in the Rockies Conference - Spatial Solutions for the
New Economy
Rocky
Mountain Regional Chapter
2009 Officers |
PRESIDENT
Natalie Cutsforth
Idea Integration
5251 DTC Pkwy Ste 1045
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(303) 824-5459
natalie.cutsforth@idea.com
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Past PRESIDENT
Ralph Anhold
ESRI
1 International Ct
Broomfield, CO 80021
(303) 449-7779
ranhold@esri.com
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TREASURER
Dan Jablonka
CirTerra Inc.
559 S Grant St
Denver, CO 80209
(720) 272-5994
djabl@cirterra.com |

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SECRETARY
Emily Drummond
Jeppesen
55 Inverness Dr E
Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 799-9090
emily.drummond@jeppesen.com |
AT-LARGE
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Deborah Wilson
City of Thornton
12450 Washington St Ste 100
Thornton, CO 80241
(720) 977-6261
deborah.wilson@cityofthornton.net
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Brady Hustad
Idea Integration
5251 DTC Pkwy Ste 1045
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(303) 824-5600
brady.hustad@idea.com
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Wayne Kocina
GeoWize, LLC
PO Box 17502
Boulder, CO 80308
(303) 731-1416
wayne@geowize.com
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Damon Judd
Denver Water
1600 W 12th Ave
Denver, CO 80204
(303) 628-6450
Damon.Judd@denverwater.org
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Cherie Jarvis
Kleinfelder, Inc.
611 Corporate Cr Ste C
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 953-6950
cjarvis@kleinfelder.com
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Jaime Giesen
City of Thornton
9500 Civic Center Dr
Thornton, CO 80229
(303) 538-7611
jaime.giesen@cityofthornton.net
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Paul Bailey
ESRI
1 International Ct
Broomfield, CO 80021
(303) 449-7779
pbailey@esri.com
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