GeoEd ‘09
June 15-17, 2009
http://geoed09.eventbrite.com
Jefferson Community and Technical College – Southwest Campus
1000 Community College Drive, Louisville KY 40272
Campus Map: http://www.jefferson.kctcs.edu/general_info/sw_map.php
Conference Information: Tammy.McCollum@kctcs.edu
Monday, June 15
8:30 – 9:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Business Building Lobby
Pastries, muffins, bagels, fruit, breakfast bars, coffee, juice, water
and other items will be available.
9:00 – 4:00 pm
KITCenter Geospatial Pre-Conference Workshops
Pre-conference workshops will be held in the Business building.
Business Building - Room 106A
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GIS/Remote Sensing – Demetrio Zourarakis (DGI) - (1 Day Workshop)
o This workshop will explore the field of Remote Sensing and how it is used in
geospatial technologies. Remote Sensing is getting data from the earth without
direct contact in many different wavelengths, such as visible light, infrared, radar,
etc. Remotely sensed data and information can be acquired both actively and
passively. Once the data are gathered by sensors on either aircrafts or satellites,
they must be analyzed to determine what is occurring in the region observed.
Business Building - Room 110A
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ArcGIS I – Collin Linebach – (2 Day Workshop)
o This workshop will consist of hands on experience with ESRI’s ArcMap software
and also building a functional understanding of the software. Both the analysis
and map production aspects of ArcMap will be covered.
Business Building - Room 108
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Advanced GIS – Vince DiNoto and Ross Allen – (2 Day Workshop)
o This workshop will cover imagery and the projection of information. The imagery
will include topo maps, ortho images, historical maps, DEM and TVC. The
participants will create 3 D models and overlay orthographic imagery. Historical
maps will be projected onto current maps and also hand digitized.
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Tuesday, June 16
8:30 – 9:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Business Building Lobby
Pastries, muffins, bagels, fruit, breakfast bars, coffee, juice, water
and other items will be available.
9:00 – 4:00 pm
KITCenter Geospatial Pre-Conference Workshops
Pre-conference workshops will be held in the Business building.
Business Building - Room 103
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Using a GPS Across the Curriculum – Ross Allen (KCTCS) – (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
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The functionality of a GPS will be explored and how it can be used with Google
Earth and ArcMap. Data will be downloaded from the GPS into a computer using
free software. GPS units will be provided to the participants to use at the
workshops, but participants can bring their own units if they would like.
Business Building - Room 103
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Administrative Uses of GIS – Vince DiNoto (KCTCS) – (1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
o There are many uses of GIS technology that can be used for an educational
institution, these uses will be explored as well as demonstrated. This includes the
use of US Census data for demographic research as well as the use of the
technology to develop trends about students and location of the student
residence.
Business Building - Room 110A
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ArcGIS I – Collin Linebach – (2 Day Workshop)
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Business Building - Room 108
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Advanced GIS – Vince DiNoto and Ross Allen – (2 Day Workshop)
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Wednesday, June 17
8:00 – 8:45 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast Al Fresco
Auditorium Main Entrance
Join us early for the conference to enjoy breakfast and network
with other conference participants and presenters.
8:45 – 8:55 am
Welcome –Dr. Calhoun-French
Provost, Jefferson Community and Technical College
Auditorium
9:10 – 10:15 am
Morning Panel - Panel Moderator – Vince DiNoto (KCTCS)
Auditorium
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Importance of GIS – Logistical, Land Management and Planning
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Panel Members
This panel will explore the uses of Geospatial Technology in different fields and how it
can be utilized in the classroom to facilitate student learning. They will include discussion
of new and evolving technologies and methodologies in the geospatial field. Time will be
available for the audience to ask the panel questions.
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Demetrio Zourarakis – Kentucky Division of Geographic Information
Shawn Smith – Census Bureau
Dr. Dan Carey – Kentucky Geological Survey
Dawn Warrick – Metro Planning
Panel Moderator – Vince DiNoto (KCTCS)
10:15 – 10:30 am
Morning Break
10:30 – 11:45 am
Morning Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent sessions will meet in the Arts and Humanities Building.
Humanities Building – Room 101B
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10:30 – 11:00 am Session
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GIS In the Classroom: What Works – Rebecca Saager (Scott Co. Middle School)
Advances in technology have turned the computer monitor into a window on the
world for students to explore distant lands and their own backyards. Rebecca
will be sharing her experiences using Our World GIS education program. She will
also show a sample lesson from the Thinking Spatially Using GIS. She has been
teaching science for 26 years and this program has helped to invigorate her
teaching style.
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11:10 – 11:40 am Session
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The Virtual Campus: GIS Courseware Anywhere, Anytime – Vince DiNoto (KCTCS)
Humanities Building – Room 107
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10:30 – 11:00 am Session
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GIS Startup Resources – Joe Morgan (Cabinet for Education)
GIS Start-up Resources will provided school districts with suggested curriculum
and equipment resources to start teaching GIS at the secondary level.
11:10 – 11:40 am Session
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Energy and GIS – Andrew Stoeckinger and Marius Büchi (Smith Mgmt. Group)
Mr. Stoeckinger and Mr. Büchi will be talking about GIS applications that can be
used to develop successful energy strategies funded by the State of Kentucky.
GIS can be used to evaluate the suitability of sites for potential Site Bank III
alternative energy facilities, such as wind farms, solar energy, biomass, coal-toliquids/coal-to-gas (CTL/CTG), and nuclear. GIS can also be used to prioritize
efforts to address energy efficiency in schools as part of the Governor’s plan to
utilize $52 million in Federal Stimulus funds for the Kentucky Energy Programs
initiative.
12:00 – 1:15 pm
Lunch with Keynote Speaker Phil Davis (Del Mar College)
National Geospatial Technology Center and What it Can Do for You
Student Services Building
1:30 – 2:45 pm
Afternoon Panel - Panel Moderator – Vince DiNoto (KCTCS)
Auditorium
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Geospatial Technology- What is Needed by the Future Workforce
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Panel Members
This panel will explore the needs of employers for future geospatial employees. They will
explore results of DACUMs, career pathways and other research in the area of
educational needs. The discussion will include looking at high school programs,
certificates, associate and bachelor degrees.
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Mike Rudibaugh – Lakeland CC
Phil Davis – Del Mar College
Robert Forbes - University of Louisville, Center for GIS
Mark Garland – Murray State University
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Afternoon Break
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3:00 – 4:00 pm
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent sessions will meet in the Arts and Humanities Building.
Humanities Building – Room 107
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3:00 – 3:25 pm Session
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Cost-effective Licensing of GIS Software in K-12 systems – Jean Jeannotte (ESRI)
An ESRI Education Licensing “101”. ESRI will explain the different licensing
options available for Educational Institutions, both K-12 and University and
Colleges. Educational licensing will also be dicussed, followed by a Q&A session.
There will be materials available.
3:30 – 3:55 pm Session
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Roundtable Discussion of Geospatial Issues
Humanities Building – Room 101B
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3:00 – 3:25 pm Session
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Geospatial Curriculum and STEM: the ITEST Approach – Carol Hanley (UofK,TFC)
The Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers, or ITEST,
program involves groups of students and teachers working together to use
geospatial technology to study a real-life natural resource problem in their own
community. Program participants work with experts from the University of
Kentucky, other state agencies, and the Interactive Digital Center at KCTCS, to
obtain both technical and practical knowledge of how to conduct and present a
community-based science project. After doing field research, students and
teachers learn how to make maps, 3D models, and presentations, all of which
they share with others in the program, as well as participating in local, state, and
national conferences. The program helps students learn that science is NOT just
something to be learned in the classroom; it is an on-going process that can be
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3:30 – 3:55 pm Session
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The KY Geographic Alliance: Spreading Geographic Literacy – Kay Gandy (KGA)
The KGA serves as an agent through which the value of a geographically literate
society can be realized. One purpose is to assist and aid all teachers of
geography within the Commonwealth with materials and professional
development. The KGA supports programs sponsored by the National Geographic
Society, including, the state Geographic Bee and Geography Action Week. This
information session will introduce you to this organization, its benefits, and how
you can join.
4:00 – 4:15 pm
Auditorium
Door Prizes and Closing Remarks
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Biographical Information on Conference Panelists and Presenters
Pre-Conference Workshops
Vincent DiNoto - Dean of College and Systemic Initiatives
Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Versailles, KY
Vince DiNoto is Dean of College and Systemic Initiatives and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at
Jefferson Community and Technical College. He is co-PI of the National GeoTech Center at Del Mar College
(TX) and co-PI of the National Information and Communication Center at Springfield Technical Community
College (MA). In addition he directs the KITCenter. He holds a BS and MA from Indiana State University in
Physics and has been a member of the faculty at Indiana State University and Indiana University Southeast
prior to joining Jefferson in 1985.
Collin Linebach – GIS Technical Consultant
Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment, Lexington, KY
Mr. Linebach is from Louisville, Kentucky and was recently married to his high school sweetheart, Cristin. He
has a Bachelor’s of Science in Landscape Architecture from the University of Kentucky (UK) and is interested
in ecological and regional planning, specifically watershed based planning and water quality issues. Most
recently, he has worked with the Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment under the NSF-ITEST grant. Job
responsibilities include teaching students (middle and high school) and teachers how to use ESRI’s ArcMap
software. Instruction was conducted in these schools as well as during conferences and professional
development days at UK.
Demetrio Zourarakis – Remote Sensing and GIS Analyst
Kentucky Division of Geographic Information – Commonwealth Office of Technology, Frankfort, KY
Demetrio P. Zourarakis is a remote sensing and GIS Analyst with the Kentucky Division of Geographic
Information - Commonwealth Office of Technology in Frankfort. He reviews spatial information products
dealing with landscape change detection and interacts on remote sensing issues with other agencies in state
government. He serves as his agency’s liaison to post-secondary institutions and also assists in providing
outreach and training to other government, education, academic, and private sector stakeholders, facilitating
the dissemination and utilization of remote sensed data products by and to Kentuckians. He serves on several
technical committees and panels dealing with the creation and dissemination of remote sensed and GIS data
and information. He is a GIS Professional (GISP, GIS Certification Institute), a Certified Mapping Scientist –
Remote Sensing (CMS-RS, ASPRS), and a Certified Mapping Scientist – GIS/LIS (CMS-GIS/LIS, ASPRS). He is
a member of - among other organizations, the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals, the American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and the Kentucky Academy of Science.
Ross Allen – GIS Technician
Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville, KY
I am a recent graduate of SUNY Binghamton and began work here at JCTC in January. My personal interests
include Transportation Geography, Retail site location, demography, and GIS. I am currently working on
development of an ArcGIS Server and look forward to learning about other aspects of ESRI GIS.
Conference Welcome
Dr. Diane Calhoun-French – Provost
Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville, KY
Diane M. Calhoun-French received her bachelor’s degree from Bellarmine College, her master’s degree from
Wake Forest University and her Ph.D.—all in English—from the University of Louisville. In 1981 she joined the
faculty of Jefferson Community College-Southwest. She assumed the position of Dean of Academic Affairs in
1984. In 2001 she was named Interim President of Jefferson Community and Technical College. After the
appointment of a permanent president, she became the college’s first Provost in 2002. She is active in local,
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state, regional, and national organizations. She is a past president of the National Association for Women in
Education, edited their quarterly journal Initiatives, and received the association’s Esther Lloyd-Jones
Distinguished Service Award. She has been a vice-president of the Popular Culture Association and is
Executive Secretary of the Popular Culture Association in the South. She has been involved in teaching and
curriculum development with numerous local companies including Humana, Anthem/Blue Cross, HTV, and
Bank One. She is a former President of the Board of Trustees of Humana Hospital Southwest and is currently
a member of the Board of Directors of Holy Cross High School. She is a commissioner of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools and has served on SACS reaffirmation and special visiting teams for more
than a decade. Her teaching and research interests include writing (especially business writing), educational
administration, Victorian literature, popular culture, and women's studies. She is also statewide speaker for
the Kentucky Humanities Council and regularly publishes and presents papers on subjects in literature and
women’s studies, especially women’s popular culture: romance fiction, mystery fiction, and daytime serials.
Her most recent publication was an essay on the fictional home Tara in Gone With the Wind, which appeared
in a three volume work on American icons. For more than 35 years, she was a professional vocalist, including
over 20 years as cantor and music minister at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. She has been with A Little Help,
a band of volunteer musicians who play at hospitals and similar venues, for 39 years. Her passions are
reading (especially murder mysteries and women’s fiction), Alfred Hitchcock movies, and collecting handmade
dolls, teddy bears, and crafts. She lives with the world’s most personable cats--Buster, Smoochie, Sweet Pea,
Peanut, and Miranda.
Morning Panelists
Shawn D. Smith - Geographer
United States Census Bureau, Jeffersonville, IN
B.A. Geography - Indiana University Southeast '03, originally from New Albany, IN. I joined the Army out of
high school in1991 and returned to the area in 2000 to complete my degree. After a couple of semesters of
Computer Science, I happened upon GIS and decided to switch my major to Geography. My first GIS
experience was as a summer intern for the Louisville Water Company, where I worked on geocoding water
meters to addresses in their database using ArcView 3.2. I then moved to Spatial Data Integrations, Inc. in
downtown Louisville. I worked on converting paper Nautical Charts into digital format using ArcInfo 8.x. I
now work at the Census Bureau in the Geography Branch where I work on the Boundary and Annexation
Survey (BAS). I am specifically involved with Digital BAS, which allows BAS participants (local, county, and
state governments) to utilize their GIS for reporting boundary changes. Digital BAS has really grown over the
past couple of years and we expect it to continue to grow. This growth has prompted us to pursue GIS
education for our core staff involved with BAS, as well as to look for GIS education and/or knowledge when
hiring new staff. We use ArcGIS 9.x on a daily basis when processing Digital BAS returns. We also use
GATRES, the Census Bureau's custom interface to the MAF/TIGER Database.
Dr. Dan Carey –
Kentucky Geological Survey, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY
Dr. Carey has taught GIS as an authorized ESRI instructor and in the Graduate School at the University of
Kentucky. The Kentucky Geological Survey uses GIS in its research on the geology of Kentucky and to
communicate the results of that research to the public. All of the Geologic Quadrangle maps for Kentucky
have been digitized for use in GIS. Dr. Carey and others used that data to create Land-Use Planning maps for
each of Kentucky’s 120 counties, and other geologic maps relating to the landscape and geologic hazards in
Kentucky.
Dawn Warrick – AICP, Assistant Director
Louisville Metro Planning & Design Services, Louisville, KY
Dawn Warrick, AICP is the Assistant Director of Louisville Metro Planning & Design Services. A division of
Louisville Metro Government, this agency provides planning services that enhance and protect the economic,
environmental, cultural and historical resources of the community. The agency reviews and promotes
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appropriate patterns of growth while also providing for the planning and implementation of both public and
private development projects. Louisville Metro Government is a member of the LOJIC geographic information
system consortium and Planning & Design Services uses LOJIC data extensively for the management of land
use and planning activities within the community. Ms. Warrick is a certified planner with degrees in landscape
architecture and geography. In addition to her work for Louisville Metro Government, she also serves as an
adjunct professor for the Master’s in Urban Planning degree program at the University of Louisville.
Demetrio Zourarakis – See Pre-Conference Workshops Section
Morning Concurrent Session Presenters
Rebecca Saager – Teacher
Scott County Middle School, Georgetown, KY
Joe Morgan – Branch Manager, IT Curriculum, Distance Learning, & Professional
Support
Kentucky Office of Career and Technical Education, Frankfort, KY
The KY, Office of Career and Technical Education operates 55 Area Technical Centers (ATC's), which primarily
serve high school students by providing them with job ready skills and post-secondary preparation in
technically focused career pathways. GIS is one of the technical curriculums covered in six of our ATC's. The
curriculum is designed to prepare entry level GIS technicians. In addition, OCTE plans to implement GIS as a
tool to provide better technical education service to Kentucky high school students.
Andrew Stoeckinger – Project Engineer
Smith Management Group, Lexington, KY
After earning his Master’s degree in Water Resources Engineering, Andrew Stoeckinger worked four years
with a private engineering firm in Portland, Oregon. In Oregon, he worked with public and private entities
designing stormwater management strategies that reduce the volume of runoff and provide water quality
treatment. He also acquired substantial experience working on fluvial hydraulics projects including ODOT
culvert replacements for improved fish passage, bank protection for a man-made earthen canal, and
floodplain determinations for FEMA map revision.
In 2008, Mr. Stoeckinger returned to his native home in Lexington, Kentucky and joined Smith Management
Group as a Project Engineer. His experience with SMG has included National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) work for commercial and industrial clients to comply with Division of Water requirements. He
has also worked with local and state organizations educating commercial and industrial site owners about
stormwater quality and quantity issues and the benefits of green stormwater infrastructure.
Marius Büchi - Geographer
Smith Management Group, Lexington, KY
Currently working as an intern with Smith Management Group, Lexington, KY. Marius completed his Bachelor
of Science in Geography with specialization in Physical Geography, GIS and Remote Sensing at the University
of Zurich, Switzerland in 2009. Studies in GIS and Remote Sensing included semester papers on various
applications of GIS in environmental issues such as soil erosion modeling or GIS-based wildlife habitat
identification. Further studies in cartography and computer graphics. In Autumn, Marius will start a Master in
Earth Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institue of Technology Zurich (ETH).
Vincent DiNoto – See Pre-Conference Workshops Section
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Luncheon Keynote
Phil Davis – Director & PI, GeoTech Center
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Phillip Davis is a professor of computer science at Del Mar College, where he has taught since 1983. His
research interest includes mobile computing and online learning. Phillip Davis has led two ATE grants and
served as CoPI on two others, totaling $7M. He is a graduate of Texas A&M Corpus Christi holding the BS,
MS, and PhD in Computer Science (Nova Southeastern). He is married to Kathleen Soch, MD and father to
Thomas, Ann and John Howard. Phillip serves as the PI and Director of the GeoTech Center.
Afternoon Panelists
Mike Rudibaugh - Co-PI GeoTech Center, Geography/GIS Instructor
Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL
Dr. Rudibaugh’s career started as a faculty member instructing Earth Science and Geographic Information
Systems courses at Lake Land College in 1996. Lake Land College’s GIS Certificate Program is using a design
to serve the diverse students community colleges serve relative to transfer, online-hybrid instruction,
workforce development, and non-credit quick courses. LLC just recently completed a DACUM event to more
closely align curriculum with workforce development needs for the Geospatial Technician occupation.
Currently, he serves as the Co-PI for the National Science Foundation Geospatial Technology Center
(GEOTECH).
The GEOTECH Center is the lead organization representing curriculum/ professional
development, recruitment, and career pathway development in geospatial technology for the nation’s
community college system. Dr. Rudibaugh holds a B.A. from Eastern Illinois University (Psychology) and a
M.A. (1996) and Ph.D. (2006) from Indiana State University in Economic Geography.
Phil Davis – See Luncheon Keynote Section
Robert Forbes – Associate Director
University of Louisville-Center for GIS, Louisville, KY
Robert Forbes is the Associate Director of the University of Louisville Center for GIS, a position he has served
since 1996. Prior to that, he was a Geographer by title for the US. Geological Survey. His present duties
include: Teaching Introductory and Advanced GIS courses within the Geography and Geoscience Department
at UofL, Assisting UofL Administration, City of Louisville, State, and private sector requests for GIS training,
mapping, and spatial data analysis. Mr. Forbes has been an ESRI Authorized Training Program (ATP)
instructor since 1997.
Mark Garland - Center for Telecommunications System Management
Murray State University, Louisville, KY
Afternoon Concurrent Session Presenters
Jean Jeannotte - Sales
ESRI, St. Charles, MO
ESRI® leads the global software industry in geographic information system (GIS) technology. For more than
35 years, ESRI has been helping people make better decisions through management and analysis of
geographic information. A full-service GIS company, ESRI offers a framework for implementing GIS
Technology and business logic in any organization. Jean Jeannotte has worked for ESRI for more than ten
years, seven of those years in Account Management. Before coming to work for ESRI, she worked as a court
reporter in a metropolitan municipal courtroom, for the Army and Air Force, and owned and operated her
own pizza restaurant for more than eight years.
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Carol Hanley – Director of Education and Communications
Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment, Lexington, KY
Dr. Carol Hanley is the Director of Education and Communication for the Tracy Farmer Center for the
Environment at the University of Kentucky. She is responsible for developing, implementing and coordinating
outreach programs, professional development events for teachers, and science education events for students.
These programs include conferences for the university and surrounding community, as well as a variety of
community-based science programs. Previously, Carol taught Biology at Bryan Station High School in
Lexington Kentucky for 13 years and in 1997, worked as the Sciences branch manager for the Kentucky
Department of Education. She began working at the Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment in 2001 as the
4-H Youth Development Extension Specialist and Associate Director of Environmental Education, until her
move to her current position in 2005. Also, Carol is currently co-chair of the Presidents Sustainability
Committee at the university and serves as vice-chair for the Kentucky girls STEM collaborative.
Kay Gandy – Associate Professor, Co-Coordinator of the Kentucky Geographic Alliance
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
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LYNN IMAGING MATERIALS HERE!!!!!!
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We would like to thank everyone who contributed their time, effort
and financial support to make this first GeoEd conference a success:
Lynn Imaging – GOLD sponsor of Door Prizes
ESRI – Door Prizes of GIS Textbooks (Value $1300+)
Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment – Conference Luncheon
Jeffrey Monroe (JCTC) and Howard “Tad” Clevenger III (JCTC)
Audio Visual Equipment and Staffing
Becky Reynolds (JCTC) – Signage and Visual Aids
Carolyn Kleinschmidt (JCTC) – Purchasing and Refreshments
Amanda Combs (JCTC) – Administrative Support
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