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Ben
Spaulding -
class of
'04
After completing my Masters
of Arts in Geography from
UCONN last spring I started
the Ph.D. program in Geography
this past fall at UCONN. My
research interests include
geographic information systems
and their use in linear modeling
in location analysis, public
use GIS projects, and economic
geography. This semester I
am assisting an undergraduate
cartography course and a graduate
GIS course as well as working
at the University of Connecticut's
Map and Geographic Information
Center where I have been involved
with a project to "gis" all
of Connecticut's historical
aerial photographs. After
I graduate I hope to work
in academia as a geography
professor. Keene State's Geography
Department gave me a strong
foundation to build my career
in geography from. I still
go back to notes from my Dr.
Rydant's economic geography
course if I need to review
Ricardo or von Thunen. When
I graduated from KSC I had
good technical, statistical,
and theoritcal skills in geography
to help me th rough grad school.
Tom
Fischetti -
class
of '06
In my time at
Uconn, I will
be working with
Dr. Alex Vias
examining urban
change, particularly
employment in
cities. My interests
include Urban
Studies, GIS,
and my personal
favorite Cultural
Geography. In
my time at Keene
State, I gained
my passion for
Geography in
Professor Miller's
World Regional
Geography class.
Over the remainder
of my time in
Keene I enrolled
myself in as
many Geography
classes that
were offered.
Also while at
Keene I was
able to travel
far and wide
thanks to the
Geography Department.
It began with
Portland, then
Central Europe,
and finally
at the AAG conference
in Chicago.
Stephanie
Derrick -
class of '06
Currently
I am working
on a Masters
degree in
Geography
at UConn.
My research
interests
include Geographic
Information
Systems (GIS),
cartography,
and urban
geography.
For my Masters
thesis, I
will be working
with Dr. Cromley
on a project
using GIS
and most likely
location analysis
techniques.
I am also
a teaching
assistant
for an undergraduate
Geography
class. The
Keene State
Geography
Department
provided me
with
skills that
have allowed
me to succeed
so far in
graduate school.
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Photograph by
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Michelle
Mason
Hometown: Fairport,
N.Y.
Major: Geography,
because it
allows me
to learn about
the world
and provides
gateways to
experience it.
Activities: Captain of
women's soccer
and lacrosse,
tutor at the
Center for
Writing. Traveled
to Prague in July
2004, through
USA Athletes
International,
to play in a lacrosse
tournament with
other top players
from the Little
East Conference.
International/National
Exchange: Studied
at the University
of Newcastle in
New South Wales,
Australia, for
a semester; participated
in a month-long
whitewater canoe/backpacking
trip in the Owyhees
in Oregon.
KSC
changed me in
this way: It
has given me the
opportunity to
grow as an athlete,
student, and woman.
I have met many
amazing people,
seen some of the
world, and developed
confidence as
a leader. |
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