PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
July 2015
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ASPRS STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL
MINGSHU WANG
BENJAMIN VANDER JAGT
JESSICA FAYNE
BRITTANY KL MABRY
COUNCIL CHAIR
EDUCATION COUNCILOR
COMMUNICATIONS COUNCILOR
NETWORKING COUNCILOR
AMANDA ARAGON
JAMES BIALAS
NIAZ MORSHED
MOUSTAFA ARASTOUNIA
DEPUTY COUNCIL CHAIR
DEP EDUCATION COUNCILOR
DEP COMMUNICATIONS COUNCILOR
DEP NETWORKING COUNCILOR
SPRSSTUDENTMEMBERS
SPRSSTUDENTADVISORYCOUNCIL
A QUICK NOTE OF THANKS
S
tudent members of ASPRS are very grateful for the local, regional,
and national support they receive from the ASPRS membership
community. Jeremiah Harrington, a student from Michigan Technological
University in Houghton, Michigan, shows his excitement at the wealth of
opportunities that have been afforded to him by the support of ASPRS:
“This year was not only the start of the new IGTF format, it was my first ASPRS
conference. As a first year graduate student studying geospatial technologies I was
excited to learn about the Society. Some of my classmates were already members
and urged me to look into it more. After joining I began to receive emails notifying
me of upcoming events. When the IGTF 2015 call for abstracts came out I decided
that one of my class projects would be a good topic for a presentation and paper.
About the same time I noticed that my regional chapter was offering travel grants
to students who planned to participate in the annual conference. After seeing
the volunteer opportunities available to students, I decided that it would be a
worthwhile effort to apply. I was accepted as a volunteer, a speaker, and was also
awarded a travel grant from the Western Great Lakes Chapter. I’m extremely grate-
ful for the opportunities afforded to me and I really enjoyed the 2015 Conference in
Tampa, Florida. I was pretty nervous about speaking, but in the end, presenting
ended up being one of the major highlights of my experience. The learning and
networking potentials exceeded my expectations. I left the conference with more
than just brochures and business cards. I made new friends and left feeling great
about the decision to continue my education in the geospatial field.”
The Student Advisory Council is very proud of Jeremiah, as well as all the other students who
attend our ASPRS Conferences in search of knowledge and camaraderie in the field of geospatial
sciences. Jeremiah is just one example of how students can become quickly involved in the society
by meeting and learning from peers, presenting research, and collaborating with other students
On behalf of the Students of ASPRS, The Student Advisory Council would like to say
“THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!”
