Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Celebrate GIS Day at DePauw on November 17!

gisday_colorContributed by Beth Wilkerson, FITS GIS Specialist

The GIS Center is hosting its annual GIS Day celebration:


Wednesday, November 17, 2010
3:00 p.m. − 5:00 p.m.
Percy L. Julian Science & Mathematics Center Atrium


National GIS Day is held each year in the third week of November, on the Wednesday during Geography Awareness Week, a geographic literacy initiative sponsored by the National Geographic Society.

Join us at DePauw for GIS Day and . . .



  • Learn about GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

  • Peruse multi-media displays about GIS

  • View posters showing how GIS and spatial technologies are being used at DePauw

  • Talk with colleagues about how they are using GIS in their teaching and research

  • Browse the GIS resources available in the Prevo Science Library

  • Visit the interactive Google™ Earth activity station

  • Enjoy refreshments

  • Win prizes


Find out more about GIS Day at
www.depauw.edu/univ/gis/GIS_Day_2010/index.html