I attended my first Foothills Arc User Network FAUN) meeting. This group consist of GIS users in the Upstate SC area. I met people from Anderson, Clinton, Greenville Tech, etc. that all shared a common theme, they use GIS applications and services daily. This is a great group of people that have encountered many industry problems and solutions that they want to share with other GIS people.
In today's meeting we had two speakers that covered some of the educational options when looking towards GIS as a career. The first speaker was Amy Daniels from Greenville Technical College and she touched on the GIS and Land Surveying class options that Greenville Tech offers. Greenville Tech offers a 2-year Associate Degree in GIS/Land Surveying and then also offers a GIS certification program. The school also is working on ways to diversify the GIS options as well as incorporating more online class scenarios into the various programs.
Here is a link to the Greenville Tech website:
http://www.gvltec.edu/display.aspx?id=882
The second speaker was Steve Sperry from Clemson University. Steve has a long history with GIS and like concepts that spans nearly 40 years. He has worked with all aspects of the GIS community and has found his current calling at Clemson. He presented some very interesting uses for GIS that included many areas of development, whether that development be by private entities looking for profits or government entities trying to plan for the future. He also mentioned that Clemson was working on ideas for offering GIS classes via an online medium.
Here is the link to the Clemson University website:
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/pla/
And, if you are interested in attending a FAUN meeting, member dues are minimal ($20/yr and only $5/yr for students) and you can sign up from their website.
http://www.scfaun.org/
I look forward to seeing new faces at the next meeting.
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