Geography Career Day & Job Fair Program

2:15 pm Students register for Door Prizes (drawing at conclusion of introductions) 2:30 pm Welcome and Introductions Bessey Hall Room 108 Find out what people in geography careers do and hear about internship & job prospects 3:15 pm Door Prize drawings for students

Meet one-on-one with event participants until

4:30 pm

Refreshments outside Room 108

Geography Career Day & Job Fair List of Participants

Anderson Economic Group, LLC 1555 Watertower Place, Suite 100 East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 333-6984 www.andersoneconomicgroup.com

Cristina Benton, Senior Consultant cbenton@andersoneconomicgroup.com

Sara Bowers, Senior Analyst sbowers@andersoneconomicgroup.com

Atwell, LLC Two Towne Square, Suite 700 Southfield, MI 48076 www.atwell-group.com

Andy Cain, GIS Coordinator acain@atwell-group.com

Justin Cecil, Team Leader – Surveying and Mapping Jcecil@atwell-group.com Caitlin Mitchell, Recruiter cmitchell@atwell-group.com City of Battle Creek 150 South Kendall St Battle Creek, MI, 49037 http://www.battlecreekmi.gov

Andrew Michalowski, DPW Records Manager (269) 966-3355 x1865 AJMichalowski@battlecreekmi.gov Sarah VanWormer, Data / Web Services Administrator (269) 966-1656 sevanwormer@battlecreekmi.gov

City of East Lansing Assessing Department 410 Abbot Road, Room 109 East Lansing, MI, 48823

(517) 319-6880 www.cityofeastlansing.com/132/Assessing

Cathy Groce, Deputy City

Assessor cgroce@cityofeastlansing.com Domestic Internship & Service Learning College of Social Science - MSU 221 Berkey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 353-9291 http://socialscience.msu.edu/students/experiential-learning/internships/

Daniel Casey-Dunn, Coordinator caseydun@msu.edu

Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Sciences -MSU Geography Building 673 Auditorium Rd., Room 104 East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 353-9875 www.geo.msu.edu

Gary Schnakenberg, Academic Advisor & Instructor schnake2@msu.edu

Giffels Webster 28 W. Adams, Suite 1200 Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 962-4442 www.giffelswebster.com

Jacob Blind, GIS Manager jblind@giffelswebster.com Ariana Toth, GIS Specialist atoth@giffelswebster.com

Global Mapping Strategies, Inc. 20630 Harper Ave - Suite 114 Harper Woods, MI 48225 (313) 300-4227 www.global-mapping.com

Matt Craft, Chief Operating Officer matt@global-mapping.com

Michael Clow, Business Manager mdclow@global-mapping.com

Intalytics 5 Research Dr. Suite A Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (734) 623-7710 Ext 123

www.intalytics.com Al Beery, Director of Client Services al.beery@intalytics.com Map Library Michigan State University 3rd Floor West, Main Library East Lansing, MI 48824 517-884-0849 (office) 517-884-6467 (Map Library) www.lib.msu.edu/branches/map

Kathleen Weessies, Geosciences Librarian; Head, Map Library weessie2@mail.lib.msu.edu

Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Farmland & Open Space Preservation Program (PA 116) P.O. Box 30449 Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 284-5663 www.michigan.gov/farmland Richard Harlow, Program Manager harlowr@michigan.gov Michigan Department of Natural Resources Real Estate Services 525 W. Allegan St., 3NW P.O. Box 30448 Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 284-5950 www.michigan.gov/dnr

Mike Michalek, Resource Analyst MichalekM1@michigan.gov MDOT - Bureau of Transportation Planning 425 W. Ottawa St. Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 335-2935 www.michigan.gov/mdot/

Brandon Lambrix, Transportation Planner, Data Oversight and Geospatial Management Area LambrixB2@michigan.gov MDOT-Project Planning Environmental Section 425 W. Ottawa Van Wagoner Building Lansing, MI 48933 www.michigan.gov/mdot

Don Sneed, Wetland Mitigation & Monitoring Specialist sneedd@Michigan.gov

MDOT- Statewide & Urban Travel Analysis Section (SUTA) 425 W. Ottawa St. Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 335-2955 www.michigan.gov/mdot/

Tim Ryan, Supervisor ryant7@michigan.gov Michigan Farm Bureau 7373 W. Saginaw Hwy. Lansing, MI 48917 (517) 323-6585 www.michfb.com/mi/

Jeremy Nagel, Media Relations Specialist jnagel1@michfb.com Michigan State Police

Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (EMHSD) 7150 Harris Dr. Dimondale, MI 48821 (517) 336-3982 www.michigan.gov/msp/

Nikkia Anderson, GIS Database Analyst AndersonN9@michigan.gov MSU Career Services College of Social Science Berkey Hall 509 East Circle Dr., Room 302 East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 432-0746 http://careernetwork.msu.edu/ Amy Deitrickson, Career Consultant deitricksona@ssc.msu.edu

Michigan Tech Research Institute 3600 Green Ct., Ste. 100 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (734) 994-7230 www.mtri.org

Michael Battaglia, Assistant Research Scientist mjbattag@mtu.edu OHM Advisors 34000 Plymouth Road Livonia, MI 48150 (734) 522-6711 www.ohm-advisors.com Michael Cousins, GIS Manager michael.cousins@ohm-advisors.com

Pitney Bowes

Applied Analytics & Marketing Services 2000 Town Center, Suite 1900 Southfield, MI 48075 (248) 351-1745 www.pitneybowes.com

Bill McKeogh, Principal Consultant bill.mckeogh@pb.com Remote Sensing & GIS (RS&GIS) Research and Outreach Services Michigan State University Geography Building 673 Auditorium Rd., Room 215 (517) 432-0446 www.rsgis.msu.edu

Justin Booth, Director, RS&GIS boothj@msu.edu

Study Away & Internship Programs College of Social Science - MSU Berkey Hall 509 East Circle Dr., Room 221 East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 432-4541 www.socialscience.msu.edu/students/experiential-learning/study-away/

Joanne Delamar, Study Away & Internships Coordinator tanchen1@msu.edu Vicki Shaver, Study Away & Internships Coordinator shaverv@msu.edu Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) 1001 Woodward Avenue, Suite 1400 Detroit, MI 48226-1904 (313) 961-4266 http://semcog.org/

Delores Lee Muller, Data Analysis Group, Application Developer muller@semcog.org

Sirisha Uppalapati, Data Analysis Group, Planner uppalapati@semcog.org

Valassis / Data & Analytics Team 19975 Victor Parkway Livonia, Michigan 48152 (734) 632-6164 www.valassis.com

Kyle Kubitz, Supervisor KubitzK@valassis.com

Alia Sibinic, Targeting Manager SibinicA@valassis.com

Dan Clement, Senior Targeting Analyst ClementD@valassis.com

Jeremy McWhorter, Associate Targeting Analyst McwhorterJ@valassis.com

Resources for Career Planning

Michigan State University Career Services Network http://careernetwork.msu.edu/

Amy Dietrickson College of Social Sciences Career Consultant

(517) 432-0746 deitricksona@ssc.msu.edu

Association of American Geographers (AAG)

click on “Jobs & Careers” tab http://www.aag.org/

The GIS Jobs Clearinghouse

http://gjc.org/

Dept of Geography, Environment & Spatial Sciences Gary Schnakenberg, Advisor

(517) 353-9875 schnake2@msu.edu

MSU Geography Degrees

The MSU Department of Geography currently offers the following degrees:

BA in Human Geography

BS in Environmental Geography

(with optional concentration in Atmospheric Sciences)

BS in Geographic Information Science

BS in Economic Geography (with optional Business cognate)