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Ryan Mello
Apr 4, 20243 min read
ESRGC Spring Spotlight 2024
The people at the ESRGC and the counties I have worked at through them have been extremely helpful, kind, and patient. Name: Connor...
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Ryan Mello
Oct 4, 20233 min read
ESRGC Fall Spotlight 2023
"As great as my classes were, I didn’t often get exposure to what working in GIS really looked like. The idea of working with an...
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Ryan Mello
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Youth Conservation Corps visits ESRGC
Every summer students ages 15 to 18 participate in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge's (NWR) Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program. ...
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Ryan Mello
May 1, 20233 min read
ESRGC Spring Spotlight 2023
"I was interested in interning with the ESRGC to prepare for my first real ‘adult job’." Name : Adam Phipps-Dickerson Graduation date/...
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Ryan Mello
Apr 25, 20223 min read
ESRGC Spring Spotlight 2022
"Around 4-5 years ago I saw a commercial or some advertisement for the ESRGC and my first thought was, “I want to make it my goal to work...
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Ryan Mello
Sep 13, 20213 min read
ESRGC Fall Spotlight 2021
"I believe ESRGC gave me a good understanding of the professional standards and demeanor I will need in the workforce. I feel more...
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Ryan Mello
Mar 23, 20213 min read
ESRGC Spring Spotlight 2021
"Ashley Wipfield (left)" Name: Ashley Wipfield Graduation date/ School: Salisbury University Bachelor of Science in GIS -- May 2020...
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Ryan Mello
Dec 14, 20203 min read
ESRGC Winter Spotlight 2020-2021
"Looking back, my time spent with the ESRGC is invaluable especially having moved into a career in the community they support." - Emily...
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Ryan Mello
Sep 15, 20203 min read
ESRGC Fall Spotlight 2020
"The ESRGC was a great opportunity to get real experience, starting as an intern then staying on for 2 years as a technician." Name:...
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Ryan Mello
Feb 7, 20202 min read
ESRGC Winter Spotlight 2019-2020
"The ESRGC was my training ground for understanding GIS.” - Jeremy...
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Ryan Mello
Oct 9, 20193 min read
ESRGC Fall Spotlight 2019
“Working as an intern at the ESRGC...got my “foot in the door” so to speak, to take on progressively more...
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Ryan Mello
Aug 15, 20192 min read
ESRGC Summer Spotlight 2019
Name: Tyler Wilson Graduation date: May, 2016 Hometown: Annapolis, MD When did you first use GIS?: GEOG 319 with Dr. Scott What is...
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Ryan Mello
Dec 11, 20183 min read
GIS Day at the ESRGC
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are systems designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial data. The...
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Ryan Mello
Nov 8, 20243 min read
ESRGC Fall Spotlight 2024
"I’ve learned a lot while working with the ESRGC while doing both field and office work. It’s been my introduction to working in a...
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Ryan Mello
Apr 30, 20245 min read
ESRGC 20th Anniversary Staff Questionnaire
How many years have you been with ESRGC? I started in June of 2017, so almost 7 years 😉. -Nastya My first internship was in the Fall of...
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Ryan Mello
May 23, 20222 min read
St Francis Middle Schoolers visit ESRGC
For the last three months seventh graders enrolled in Mrs. Mello's GIS Elective at St. Francis de Sales Catholic School have been...
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Ryan Mello
Apr 1, 20193 min read
ESRGC Spring Spotlight 2019
Name: Liz Hitch (Wheatley) Graduation date: December, 2006 Hometown: Damascus, MD When did you first use GIS? I came to SU as a...
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Ryan Mello
Feb 14, 20194 min read
ESRGC Intern Spotlight Winter 2018-2019
Name: Suzanne McArdle Graduation date: 2006 Hometown: Beltsville, MD When did you first use GIS? Dr. Chen first talked me into becoming a...
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Ryan Mello
Feb 13, 20192 min read
2019 Maryland Student Mapping Competition
Attention Students, Teachers, Parents, and Mapping Enthusiasts, Do you know a student in grades 4-12 that likes making maps or winning...
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Ryan Mello
Dec 20, 20182 min read
WTHS Students Visit the ESRGC and Salisbury University
On November 27th the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC) hosted a field trip for students currently enrolled in the GIS...
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