Community Engagement and the use of GIS in Belize with Community Members, Students and Teachers

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

“Community Engagement and the use of GIS in Belize with Community Members, Students and Teachers”

Dr. Timothy Hawthorne

Chair and Professor

Auburn University

Department of Geosciences

National Geographic Explorer

Wed. April 2 , 2025, 6:00-7:00PM

Perry Dining Room, Alumni House

Allendale, MI 49401

Dr. Hawthorne was a 2022-2024 National Geographic Explorer. He is broadly trained in GIS and human geography with expertise in community geography/engagement, geographic education, Participatory GIS, environmental education, and unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAV drones). In 2015, he founded an internationally recognized research and education group called Citizen Science GIS.

His research team launched the USA’s first GeoBus, a mobile Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math (STEAM) education lab powered by solar energy to provide geospatial technology learning experiences to K-12 youth, families, and teachers in Florida. He is working to build a mobile learning lab experience called GeoBus International to meet the needs of school children in BELIZE.

Come see and hear about the GIS research and community involvement in Belize, Central America (see photos above and below) and other exciting geographic/ environmental projects!!!

Co-sponsors: Biology/Natural Resources Mgmt., History, and Anthropology Depts.

Location Information

Perry Dining Room, Alumni House

Allendale, MI 49401

Download parking map for the Allendale Campus

Contact Information

Questions: Contact Prof. Kin Ma, [email protected],http://gvsu.edu/geography

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This event was added to the calendar by Amanda Reader (readera@gvsu.edu) on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 and was last updated on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 8:32 a.m.