GeoTerps

Employment Timeframe: Depending on the speed of the hiring paperwork, the approximate start date is January 2025. Employment can continue (if the project manager and the student agree) until December 2025. The exact end date will be determined by funding levels and the amount of work left after the bulk of the mapping is completed. The project manager will check in at the end of every semester to determine if the student wants to continue working. 

Project: Manual mapping of cropland field burning using various Earth Observation datasets. Candidates are required to 1)  vectorize cropland field boundaries, 2) visually interpret cropland field conditions using a combination of commercial high-resolution (Planet), Sentinel-2, and Landsat-8 imagery, and 3) record pertinent information for each field with the shapefile attribute table. The data is created manually since we are creating validation data for a burned area product. 

Skills: ArcGIS or QGIS skills required. Knowledge of remote sensing imagery is desired. Self-management is important as most hours will be unsupervised – outside of training and regular meetings to monitor progress. 

Computer equipment: A personal laptop (with ArcGIS/QGIS) or access to the GEOG computer labs is required.

Hourly rate: $15 – $18 an hour. The exact amount TBD. 

Hours per week: up to 40 hours per week. Ideally, 10 hours a week is the minimum (flexible during exam weeks, etc.)

Internship Opportunity: You can enroll in the internship credit alongside the hourly pay. Please speak to your undergraduate advisor for eligibility. 

Contact Information:  Dr. Joanne Hall, Assistant Research Professor, Email: jhall1@umd.edu

Please email Dr. Hall your resume if you are interested. 

The UN Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) in Afghanistan is looking for help:

We are seeking a volunteer to support the generation of GIS-based maps showcasing the organization’s basic human needs (BHN) activities across Afghanistan. This role involves working with tools like Power BI, Tableau, ArcGIS, or QGIS to create data-driven visualizations. It’s a great opportunity for students to:

• Apply their GIS and data analysis skills to a meaningful international cause.
• Gain valuable experience contributing to development efforts.
• Enhance their CV with UN-related experience.

The position is remote, unpaid, and requires a part-time commitment of 6–10 hours per week for 12 weeks. Volunteers will receive a certificate of appreciation upon successful completion.

For full details, please visit the job description here, deadline for applications is 30 November.

We are seeking 4 Invasive Plant Management Individual Placements who will work on a field crew to control invasive plant species with mechanical and chemical control methods at sites throughout the National Capital Region. 

This 40-week internship runs from Feb. 10th, 2025 to Nov. 14th, 2025 and is based out of Washington, D.C. Since housing is not provided, we are seeking candidates within a commutable distance to the D.C. office. Since this is a full-time internship, we are seeking alumni and recent grads with experience in field work. 

This position pays $600/week and the intern will also receive a $4,826.50 AmeriCorps Segal Education award upon successful completion that can be used to pay back federal student loans or for additional schooling. 

For more information and to apply, visit the application here – conservationlegacy:Career Search. 

FYI, this is a great way to get into the Federal Jobs System!!

The Academic Achievement Program (AAP) is currently hiring students to be tutors in Spring 2025. Tutors are hired for a number of GenEd courses and high enrollment courses including Geol 100/110, Math 140/141, and Chem 131/132. Applicants must earn a minimum of a B in the course they want to tutor and have an overall GPA of not less than 2.75. See the links below for more information. Application deadline is November 22, 2024.

Academic Achievement Program (AAP): Typically offers tutorial support for social science and humanities courses and serves specifically AAP students. This tutoring role would require weekly sessions with the same group of AAP students (typically first-years).

Academic Success & Tutorial Services (ASTS): Targets historically difficult courses in areas such as biology, business, chemistry, economics, and mathematics/statistics and serves the general UMD student body. This tutoring role would be appointment-based.

– AAP Tutor Application for Spring 2025Links to an external site.

– ASTS Tutor Application for Spring 2025Links to an external site.

GeoTerps,

Don’t miss this opportunity to network with fellow Terps at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024 Annual Meeting at 7 p.m. on Dec. 9.
RSVP now to participate in this special UMD event at AGU!