Geo Day is open to prospective high school and college transfer students looking to learn more about the geospatial informatics industry.
More than 200 high school and college students attended the seventh annual Geo Day at Troy University on March 12 and gained a firsthand look into the geospatial industry.
For the first time since Geo Day began, all of the workshop presenters were TROY alumni.
“To know that our Geospatial Informatics Department taught them, and…
The $10,000 award will be used to fund scholarships and student recruitment.
Troy University’s Surveying and Geomatics Sciences program is one of seven in the nation to be honored with the Surveying Education Award by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).
The award, which includes a $10,000 prize, recognizes programs that best reflect the organization’s mission to advance licensure for engineers and surveyors in order…
TROY hosted over 250 students during the fourth annual Geo Day held in March.
The Geospatial Informatics Department recently hosted the fourth annual Geo Day in March, giving students from across Alabama and Georgia an inside look into the geospatial industry and providing hands-on experiences.
Geo Day is held every year during spring break to accommodate the hundreds of high school students and their sponsors. This year, there were 270 in…
Brett Orrell, center, and Polysurveying have funded a scholarship for geomatics students in honor of his grandparents, seated.
Troy University alumnus Brett Orrell and his family-owned company, Polysurveying, have created an endowned scholarship for future geomatics students who choose to further their education at TROY.
The scholarship was created in honor of Orrell’s grandparents, Sidney and Theresa Orrell, who founded the company in 1971.
“My grandparents’ sacrifice in time committed to making the new…