02/28/06
SPACESTARS, SkillsUSA, and the New Geospatial Competition
SkillsUSA has partnered with the GIS industry to develop a competition program that will provide universities, colleges and their students with a way to validate their geospatial program and measure them against national standards. The partners include ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute), SPACESTARS, Leica GeoSystems GIS & Mapping, GITA (Geospatial Information & Technology Association) and others.

For more information and complete details and sponsor list or to register for this exciting event, visit: www.skillsusa.org/collegecontests.html or click the link below. Please see the attached pdf containing the SkillsUSA GIS post card for use with email notification for all geospatial technology students with interest in competing for rewards and national recognition.

SkillsUSA Online Geospatial Contest

06/29/05
DVD from STARS Geospatial Forum
Still not sure if GIS is right for your organization? Check out the DVD from our STARS Geospatial Forum. This DVD features speakers from NASA, Law Enforcement, Private Industry, ESRI, the Department of Labor, and our own staff. Click the link below to go to the order page.

STARS DVD Order Form

03/10/05
Press Releases for SPACESTARS and Digital Quest
The following is a list of links to Press Releases about Digital Quest. Each link opens in a new window and the press releases are in PDF format, so you may need to download the newest version of Acrobat Reader to view them.

June 01, 2004 Geospatial
July 12, 2004 Lizard Tech
July 17, 2004 GeoPlace
August 01, 2004 BCIT
September 01, 2004 Geoplace
December 08, 2004 ESRI
February 03, 2005 Sun Herald
February 22, 2005 Stennis News

07/27/04
STARS Certification Gains More Recognition!
As reported by several respected publications such as the Mississippi Business Journal, GISUser.com and GeoPlace.com, we are pleased to announce that the STARS GIS Technician Certification has been recommended by the Institute Management & Training Corporation in a paper comissioned for the Department of Labor entitled, "Industry-Recognized Certificate Programs and Job Corps: Working Toward a Skilled and Qualified Workforce."  You can read the full report here, or have a look at the press release here.

02/10/04
Digital Quest and nVision team up for Emergency Response!
The Madison County Herald reports that nVision Solutions along with Digital Quest are seeking to make Madison County, Mississippi a pilot site for a new, real-time geographic information system to be implemented for first responders through a grant from the US Department of Homeland Security.  The system will provide the ability for every first response service from fire and police departments to private companies contracting for public service such as ambulance units, to coordinate their efforts geographically for any type of disaster management.  You can read a PDF of the article here. 

10/21/03
GIS Employment on the Rise
The Department of Labor has listed Geospatial Information among the top three fastest growing emerging career fields in the United States!  Check it out at CareerVoyages.gov

10/13/03
Featured on NASA Educational TV
SPACESTARS has been chosen to provide the web-based GIS instructional activities for the latest episode of NASA Connect, an educational television show that is broadcast on over 130 PBS stations, and on Channel One!  For this episode called Virtual Earth, which begins airing on October 16, we have created two new portions of our website for students to use at the end of the show.  You can use these activities in your classroom as part of the Earth Systems lesson provided on the NASA Connect show, or they can be used by themselves.  They're called Earthquake Hunters and H20 Extremes.  Instructions and printable material for these activities can be found on NASA Connect's website, at this location. Update: Ask us about a copy of the video for use in your classroom!

9/23/03
Schedule for GIS Training Sessions
A schedule has been posted for our upcoming Geographic Information Systems training courses and workshops.  Contact your local SPACESTARS representative or Digital Quest for information about attending the courses at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, or at your own facility.

03/24/03