NBMG Cart/GIS Group Welcomes Sydney Wilson

NBMG welcomes a new cartographer to its Cartographic/GIS group. The Cartography and GIS lab is a specialty group within NBMG.  They are a campus and community resource that specializes in producing geologic maps and other publications, as well as data management. They primarily work on NBMG projects, but are available for projects from other departments at UNR, other universities and state agencies, and industry.

Sydney Wilson is a newly hired Cartographic/Graphics Technician I and joined NBMG on September 1, 2017. Sydney received her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Soil and Water Science from the University of Arkansas in December of 2014.  After graduation, she began working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–New England District as a GIS intern. Her work supported a flood control project called the Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area.  In the summer of 2016, she completed a wildlife monitoring internship at Cape Cod National Seashore. She returned home to Texas in the fall of 2016 to further her education, and recently received a Graduate Certificate in GIS from the University of Denver (online) in June of 2017. Sydney enjoys biking, hiking, and cooking in her spare time.