Geography department hosts GIS Day talks Nov. 15 The geography department Forum for Contemporary Geographic Issues and Gamma Theta Upsilon are sponsoring three lectures to help celebrate GIS Day Wednesday, Nov. 15. Scott Ralston, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will present “The Use of GIS and GPS in Resource Management” at 9 a.m. in 157 O’Kelly/Ireland Hall. Bill Dando, TCF Bank Inc., will discuss "Using GIS for Site Selection at TCF Bank" at noon in Room 1, Gamble Hall, and Amanda Hancock, Central Grasslands Research Extension Center, NDSU, will discuss "GPS and GIS: Home on the Range?" at 3 p.m. in 157 O’Kelly/Ireland Hall. Please join us at 2:30 p.m. in 155 O’Kelly/Ireland Hall for a reception prior to Hancock’s talk. We invite you to attend these sessions, and help celebrate GIS Day 2006. -- Gregory Vandeberg, Assistant Professor, Geography, gregory.vandeberg@und.nodak.edu, 701-777-4588