Major: BS in Geospatial Information Sciences
The staff and particular program I am in at EPPS has helped me more clearly visualize the future I want; flexible in application but stable in reward. GIS, and other programs at EPPS, can be pursed in a career context without having to be locked behind a desk inside or be trapped outside with little to no reward. The various backgrounds and accomplishments of staff and students opened the curtain to seeing mixed applications of, perhaps thought of initially as linear, programs offered at EPPS.
Career-wise I want to be a GIS analyst in the energy or defense industry, with preference towards oil and gas. However, subjects such as infrastructure or environmental research are equally interesting to me.
Just because the path you walk into school with ends doesn’t mean you can’t find another wall that you can climb over. Most staff and students at EPPS will offer to guide and help you throughout your academic struggles such that you grow stronger as a student and as a person; you just have to be willing to grow, willing to tackle the problems you face, and willing to challenge yourself to be better.