Now its tenth year, the semi-annual Geography Career Fair took place on October 30. During the fair, companies and organizations from the Washington DC metropolitan area met and recruited students from our department for internships and permanent jobs.  Among the organizations were: Army Corps of Engineers, ASPRS Imaging and Geospatial Information Society, GeoEye, Inc., Grassroots Campaigns, Greenhorne and O’Mara, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), Lockheed Martin, Missle Defense Agency, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and US Census Bureau.  The diversity of the organizations in attendance illustrates the need for geographers in a variety of workplaces such as governmental agencies, nonprofit agencies, and the private sector, among others.  Additionally, many of the company representatives are alumni of the Department of Geography and came back to recruit students.

Also in attendance were representatives from the Masters of Professional Studies in Geospatial Information Sciences (MPS-GIS) and the department’s Geography club. The fair brought students from different majors across campus, such as Computer Science, Environmental Science & Policy, and Business, and even attracted students from neighboring universities such as George Washington University and the University of Maryland at Baltimore County.