Guest speakers to make appearance for GIS Day

Del Mar College will host the 18th annual Coastal Bend GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Day, “GIS Technology is Changing our World,” on Nov. 16. The event organizers will be offering two tracks, which will be targeting middle through high school and college age students while also having a track for professionals already in the field. The GIS Day is part of the National Geographic Society initiative “Geography Action!” This is all part of a yearlong project using key educational achievements worldwide, including the Coastal Bend’s annual event, which is in partnership with Geography Awareness Week. GIS uses computer-based mapping tools…

Foghorn students attend convention, bring home 21 awards

Foghorn News staffers recently returned from one of their state conventions with more than 20 awards. A dozen students attended the Texas Community College Journalism Association conference and contest Oct. 14 in Kemah. The Foghorn News brought home 21 awards total, 19 from work published during the 2015-16 academic year and two from the live contest. Students started the day at NASA with half sitting in on a news conference about Mars and the rest receiving a tour of the full-scale mockup training facility. Associate Professor of Journalism Robert Muilenburg, who serves as one of the Foghorn’s advisers, was impressed…