<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Courier;
panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:DengXian;
panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"\@DengXian";
panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Open Sans";
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:-webkit-standard;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.apple-converted-space
{mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
span.EmailStyle23
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:Courier;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1440" style="width:15.0in;background:#F1F1F2;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:600.0pt">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background:#F1F1F2;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:13.5pt">
<td colspan="5" style="background:#F1F1F2;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:13.5pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/1813394982.html" title="https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/1813394982.html"><span style="color:#48484A">Click here to see this online</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#F1F1F2;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="display:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:600.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;box-shadow: none;border-spacing: 0px" id="wrapper">
<tbody>
<tr id="header">
<td width="800" colspan="3" style="width:600.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://illinois.edu/" title="https://illinois.edu/"><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="800" height="136" style="width:8.3333in;height:1.4166in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D876CD.C30222E0" alt="University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="800" colspan="3" style="width:600.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-height: 20vh">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="800" style="width:600.0pt;background:white;border-spacing: 0px" id="content-tb">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="800" style="width:600.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0px">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="800" style="width:600.0pt;border-spacing: 0px">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0px">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="800" style="width:600.0pt;background:#13294B;min-height: 20vh">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" style="width:5.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0px">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="720" style="width:7.5in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4"><a href="http://gis.illinois.edu" target="_blank" title="http://gis.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#E2E3E4;text-decoration:none">CyberGIS
and Geospatial Data Science Online Graduate Programs</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:2.25pt"><a href="http://ggis.illinois.edu" target="_blank" title="http://ggis.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#E2E3E4;text-decoration:none">DEPARTMENT
OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="5%" style="width:5.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="display:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="800" style="width:600.0pt">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:.25in">
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.25in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="element_2707290"></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="800" style="width:600.0pt;border-spacing: 0px">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="800" style="width:600.0pt;border-spacing: 0px" id="content_1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" style="width:5.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" width="346" style="width:259.5pt;border-spacing: 0px">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="16" style="width:12.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="330" height="259" style="width:3.4375in;height:2.6979in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image002.png@01D876CD.C30222E0" alt="cid943657*image002.png@01D87604.4FCD48F0"><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:4.5pt">
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:4.5pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:4.5pt"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style="margin-bottom:15.75pt;line-height:18.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#444D56">Greetings from the Online CyberGIS & Geospatial Data Science Programs at Illinois!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15.75pt;line-height:18.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#444D56">CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#444D56"> is
a diverse field that can lead to many different career paths. Here at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign we have launched new distance learning opportunities for students to meet the growing demand in both the private and public sectors for highly
valuable skills. Our programs will provide students with the advanced knowledge and critical skills needed to lead in the field and it’s customized for working professionals. A student may complete the full master's degree in less than two years without
interrupting their career or personal obligations, or they may have flexibility to spread out the courses over a longer period of time as needed. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15.75pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#444D56">The <em><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">M.S. in CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science</span></b></em> is designed
to meet the high demand for advanced expertise in areas such as geospatial artificial intelligence, geospatial visualization and visual analytics, data-intensive geospatial computation, geospatial big data processing and analysis in Python and R, as well as
fundamentals and principles of cyber-based geographic information science and systems (cyberGIS).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15.75pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#444D56">The<em><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"> CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science graduate-level certificate </span></b></em>is
a 12-credit program allowing a student to gain more advanced skills in the growing field as well as obtain micro-credentials that can be added to a resume and social media applications. It also provides an ideal bridge into the 32-credit hour online master’s
degree should students desire to continue on for an advanced graduate degree.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15.75pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#444D56">Employment options for the CyberGIS & Geospatial Data Science certificate and master’s degree graduates are numerous. Depending
on your area of interest, graduates can choose rewarding careers in government, industry, non-profit organizations, and educational services. Geography & GIS graduates have successful careers in the public and private sectors, working for the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, and Geological Survey, and at companies such as American Airlines, Esri, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, The Climate Corporation, and many others.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15.75pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#444D56">Take a look at the options and opportunities our program has to offer! To learn more or to setup a time to visit with a program
advisor, please visit us at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://gis.illinois.edu/" target="_blank" title="https://gis.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#FF552E">https://gis.illinois.edu/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15.75pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#444D56"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15.75pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#444D56">Shaowen Wang<br>
Professor and Department Head</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="5%" style="width:5.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="display:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="800" style="width:600.0pt">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:.25in">
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.25in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" style="background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="logo-wrapper">
<td width="35" style="width:26.25pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
<td width="730" style="width:547.5pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" id="footer">
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4"><img border="0" width="26" height="38" style="width:.2708in;height:.3958in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.png@01D876CD.C30222E0" alt="university logo"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="35" style="width:26.25pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="footer-wrapper">
<td width="35" style="width:26.25pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="730" style="width:547.5pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" id="footer">
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4"><a href="http://ggis.illinois.edu" target="_blank" title="http://ggis.illinois.edu/"><strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4;text-decoration:none">Department
of Geography and Geographic Information Science</span></strong></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4"><a href="https://earth.illinois.edu/" title="https://earth.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#E2E3E4;text-decoration:none">School
of Earth, Society & Environment</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4"><a href="https://las.illinois.edu/" title="https://las.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#E2E3E4;text-decoration:none">College
of Liberal Arts & Sciences</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4">3081 Natural History Bldg.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4">1301 W. Green Street</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4">Urbana, IL 61801</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4">Mail Code: MC-102</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/goo.gl/maps/w2zZWMfrN4Ce1wS79__;!!DZ3fjg!78ALqFz3KXGzSig2REaJz_2RHw0fcnC0dh12awpTLp1Y4LOO9rFL2AvEKWQ1Aw1zOS3jO9ngqrEohinNk2MLZADn0k7KMVDGk5iNJ1k$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/goo.gl/maps/w2zZWMfrN4Ce1wS79__;!!DZ3fjg!78ALqFz3KXGzSig2REaJz_2RHw0fcnC0dh12awpTLp1Y4LOO9rFL2AvEKWQ1Aw1zOS3jO9ngqrEohinNk2MLZADn0k7KMVDGk5iNJ1k$"><span style="color:#E2E3E4;text-decoration:none">(map)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4">Phone:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4">(217)
333-1880</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4">Email:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#E2E3E4"><a href="mailto:geography@illinois.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:geography@illinois.edu"><span style="color:#E2E3E4;text-decoration:none">geography@illinois.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="35" style="width:26.25pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" style="background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="social-wrapper">
<td width="35" style="width:26.25pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="730" style="width:547.5pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" id="social">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-spacing: 0px"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
<td width="35" style="width:26.25pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="subscribe-wrapper">
<td width="35" style="width:26.25pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="730" style="width:547.5pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" id="subscribe">
</td>
<td width="35" style="width:26.25pt;background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" style="background:#13294B;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:12.0pt">
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>