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GRACE Intern StoryMaps

8/14/2016

Packed House for our GRACE Project
End-of-Summer Celebration!

Interns with the GRACE Project showcased their great accomplishments and enthusiasm on Thursday evening in front of more than 60 friends and family members. Using ESRI’s StoryMap app, they all produced map-based websites that share aspects of the work they did this summer with the Keweenaw National Historical Park/National Park Service and the Keweenaw Time Traveler. Colleagues Randall Raymond (GRACE Project) and David Anderson (Eastern Michigan Univ) joined us from downstate and marveled not only at the GIS skills the students gained but also the creativity and confidence they exhibited. Through the partnership between Michigan Tech, the National Park Service, and Eastern Michigan, we all look forward to expanding the NSF-funded GRACE Program, which joins schools and community organizations to put STEM learning and career skills to work in the real world. Congratulations to everyone and look out for future GRACE Intern projects!

Check out our students' StoryMaps --
including some presentation videos!

Nick Laemmrich & Trevor Kangas: "A Walk through Time:" Changing Environments in Calumet & Laurium
Nick and Trevor used old maps to imagine how their usual routes to and from school might have looked and felt different 75 years ago. Here’s part of their presentation available on YouTube.

Jason Ackerman & Tim Stone: Keweenaw Time Traveler
Jason and Tim explain what the Time Traveler is all about and highlight fun stories about change over time in our towns.
Jason sums up the Keweenaw Time Traveler really nicely here!

Kailyn Dominguez-Taylor: Project SISU- Welcome to the Beautiful Keweenaw
Kailyn built an interactive map to showcase her 2012 experience with Project SISU. Here’s Kailyn talking about her work.

Kaisa Nagel & Tyler Kipina: Marine Mapping and Navigation on board the RV Agassiz
Kaisa and Tyler teach us how to find our way in the landscape aboard Michigan Tech’s research ship.

Yvonne Oja: Keweenaw National Historical Park and Heritage Sites
Yvonne made the NPS Keweenaw Guide newspaper into an interactive StoryMap that Park visitors can carry in their digital pockets.

Garrick Ensminger & Ilhan Onder: Walkability in Laurium and Calumet: A Student's Perspective
Garrick and Ilhan show us where the GRACE students think are the best and worst places to cross streets in Calumet and Laurium, as part of their contribution to the Keweenaw National Historical Park's Complete Streets Project. Here, Ilhan tells about the Complete Street program.

Jacinda Wheelock: Missing in the Copper Country—Calumet
Jacinda’s StoryMap highlight’s the Keweenaw National Historic Park’s popular #MissingintheCopperCountry program.

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GRACE Intern StoryMaps

Packed House for our GRACE Project
End-of-Summer Celebration!

Check out our students' StoryMaps --
including some presentation videos!

Presentations from our GRACE Interns

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GRACE Intern StoryMaps

Packed House for our GRACE Project​End-of-Summer Celebration!

Check out our students' StoryMaps --​including some presentation videos!

Presentations from our GRACE Interns

Archives

Contact Us​

Packed House for our GRACE Project
End-of-Summer Celebration!

Check out our students' StoryMaps --
including some presentation videos!

Contact Us