{"id":336,"date":"2023-08-01T12:07:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T17:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/?p=336"},"modified":"2023-08-03T11:03:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:03:50","slug":"alum-profile-tristan-tj-connolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/2023\/08\/01\/alum-profile-tristan-tj-connolly\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum Profile: Tristan &#8220;TJ&#8221; Connolly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-343 alignright img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Tristan-Connolly.jpg\" alt=\"Tristan Connolly\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Tristan-Connolly.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Tristan-Connolly.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Tristan-Connolly-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>A lifelong Geographer with experience as a GIS Specialist and Geospatial Research Specialist. Skills include environmental and historical research, geodatabase management, environmental consulting and data analysis. Strives to provide collaborative solutions to environmental issues and innovate new cartographic and geospatial products.<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>2016 &ndash; 2018<strong>&nbsp;| 91̽»¨<br>\n<\/strong>Geography, B.S. with emphases in Geographic Information Science &amp; Physical Geography<br>\nGPA: 3.65, Cum Laude<\/p>\n<p>2015 | <strong>Normandale Community College<\/strong><br>\nLiberal Education courses<\/p>\n<h2>Impact<\/h2>\n<p>91̽»¨ Geography Department and their dedicated and knowledgeable professors provided the fundamental skills needed to launch my career in geospatial research. The faculty taught me technical, theoretical and applied knowledge that were instrumental to advancing my professional ambitions. In addition, Geography showed me different ways to view the world we inhabit, our impact on that world and the influence that we could have in the future through sustainability. I had the chance to apply this knowledge by analyzing tree rings in the dendrochronology lab to interpret forest responses to disturbance events, such as drought. This experience allowed me to apply the practical knowledge learned from coursework to real world issues of sustainable forestry. The BSU Geography Department is truly interdisciplinary and can pave the way to successful careers in many different fields.<\/p>\n<h2>Experience<\/h2>\n<p>2020 &ndash; Present | <strong>Geospatial Research Specialist<\/strong><br>\n<em>East View Geospatial, MN<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Procurement of nautical, topographic, geologic and trade maps.<\/li>\n<li>Maintenance of geospatial databases using ArcGIS and QGIS Software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2019 &ndash; 2020 | <strong>Senior Researcher\/GIS Specialist<\/strong><br>\n<em>Historical Information Gatherers, Inc., MN<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assembled spatial data from multiple sources for Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (ESA).<\/li>\n<li>Performed property research for environmental professionals using ArcGIS to produce aerial photography and historical maps and data for locations across the United States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2018 | <strong>GIS Intern<\/strong><br>\n<em>Beltrami County Natural Resources Management<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Used ArcGIS edit forest stand data and correct boundaries for updated ownership.<\/li>\n<li>Interpreted aerial imagery to update trails data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lifelong Geographer with experience as a GIS Specialist and Geospatial Research Specialist. Skills include environmental and historical research, geodatabase management, environmental consulting and data analysis. Strives to provide collaborative solutions to environmental issues and innovate new cartographic and geospatial products. Education 2016 &ndash; 2018&nbsp;| 91̽»¨ Geography, B.S. with emphases in Geographic Information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":528,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}