Hear From Students


Kathleen Cochran ’21
Majors: Geographic Information Science (GIS) and Geoscience
Minors: Data Science
Hometown: Rochester, Illinois
“One of my favorite courses was the Unmanned Aerial Systems (drones) class I completed with Professor Matthew Zorn. We got to fly drones around campus capturing videos and pictures to use for data analysis.”

Grace Condit ’24
Majors: Environmental Science and Geographic Information Science
Hometown: Putnam, IL
“My biggest piece of advice is to stay open-minded and put yourself out there. You never know what opportunities could arise.”

Noah Cortez ’21
Majors: Marketing, Geographic Information Science
Hometown: Kenosha, Wisconsin
“My first internship related to my major was my research internship at Jones Lang LaSalle in Milwaukee. While I was there, I performed a variety of tasks in data analytics and GIS.”

Conner Plagge ’21
Majors: Geographic Information Science and Geoscience
Minors: Data Science
Hometown: Aitkin, Minnesota
“My favorite course at Carthage is Applied Projects in GIS, which is taught by Professor Wenjie Sun. I liked it because of the variety of projects that simulate what a real job in the field would be like.”