Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

UW’s College of Engineering and Physical Sciences is home to many accomplished researchers and professors. The GIS faculty are no different! One faculty member we’d like to highlight is Paddington Hodza, a senior research scientist at WyGISC. He is a native of Zimbabwe, where he completed a B.S. in Surveying and M.S. in Land and Geographic Information Systems at the University of Zimbabwe. Paddington moved to the U.S. in 2002 to pursue a Ph.D. in Geography at West Virginia University. He later joined the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where he directed the GIScience Certificate program. He is a certified GIS Professional, licensed FAA Drone Pilot, recipient of Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship and Leadership Wyoming alumnus.

The geographic information systems undergraduate certificate is only 10 credit hours (3 courses), so it’s a welcome and expedited addition to any University of Wyoming undergraduate degree!