{"id":1862,"date":"2025-01-22T19:56:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2025-01-22T19:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:56:57","slug":"calling-all-map-enthusiasts-join-the-nacis-mentor-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/blog\/2025\/01\/22\/calling-all-map-enthusiasts-join-the-nacis-mentor-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all map enthusiasts: Join the NACIS Mentor Program!"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Nacis.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nAre you passionate about maps and eager to share your expertise with others? Or are you looking to learn more about how to navigate the professional mapping world toward a career? NACIS is here to help.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>We’re renewing the\u00a0NACIS Mentor Program<\/strong><\/a>, where experienced NACIS members will be paired with early-career or mid-career members for a series of one-on-one remote conversations over six months (March – August 2025). Participation is\u00a0free<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0NACIS members.<\/p>\n

Call for Mentees:<\/strong>\u00a0Are you an early- or mid-career professional looking to grow in the field? This program offers a unique chance to gain valuable insights, guidance, and inspiration from an experienced professional who is eager to share their knowledge.<\/p>\n

Call for Mentors:<\/strong>\u00a0We especially encourage professionals to step forward as mentors. Your knowledge and insight can make a lasting impact on the next generation of cartographers and GIS professionals. This is a unique opportunity to give back to the community, share your passion, and help shape the future of cartography. If you have participated before, please consider volunteering again!<\/p>\n

To participate, log into the\u00a0NACIS website<\/a>, review the program details, and complete the\u00a0application form<\/a>\u00a0(NACIS membership is required). The more detail you include on the application, the higher the likelihood that the Mentor Program coordinators will provide a good match.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Deadline to apply:\u00a0February 17, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pairing announcements will be emailed out by\u00a0March 10, 2025.\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Nacis.org: Are you passionate about maps and eager to share your expertise with others? Or are you looking to learn more about how to navigate the professional mapping world toward a career? NACIS is here to help. We’re renewing the\u00a0NACIS Mentor Program, where experienced NACIS members will be paired with early-career or mid-career members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"\n\t\t\t\tfeatured_banner\t\t":null},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}