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UAM MAGAZINE<br />
Dr. Robert Weih<br />
Receives Honor<br />
Dr. Robert Weih, a member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Forest Resources faculty <strong>at</strong><br />
UAM since 1994, was recently named the<br />
Distinguished Alumnus <strong>of</strong> the Year by the<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Forestry <strong>at</strong> Northern Arizona<br />
<strong>University</strong>.<br />
Weih gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from Northern Arizona<br />
in 1982 with a bachelor <strong>of</strong> science<br />
degree in forestry and range management<br />
and holds a master’s degree from<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Minnesota and a Ph.D.<br />
in forest biometrics from Virginia Tech.<br />
The NAU School <strong>of</strong> Forestry has presented<br />
its Distinguished Alumnus Award<br />
annually since 1990. “Our past recipients<br />
include a diverse array <strong>of</strong> alumni who<br />
have gone on to successful careers in forest<br />
science, government agencies such as<br />
the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, and priv<strong>at</strong>e<br />
industry,” said Dr. James A. Allen, pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
and executive director <strong>of</strong> the NAU<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Forestry. “Dr. Weih is in some<br />
very good company.”<br />
A pioneer in the discipline <strong>of</strong> sp<strong>at</strong>ial<br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion systems using geographic<br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion systems, remote sensing,<br />
global positioning and aerial photography,<br />
Weih was instrumental in developing<br />
the sp<strong>at</strong>ial inform<strong>at</strong>ion systems degree<br />
program <strong>at</strong> UAM. UAM’s School <strong>of</strong> Forest<br />
Resources was one <strong>of</strong> the first forestry<br />
programs to <strong>of</strong>fer degrees in sp<strong>at</strong>ial<br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion systems within a forestry<br />
environment.<br />
“This is a wonderful and welldeserved<br />
honor for Dr. Weih,” said Dr.<br />
Philip Tappe, dean <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong><br />
Forest Resources and director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Forest Resources Center. “Bob’s<br />
work in sp<strong>at</strong>ial inform<strong>at</strong>ion systems has<br />
positioned UAM as a n<strong>at</strong>ional leader in a<br />
cutting edge discipline. Bob’s dedic<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
his commitment to excellence in all th<strong>at</strong><br />
he does, serves as an example not only<br />
for the School <strong>of</strong> Forest Resources, but<br />
for the institution as a whole.”<br />
D<br />
Weih has directed the Sp<strong>at</strong>ial Inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Systems Program since 2003. Prior<br />
to joining the UAM faculty, he worked<br />
as a remote sensing and GIS consultant<br />
in the College <strong>of</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ural Resources <strong>at</strong><br />
Colorado St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong>. He earlier<br />
served as a senior scientist <strong>at</strong> the Space<br />
Remote Sensing Center in the Institute <strong>of</strong><br />
Technology Development <strong>at</strong> the NASA<br />
Stennis Space Center.<br />
He also worked as a n<strong>at</strong>ural resource<br />
GIS/remote sensing advisor for the Food<br />
and Agriculture Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the<br />
United N<strong>at</strong>ions in Jakarta, Indonesia, was<br />
a research assistant <strong>at</strong> Virginia Tech, a<br />
project research analyst for the Coconino<br />
County Highway Department in Flagstaff,<br />
Ariz., and a lead forest technician in<br />
Utah’s Dixie N<strong>at</strong>ional Forest.<br />
Top Programmers<br />
C<br />
omputer programming teams from<br />
UAM swept the top two spots in the<br />
CIS COBOL division <strong>of</strong> the 2012 <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Collegi<strong>at</strong>e Programming Contest hosted<br />
recently by Hendrix College in Conway.<br />
The UAM team <strong>of</strong> Timothy Taylor <strong>of</strong><br />
Star City, Amy Emberson <strong>of</strong> Searcy, and<br />
Treshai Hudspeth <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> won the<br />
competition while the team <strong>of</strong> Bo Smith<br />
<strong>of</strong> White Hall, Robert M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t and Kevin<br />
Stewart <strong>of</strong> Crossett placed second.<br />
Twenty-five teams from colleges and<br />
universities throughout the st<strong>at</strong>e took<br />
part in the competition, which is sponsored<br />
annually by the TresNet Division <strong>of</strong><br />
Acxiom Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion. Ten <strong>of</strong> the 25 teams<br />
competed in the CIS COBOL division<br />
while 15 competed in the CIS non-<br />
COBOL division.<br />
Parents’ Day / Homecoming D<strong>at</strong>es<br />
<strong>at</strong>es for the two biggest events <strong>of</strong> the fall semester have<br />
been set so be sure to mark your calendars:<br />
Parent/Family Appreci<strong>at</strong>ion Day – September 15<br />
Homecoming – October 13