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Emily Szabo Receives Emerging Leader Award
Emily Szabo Receives Emerging Leader Award

The Wisconsin Land Information Association held its 34th Annual Conference February 15-19, 2021. As part of the conference, WLIA recognized individuals and organizations for their significant achievements or service to the land information community. Emily Szabo of Racine County was selected as a... Continue Reading

Postedby Jeremiah Erickson
Date posted03/5/2021


Nicole Hoeppner Receives Emerging Leader Award
Nicole Hoeppner Receives Emerging Leader Award

The Wisconsin Land Information Association held its 34th Annual Conference February 15-19, 2021. As part of the conference, WLIA recognized individuals and organizations for their significant achievements or service to the land information community. Nicole Hoeppner, Dodge County, was selected as... Continue Reading

Postedby Jeremiah Erickson
Date posted03/4/2021


Grace White Receives The Outstanding Contribution Award
Grace White Receives The Outstanding Contribution Award

The Wisconsin Land Information Association held its 34th Annual Conference February 15-19, 2021. As part of the conference, WLIA recognized individuals and organizations for their significant achievements or service to the land information community. Grace White of the Legislative Technology... Continue Reading

Postedby Jeremiah Erickson
Date posted03/2/2021


Barb Gibson Receives The Allen H. Miler Sustained Service Award
Barb Gibson Receives The Allen H. Miler Sustained Service Award

The Wisconsin Land Information Association held its 34th Annual Conference February 15-19, 2021. As part of the conference, WLIA recognized individuals and organizations for their significant achievements or service to the land information community. Barb Gibson of Vilas County, now retired, was... Continue Reading

Postedby Jeremiah Erickson
Date posted03/1/2021


Silent Auction Raises $3800.00!
Silent Auction Raises $3800.00!

The totals are in for the 2021 WLIA Annual Conference Silent Auction. This year’s total came in at $3800, which will go toward funding multiple WLIA Foundation student scholarships. Our goal was set at $3000 given the nature of the pandemic and, to our surprise, we exceeded it by $800 thanks... Continue Reading

Postedby James Landwehr
Date posted03/1/2021


Jason D. Poser
Jason D. Poser

It is with a heavy heart that I share, Jason Poser, a fellow board member, has passed away after a short battle with cancer at the age of 48. Jason, the Land Information Coordinator and designated Land Information Officer for Buffalo County, began his tenure there in 2014. Word spread quickly... Continue Reading

Postedby Jeremiah Erickson
Date posted02/3/2021


Introducing Hamideh Moayyed – 2020 Damon Anderson Memorial Scholarship Winner
Introducing Hamideh Moayyed – 2020 Damon Anderson Memorial Scholarship Winner

Hamideh MoayyedUniversity of Wisconsin Milwaukee Hamideh is an Urban Studies PhD student with a concentration in Transportation Planning and anticipates graduating in Summer 2021. After graduation she plans to work as an expert transportation planner in a public or private transportation... Continue Reading

Postedby Peter Strand
Date posted02/3/2021


Introducing Alicia Iverson – 2020 Damon Anderson Memorial Scholarship Winner
Introducing Alicia Iverson – 2020 Damon Anderson Memorial Scholarship Winner

Alicia IversonUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison Alicia is a PhD student in Geography at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The primary focus of her research is to use maps and the mapmaking process as a participatory, inclusive, and community-building technique that supports... Continue Reading

Postedby Peter Strand
Date posted01/25/2021