Title: Instructor Profile
Course: MASTER-GIST-1130-Patton > Section: Welcome!

Katrina Patton

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Hello Everyone,

I am very happy you have decided to take this course.  I know you will learn new skills to help you achieve goals that will further your career and hopefully you will have fun doing it.

By now you know that I taught at the University of Arkansas for many years, and I'm in my third year of teaching at SCC.

Here’s a little more information about my work experience.  I worked for the Army Corps of Engineers as a Civil Engineer Technician In their student training program.  My co-workers and I surveyed the Arkansas River from Tulsa, OK to the border between OK and AR for the purpose of creating maps of the river bottom for dredging purposes.

I worked as a Biological Science Technician for three years at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota doing GPS/GIS.  Some of the projects I worked on were mapping prairie dog towns, exotic plants, and paleontological sites.  I have never seen so many rattlesnakes as I did while mapping prairie dog towns.  On a side note I got to participate in a Bison roundup one year which I will never forget.

I worked a summer at Yellowstone National Park mapping thermal sites.  Another experience I will not forgot.  Worked a summer at Bighorn Canyon Recreational Area in Wyoming, and I worked a summer for the Bureau of Land Management in Cedar City, Utah doing a transportation plan for the BLM roads in two counties in Utah.

Okay, enough information about me for now.  Again, I am very happy you are here, and please know that I am here to help you succeed.  Here’s to a great Quarter!

(402) 437-2262 - Use Moodle Messaging first to contact me.  If you cannot get in touch with me through Moodle, you can e-mail me at kpatton@southeast.edu.

My virtual office hours are:  M W TR 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. or by appointment.  If you need to talk to me at a different time, we can set-up a virtual chat session.