Baskerville is 2012 Geospatial Scholar

Brian Baskerville (File photo)
Brian Baskerville (File photo)

School of Natural Resources graduate student Brian Baskerville is the recipient of the 2012 Geospatial Scholarship, awarded annually by the St. Louis Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).

In a letter of congratulations to Baskerville, ASPRS official and associate professor of geography at Northwest Missouri State, Ming-Chih Hung wrote: "The panel of judges was truly impressed by your outstanding accomplishments both in and outside the classroom."

Baskerville, an Iowa native, was an environmental education volunteer with the Peace Corps before coming to UNL where he currently serves as the Geography Student Organization president. He performed his undergraduate studies at South Dakota State University and Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa.