Georgia Southern selected as Census Bureau hub
橘子视频鈥檚 Statistical Consulting Unit (SCU) in the College of Science and Mathematics has been selected as the Census Bureau Higher Education Consortium – Southern Hub. The partnership places the University as an access point between regional experts and the public to make the vast data of Census reports usable for research, business and individual discovery.聽
SCU director Divine F. Wanduku, Ph.D., says that cooperation is the key element of the program.
鈥淲e want to facilitate high-level access to this data and the tools to apply it,鈥� noted Wanduku. 鈥淲e are the liaison between other universities, the government and those who could use this information if they can learn how it works.鈥�
As a regional Census hub, Georgia Southern will host a series of webinars. Experts from Georgia Southern, partner universities and the Census Bureau will address specific methods to access and analyze otherwise overwhelming data. Wanduku says the partnership opens up development opportunities for everyone involved.
鈥淭his will help students prepare for jobs in the federal government or anywhere that uses government data because they get to try it out themselves,鈥� said Wanduku. 鈥淚t also helps to show how faculty are able to impart knowledge of research and then make recommendations to the Census Bureau about what works. So the federal government helps higher education institutions provide access to the raw material and then we help the Census Bureau by making recommendations on where our research is going and what data is most useful.鈥�
Beyond the webinar series, Wanduku sees the partnership as a stepping stone to future collaborations.
鈥淭his expands our network with everyone from other universities to contractors,鈥� said Wanduku.鈥漌e get to meet each other and find out what we鈥檙e all working on separately and turn it into projects we can work on together.鈥�
The next session in the series,鈥淔aculty and Researcher Training: Curated Academic Support,鈥� will be held April 30 at 4:30 p.m. No registration is required. The session can be accessed at:
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