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For a Planning Workshop to Establish URECAS: Unique Research Experiences for two-year College faculty And Students
12–13 July 2012
AGU Headquarters, Washington DC
This summer, AGU Education will be hosting a planning workshop to discuss the development of a program to strengthen the role of two-year college Earth and space science students in the future workforce. Support to attend the meeting will be provided for approximately 30 two-year college Earth and space science faculty who are currently engaged in research with their students or who have a strong interest in developing a research program. Also encouraged to attend are four-year college faculty who are currently partnering on research programs with two-year college faculty. A variety of expert speakers and panelists will help frame and build discussion on best practices in and barriers to building and maintaining such research programs. Check back regularly for information on applying to attend. If you have questions, contact principal investigators Pranoti Asher (pasher@agu.org) or Bethany Adamec (bhadamec@agu.org).
This workshop will be supported by the National Science Foundation Geosciences Directorate (Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences award # 1201578).
Increasing Diversity in the Geosciences
The AGU Diversity Plan (May, 2002) outlines a comprehensive strategy for increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in the geosciences. This plan is being implemented through several programs:
- Bright STaRS is a program to bring about 100 high school students engaged in after-school and summer research projects in geoscience disciplines to annual AGU meetings to present their results.
- AGU convened the first Joint Society Conference on Increasing Diversity in the Earth and Space Sciences (IDEaSS Conference, 2003), bringing together 70 representatives of 26 scientific organizations and 6 federal agencies to discuss a formal resolution to collaborate (pdf) on increasing diversity in the geosciences.
- The Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Sciences (MS PHD'S) Program, directed by Dr. Ashanti Pyrtle (USF), is an NSF/NASA funded program that provides mentoring, networking, and professional development opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups who are pursuing careers in the geosciences.
Read more about AGU’s diversity programs: A Unified Approach to Diversifying the Earth Sciences (Karsten, Geotimes, 2003)