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Academic Resource Center Guides Geology Student Off the Beaten Path
Chris Atchison, , IAGD News, Joe Gurriere, Kirsten Nicolaysen, MiKayla Briere; Academic Resource Center, Whitman College, 0
Originally published May, 2011. “Good morning everyone,” began an email written by Kirsten Nicolaysen, assistant professor of geology, to...
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TERC develops SigningAvatar® technology to enable deaf and hard of hearing students to learn Earth Science terms and definitions
Chris Atchison, , IAGD News, IAGD Research, Deaf, Hard of hearing, Judy Vesel, Signing Earth Science Dictionary, SigningAvatar, TERC, 0
Cambridge, MA – Led by Principal Investigator Judy Vesel, a TERC research group has designed and created an illustrated...
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Access-ABLE: Wright State University students experience Mammoth Cave National Park
Chris Atchison, , IAGD News, IAGD Trips, 0
Imagine a world where you are socially or academically excluded because of your physical abilities. Unfortunately, this is a...
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The Americans with Disabilities Act turns 30
Krystal Vasquez, , IAGD News, 0
“Disability only becomes a tragedy for me when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our...
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The IAGD Celebrates Five Years
Chris Atchison, , IAGD Meetings, IAGD News, access, accessability, celebrate, disabilities, diversity, Five years, IAGD, inclusion, STEM, STEM access, 0
In November of 2008, a national advisory group was established to reverse a noticeable trend in the underrepresentation of...
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Teaching How to Teach
Chris Atchison, , IAGD News, IAGD Programs, access, accessability, blind, faculty development, geoscience, Gina Ceylan, inclusion, Mizzou, visual impairment, 0
A blind PhD student teaches others how to make their classrooms more inclusive. Story by Erik Potter Due to...
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IAGD develops new tactile graphics repository for teaching geoscience concepts to Blind and low vision students
Chris Atchison, , IAGD News, access, blind, low vision, tactile images, 0
Open any geology textbook. Its full-color photographs, illustrations, graphs, and maps are valuable for providing context and learning the...
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IAGD becomes an Associated Society of GSA
Chris Atchison, , IAGD News, accessability, associated society, diversity, Geological Society of America, IAGD, International Association for Geoscience Diversity, 0
On April 28, 2013, The International Association of Geoscience Diversity (IAGD) became an Associated Society of the Geological Society...
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