7. IAGD Community Experiences »Tactile Resources Broaden Participation Edinboro University Planetarium This brief highlight is on the efforts being made by David Hurd, faculty member in the Geoscience Department and Director at the Edinboro University Planetarium (EUP) in Pennsylvania. David has worked directly with NASA for about 15 years...
July 2016 IAGD Newsletter: IAGD Member Spotlight
6. IAGD Member Spotlight »Sean Thatcher City University New York – Staten Island Growing up as an active member of the Boy Scouts of America I spent unfathomable hours camping, hiking, and boating, allowing me to develop a strong interest in our planet’s natural systems. This led me to...
July 2016 IAGD Newsletter: IAGD Events at the 2016 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
5. IAGD Events at the 2016 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting »IAGD Accessible Field Trip #417 The IAGD is again offering an accessible field trip at the 2016 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, Saturday, September 24. This trip is offered to post-secondary students with disabilities who are...
July 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Thatcher Named New Chair of the IAGD Student Community
4. Thatcher Named New Chair of the IAGD Student Community Mr. Sean Thatcher has been named as the chairman of the IAGD Student Community. He will be charged with encouraging more participation of students with disabilities in the geosciences and working directly with the IAGD Executive Committee to establish...
July 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Developing an Accessible Future
3. Developing an Accessible Future The IAGD Mission has remained the same since 2008: to promote communities of research, instruction, and student support that improves access to the geosciences for individuals with disabilities. Holding true to this mission will permit the IAGD to be instrumental in fostering the development...
July 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Events and Announcements
2. Events and Announcements »The IAGD is excited to have been invited to participate in the US Department of the Interior (DOI) Annual Multi-Cultural Day, being held in Washington, DC on September 14, 2016. The program theme is entitled: Connecting People to DOI: Making our Nation’s Parks and Places...
July 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Greetings from the Executive Director
1. Greetings from the Executive Director Dear IAGD Community, We have worked to create an organization that is community driven. The IAGD is constantly looking for individuals who are interested in collaborating to create accessible instructional materials, inclusive learning experiences, or even write grants to pursue inclusive geoscience education...
2016 IAGD-GSA Accessible Field Trips Announced!
The International Association for Geoscience Diversity is excited to announce TWO concurrent accessible field trips that will be offered at the 2016 Geological Society of America (GSA) annual meeting on Saturday, 24 September, in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. Based on the need to more deliberately encourage and support persons with...
New REU Experience: Community GIS and Citizen Science in Belize
This summer at the University of Central Florida, we are pleased to host the first year of our National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site “Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars through Community GIS and Citizen Science.” Our program offers fully funded summer research experiences for at...
January 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Access and Inclusion Resources
7. Access and Inclusion Resources SAGE 2YC Supporting Students with Disabilities http://serc.carleton.edu/sage2yc/studentsuccess/disabilities/index.html U.S. Earth Science Literacy Initiative Videos in English with professionally prepared general and high contrast captioning (not YouTube Beta): http://serc.carleton.edu/sage2yc/studentsuccess/disabilities/resources.html#williams United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development-Disability The 54th Session of the Commission for Social Development...
