6. Seeking Foundation Sponsorship The IAGD is currently seeking individual and corporate sponsorship to achieve our foundation goals. IAGD sponsors will receive international recognition through the naming of awards and initiatives that promote outstanding achievements in scholarship and service that promote the advancement of access and inclusion in the...
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January 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Mark Your Calendars!
5. Mark Your Calendars! »Earth Educators’ Rendezvous 2016 http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2016/overview.html 18 – 22 July 2016 / Hosted by the University of Wisconsin – Madison, U.S. Become a part of a mix of college faculty, graduate students, and K-12 teachers from all disciplines who are interested in improving their teaching about...
January 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Accessible Field Opportunities
4. Accessible Field Opportunities »Accessible Earth Program University of Arizona Accessible Earth is a fully accessible program focusing on applications of Earth observation systems and data science technologies with application to cutting edge problems in Geoscience. The majority of the course will be based in the Umbrian hilltop city...
January 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Reflections
3. Reflections Anita Marshall University of South Florida
January 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Recent Notables
2. Recent Notables »Accessible Fieldwork – Success Stories! Miguel Gomez-Heras, Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC, UCM) Alejandra Garcia-Frank, Universidad Complutense Madrid Deafblindness is a single disability resulting in the combination of auditory and visual impairments, creating severe communication and other learning needs. Deafblindness is a particular case among physical disabilities...
January 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Letter from the Executive Director
1. Letter from the Executive Director Dear IAGD Community, With a new year comes a renewed sense of promise and hope for the future. This year is no different. We are excited to see so many new members joining the IAGD network and sharing a fresh perspective of accessibility,...
July 2015 IAGD Newsletter: Current Topics in Access & Inclusion
10. Current Topics in Access & Inclusion »Biology Professor’s Calling: Teach Deaf Students They Can Do Anything Gretchen Miller, Executive Counselor This is a great story about Caroline Solomon, a deaf biology professor at Gallaudet University, who is inspiring her deaf and hearing impaired students to pursue science. Her...
July 2015 IAGD Newsletter: Remembering Summer 2014
9. Remembering Summer 2014 IAGD Participated in an NSF-Sponsored Workshop on Diversity in the Computational Geosciences Caitlin Callahan and Wendi J. W. Williams, Executive Counselors, represented IAGD. https://www2.cisl.ucar.edu/features/new-workshop-promotes-diversity Workshop participants represent geoscientists in academia, research, societies, and federal agencies.
July 2015 IAGD Newsletter: Reflections
8. Reflections Dr. Robert “Bob” Stern University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/geosciences/faculty/profiles/stern.html
July 2015 IAGD Newsletter: Seeking Corporate Sponsorship
7. Seeking Corporate Sponsorship The IAGD is currently seeking corporate sponsorship to achieve our foundation goals. IAGD sponsors will receive international recognition through the naming of awards and initiatives that promote outstanding achievements in scholarship and service that promote the advancement of access and inclusion in the geoscience profession....
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