Each year, the IAGD coordinates an Accessible field trip for the Geological Society Annual meeting. This year, the IAGD field trip focused on the karst features of Kentucky, with stops at the sinkhole exhibit at the National Corvette Museum and Mammoth Cave National Park. It was wonderful to see...
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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...
Open Call to Submit Abstracts and Register for the July Earth Educators’ Rendezvous in Boulder, Colorado, USA
Would you like to showcase what you’re doing to researchers and practitioners working in all aspects of undergraduate Earth education? Do you have activities, pedagogy or research to share? Want some feedback and have your work be part of community discussions? Then the Earth Educators Rendezvous needs YOU! Submit an...
IAGD Events at the 2014 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Accessible Field Trip On Saturday, October 18, thirty-five geoscience faculty and students from across the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand came together to participate in the first fully accessible geology field trip offered at the Geological Society of America annual meeting: Field Trip 416, Full Access to...
2014 GSA and AGU Meeting Session Abstract and Travel Grant Deadlines
The following information is for both the GSA and AGU annual meetings and includes example sessions that are relevant to access and inclusion in the geosciences. Many more sessions are being offered and we encourage you to browse all sessions for each of the meetings to find one that...
A Final Review of the IAGD Events at the 2013 Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting
The IAGD network continued to build momentum in Denver, CO, USA at the 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting of GSA. A lot has happened since our first official meeting in Charlotte, NC, USA last year: an approved Constitution and By-laws, an elected Executive Committee, being formally recognized as an Associated...
Attending GSA? Please Let Us Know.
Calling all members of the IAGD network! We would like to know how many of you are attending the 2013 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, October 27-30. Please follow this link to simply answer yes you are attending, or no you are not. If you are attending and...
GSA Announces Accepted Presentation Abstracts for the 2013 Annual Meeting
Congratulations to all of the accepted abstracts for the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, October 27-30. A RECORD number of abstract submissions were received, and more than 8,000 people are expected to attend. The following is the schedule of abstracts for the IAGD sponsored poster...
Upcoming Deadlines for the 2013 GSA and AGU Meetings
Upcoming deadline reminders! GSA – On To the Future Deadline July 31 On To the Future (OTF) is a grass roots initiative of The Geological Society of America (GSA) to provide partial-funding for 125 diverse students to attend their first GSA Annual Meeting, this year in Denver, Colorado. To qualify...
IAGD Sponsored Events at the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting
The IAGD is pleased to announce sponsorship for the following poster session being held during the 2013 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California. We are excited to announce that this session is also being sponsored by every AGU division. ED019. Expanding Diversity in the Geosciences by...
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