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...
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Course Opens International Field Research to College Students with Disabilities
A UC researcher leads the trip that ends with participation in the Geological Society of America’s Annual Meeting. By: Dawn Fuller Phone: (513) 556-1823 A group of 15 graduate and undergraduate college students from the U.S. and Canada are packing for an adventure they’ve never had before – a chance...
“On to the Future” – GSA Seeks to Increase Diversity in the Geosciences
The Geological Society of America (GSA) is excited to announce that the On To the Future (OTF) Program is now accepting applications for the 2014 program. On To the Future is a grass roots initiative of The Geological Society of America (GSA) to provide partial-funding for diverse students to...
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...
Minutes of the 2013 IAGD General Meeting
Minutes of the IAGD General Meeting October 27, 2013, 4:00 pm, Denver, CO Note: A follow-up to this meeting will be conducted virtually on December 20, 2013. Access information to this webinar will be made available during the first week of December. Executive Committee in Attendance: Christopher Atchison,...
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...
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...
GSA Pledges to Support Student Diversity at the 2013 Annual Meeting in Denver
Celebrating its 125th anniversary, the Geological Society of America (GSA) has established a grassroots initiative On To the Future (OTF), aimed at providing partial-funding for 125 diverse students to attend their first GSA Annual Meeting, October 27-30, in Denver, Colorado. GSA is this year. Many GSA members describe their first...
IAGD becomes an Associated Society of GSA
On April 28, 2013, The International Association of Geoscience Diversity (IAGD) became an Associated Society of the Geological Society of America (GSA). This is a large step in the recognition of access and inclusion for students and scientists with disabilities and a huge boost of progressive thinking and planning...
Recent IAGD events at the 2012 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
The IAGD network continued to build at GSA 2012 in Charlotte NC. Before the conference, a short course titled Instructional Approaches to Access, Accommodation, and Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the Geosciences was presented by IAGD members Chris Atchison, Brett Gilley and Gina Ceylan. In the course participants...
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