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...
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...
January 2016 IAGD Newsletter: Seeking Foundation Sponsorship
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...
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...
