[Geophysics] Application deadline approaching for Urban Geo Workshop

[Barbara Tewksbury]

The deadline for applications for this workshop is fast approaching!

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Hello!

Let me apologize if you have already received this announcement from 
another source. We are trying to reach as broad an audience as possible. 
*We hope that you will forward this email on to interested colleagues!*

In early March, the NSF-funded program On the Cutting Edge will offer a 
3-day workshop on Urban Students, Urban Issues: Opportunities and 
Challenges for Teaching Geoscience Courses. The workshop will be held 
from March 8-10 at Brooklyn College of CUNY and the American Museum of 
Natural History in NYC.

The workshop will be focused at the undergraduate level. *We are seeking 
workshop participants who have done one or more of the following:*

    * developed successful strategies for effectively engaging a diverse
      population of undergraduate urban students in geoscience
    * developed interesting and innovative ways of using the unique
      resources of an urban environment for teaching undergraduate
      geoscience (e.g., buildings, centers and museums, cultural
      resources, parks, forensics resources)
    * developed effective ways of integrating geoscience issues relevant
      to urban settings (e.g., coastal hazards, urban environmental
      quality issues, global warming and cities) into undergraduate
      courses in non-urban settings
    * developed courses or assignments and activities that explore the
      intersections between geoscience and cultural history of
      subpopulations common in large urban areas.
    * conducted research on urban geoscience issues.

Applicants for this workshop must hold a faculty position at a two- or 
four-year college or university and have a clear potential to contribute 
to the workshop. You can find the on-line application and much more 
information about the workshop at

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/urban08/index.html

The application deadline is January 25, 2008. If you are interested in 
attending the workshop, we hope that you will apply early. If more 
qualified applicants apply for the workshop than we have space for, we 
may choose to use the date of application as one factor in determining 
the final workshop participant list.

Sincerely,

Workshop co-conveners Barb Tewksbury and Wayne Powell
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Barbara Tewksbury

Department of Geosciences

Hamilton College

198 College Hill Rd.

Clinton, NY  13323

 

voice: 315-859-4713

fax: 315-859-4807

email: btewksbu at hamilton.edu

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