Preparing Students in Two-Year Colleges for Geoscience Degrees and Careers

Illinois Association of Geoscience Instructors (IAGI)

Joliet Junior College

Local workshop of SAGE 2YC (Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education
in Two-Year colleges)

Workshop Goals

  • provide information about geoscience careers
  • identifying skills necessary for successful transfer
  • discuss the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) and how it relates to preparing 2YC students to transfer to 4YC

Dates

Friday, 1 March 2013 from 8 AM to 3 PM

Expectations

What are the participants expected to do:

  • before the workshop - Complete the enrollment form, obtain a college catalogue to bring with you to refer to during discussion sessions
  • during the workshop - participate in all sessions
  • after the workshop - complete the local workshop evaluation and the supplemental 5 question SAGE evaluation

Costs

There are no costs for attending this workshop.

Application and Selection Criteria

All prospective participants are encouraged to complete the enrollment form. On-site registrants will be asked to complete the enrollment form when they arrive.

Facilities

The workshop will be in the T Building Conference Center on the campus of Joliet Junior College. For driving directions to Joliet Junior College, please see (http://www.jjc.edu/about/campuses/Pages/main-campus.aspx). For the location of the T Building Conference Center, please see this campus map (http://www.jjc.edu/about/campuses/Pages/interactive-map.aspx). If you are coming the night before, here is a list of local hotels (http://www.jjc.edu/about/campuses/weitendorf/Pages/hotels.aspx). For other questions about Joliet Junior College, please contact Jon Laratta at jlaratta@jjc.edu

Conveners

David Voorhees, Waubonsee Community College (dvoorhees@waubonsee.edu)
Cheryl Resnick, Illinois Central College (Cresnick@icc.edu)

If you would like further information about the workshop, please contact one of conveners listed above.


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