About BSGD

Building Strong Geoscience Departments (BSGD) was a project focused on helping geoscience departments adapt and prosper in a changing and challenging environment. Through workshops, this website, professional society meeting sessions, and publications this project aimed to stimulate discussions and disseminate community expertise on topics such as approaches to core content and curriculum, retaining and recruiting top faculty and students, and maintaining the department as a valued institutional partner. The Building Strong Geoscience Departments program was sponsored by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, the American Geosciences Institute, the Geological Society of America, and the American Geophysical Union.

Community Visioning

Since 2004, several activities contributed to our vision for the Building Strong Geosciences Departments project.

Project Team

Cathy Manduca (SERC, Carleton College)
Geoff Feiss (College of William and Mary, Emeritus)
Heather Macdonald (College of William and Mary)
Carol Ormand (SERC, Carleton College)
Randy Richardson (University of Arizona)

This project was funded by the National Science Foundation. Early work was funded under the grants EAR-0331930, EAR-0331933, EAR-0614926, EAR-0614570, and EAR-0614393. Later work was funded under grants DUE-0817353 and DUE-0817265.

Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.