GEOL/ESTE

Professional Development

Opportunities

 

Events - Lectures, Workshops. Webinars and Field Trips

Designing and Using Videos in Undergraduate Geoscience Education (virtual)
Feb 7, March 7, April 4, May 2 - 2014
Conveners:  Katryn Wiese and David McConnell

This virtual workshop is open to all faculty who teach undergraduate geoscience courses and who are currently incorporating homemade videos in their courses or who will begin to develop these resources as part of this program.
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/video/workshop2014/index.html

Application deadline: January 17, 2014


Getting the Most Out of Your Introductory Courses (virtual)
March 3-14, 2014

Conveners:  Anne Egger and Cathy Manduca
This workshop will provide the opportunity for departments, individual faculty, and regional or state systems to reflect on their introductory courses and the ways that they can be designed to best serve their needs in their context.
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/intro/virtual2014/index.html

Application deadline: January 13, 2014


TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference

May 6-7, 2014 – Austin Convention Center

 

Teaching about Risk and Resilience: Sea Level Rise, Flooding, and Earthquakes  (On the Cutting Edge)
May 14-16, 2014, Florida Atlantic University
Conveners: Leonard Berry, David Blockstein, Cathryn Manduca, Mantha Mehallis, and John Taber

This workshop will bring together educators and researchers from many disciplines, community leaders, planners, policymakers, insurers and other business interests, along with others from civil society to share best practices in education to help students to understand needs of different stakeholders and to prepare students for careers related to hazard mitigation and adaptation.

Application deadline: March 1, 2014

 

Best Practices for Supporting 2YC Geoscience Student Success  (SAGE 2YC)

May 16-18, 2014 – Institute for Geophysics/University of Texas at Austin

Convener: Robert H. Blodgett

Application Deadline: March, 2014

Teaching GeoEthics Across the Geoscience Curriculum   (On the Cutting Edge)
June 10-13, 2014 - Chico Hot Springs/Montana State University
Conveners: David Mogk, Sue Kieffer, John Geissman, Daniel Vallero, Shaun Taylor, and Michael Reidy
Application deadline: February 3, 2014

Undergraduate Research in Earth Science Classes: Engaging Students in the First Two Years  (On the Cutting Edge)
August 10-13, 2014 - Montana State University
Conveners: David Mogk, Michael Wysession, Allison Beauregard, Kathy Surpless, and Linda Reinen
Application deadline: March 1, 2014

 

Professional Lecture Series in Austin, Texas

Austin Geological Society Lectures

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Seminars

UT Environmental Science Institute - Hot Science, Cool Talks Lecture Series

UT Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminars

UT Jackson School of Geoscience Lectures

UT School of Biological Sciences - Ecology, Evolution & Behavior Lectures

USGS Texas Water Center Webinars

 

Austin Community College - Online and Classroom Courses

Professional Development and Evaluation Programs Office -  Workshop & Event Registration


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