[Grad-postdoc-assn] Cutting Edge Workshops on Academic Careers in the Geosciences

Thu Jan 18 16:15:32 MST 2007

Some of you may be interested in these workshops. I did the Preparing 
for an Academic Career in the Geosciences a couple years ago and found 
it very useful. I've also heard the early career faculty workshop is 
supposed to be good. Though the name says Geosciences, the group is 
inclusive of meteorology and allied earth system sciences.

Ankur Desai

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[Cuttingedge] Workshop opportunities - Cutting Edge Program 
and more
Date: 	Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:14:32 -0500
From: 	Heather Macdonald <rhmacd at wm.edu>
To: 	cuttingedge at serc.carleton.edu

Hello,

I'd like to let you know about several spring and summer workshops that 
have deadlines that are coming up soon (the first APPLICATION DEADLINE is 
January 22).

In addition to the Cutting Edge workshop series, I've also included 
information about a workshop in the Building Strong Geoscience Departments 
Program on the topic "Connecting Geoscience Departments to the Future of 
Science" that I think may be of interest to some of you.

Please help us publicize these opportunities by forwarding the email to 
others who might be interested.  While most of the workshops are for 
faculty, note the workshop for grad students and post-docs on Preparing for 
an Academic Career in the Geosciences.  I've included details about each 
workshop after the short list of workshop titles and deadlines.

ON THE CUTTING EDGE WORKSHOPS
Teaching Geophysics in the 21st Century - application deadline: February 1
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/geophysics07/index.html

Teaching about the Early Earth: Evolution of Tectonics, Life, and the Early 
Atmosphere - deadline: February 16
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlyearth/workshop07/index.html

Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences - deadline 
March 15
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign07/index.html

Early Career Geoscience Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing 
Your Career - deadline: March 15
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer07/index.html

Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences (this workshop is for 
graduate students and post-docs)- deadline: March 15
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/careerprep07/index.html

BUILDING STRONG GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS WORKSHOP
Connecting Geoscience Departments to the Future of Science: New Structures 
for Research and Curriculum - deadline January 22
http://serc.carleton.edu/departments/futureofscience/index.html

DETAILS FOR EACH WORKSHOP ARE GIVEN BELOW.  Each website will take you to 
the workshop page from which you can access the on-line application form 
for that workshop.

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Connecting Geoscience Departments to the Future of Science: New Structures 
for Research and Curriculum
co-conveners: Tim Bralower, Geoff Feiss, and Cathy Manduca
April 25-27, Carleton College, Northfield MN
Application deadline - January 22
This workshop will consider how geoscience departments and programs will 
evolve as geoscience becomes more interdisciplinary, embraces new 
computational and analytic capacities, and participates in an increasingly 
global community. Participants will consider the implications of these 
changes on curriculum design, ways to support students and faculty in 
research, and the nature of the departments themselves. Eric Barron 
(UT-Austin), Mary Savina (Carleton College) and Kip Hodges (Arizona State 
University) will make featured presentations at this workshop discussing 
directions for geoscience research, curriculum design, and structures 
supporting research and education.
http://serc.carleton.edu/departments/futureofscience/index.html

Teaching Geophysics in the 21st Century
co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Larry Braile, Vincent Cronin, John 
Geissman, Sarah Kruse, and Michael Wysession
August 12-15, 2007, with optional field trip August 11
University of Michigan's Camp Davis, Jackson WY
application deadline: February 1, 2007
This workshop will bring together college and university faculty who teach 
geophysics to explore a wide variety of topics related to teaching 
geophysics effectively both in geophysics courses and as parts of other 
courses taught in the undergraduate geoscience curriculum. Participants 
will share exemplary laboratory and classroom activities, discuss course 
content and curriculum, explore strategies for integrating geophysics 
concepts and activities across the curriculum, and address issues in 
teaching and learning geophysical concepts and processes.
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/geophysics07/index.html

Teaching about the Early Earth: Evolution of Tectonics, Life, and the Early 
Atmosphere
co-conveners: Cathryn Manduca, David Mogk, and Michael Williams
April 12-14, 2007, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
application deadline: February 16, 2007
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlyearth/workshop07/index.html

Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences (TWO OPTIONS)
co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury and Charlotte Mehrtens
virtual workshop: July 30 - August 3, 2007 on line
face-to-face workshop: July 8-12, 2007
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
application deadline: March 15, 2007
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign07/index.html

Early Career Geoscience Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing 
Your Career
co-conveners: Heather Macdonald, Richelle Allen-King, and Richard Yuretich
June 13-17, 2007, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
application deadline: March 15, 2007
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer07/index.html

Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
co-conveners: Heather Macdonald and Robyn Wright Dunbar
August 2-5, 2007, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
application deadline: March 15, 2007
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/careerprep07/index.html

The workshops in the Cutting Edge series are funded by a national 
dissemination grant from the Division of Undergraduate Education.  The 
workshops in the Building Strong Geoscience Departments are funded by a 
grant from the Division of Earth Sciences in the Geoscience Directorate.

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Heather Macdonald
Chancellor Professor of Geology
College of William and Mary
757-221-2443
fax: 757-221-2093
rhmacd at wm.edu
http://www.wm.edu/geology/

Mail Address:
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA  23187-8795

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McGlothlin-Street Hall Room 227
Williamsburg, VA  23185

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