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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the announcement below for the GeoCUR award for excellence in mentoring of undergraduate research. I am sure there are several worthy nominees on this list.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">_______________________________<br>
P. Grady Dixon<br>
Professor and Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Geosciences<br>
Fort Hays State University</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">pgdixon@fhsu.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Geosciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (GeoCUR) is now accepting nominations for its annual award that highlights the importance of mentoring undergraduate
research activities. The award annually recognizes an individual who serves as a role model for productive and transformative student-faculty mentoring relationships and for maintaining a sustained and innovative approach to the enterprise of undergraduate
research. Applications from a range of institutional settings are encouraged. GeoCUR recognizes that exemplar mentorship can take in a settings ranging from at 2 year community colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, research universities, national
laboratories, and with industrial partnerships. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The GeoScience division of CUR represents a wide range of disciplines and this award follows the AGI definition of geoscience (geology, hydrology, planetary science, marine
science/oceanography, atmospheric and space sciences, climate science, geochemistry, petrology, paleontology, environmental sciences and related fields).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For application information, as well as audio interviews with past recipients, visit the GeoCUR blog (<a href="https://www.cur.org/2017GeoCUR-mentor-award/" target="_blank">https://www.cur.org/2017GeoCUR-mentor-award/</a>).
The application deadline is June 1, 2018. Completed nomination packs must be emailed to
<a href="mailto:GeoCURMentor@gmail.com" target="_blank">GeoCURMentor@gmail.com</a>. Inquiries and questions may be sent to Erin Kraal (<a href="mailto:kraal@kutztown.edu" target="_blank">kraal@kutztown.edu</a>) or Dan Brabander (<a href="mailto:dbraband@wellesley.edu" target="_blank">dbraband@wellesley.edu</a>).
An awardee is selected and notified mid-summer and the presentation of award takes place at a Fall GSA luncheon joint with NAGT. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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