2010 AGI Geoscience Workforce Progress Report
GeoConnection Outreach Efforts
- Outreach to High School Students
- Completed a draft of Careers booklet with input from SEG to incorporate additional geophysics career information and images.
- Outreach to College Students
- Distributed pilot test GeoConnection Packets
- Conducted training sessions for geoscience departments to support the distribution and utility of the packets.
- Collected information on geosciences clubs and student organizations, including contact information, activities, and needs.
- Conducted the “Life in the Field” contest using GeoConnection social networking channels, and collected valuable images and video of field work in the geosciences.
Targeting Community College students
- Worked with Heather MacDonald and the NSF-funded “geo2yc” program to gather information about community college geosciences programs. Attended the Geo2yc meeting in Annandale, VA.
- Participated in ongoing communication with two-year community college faculty, asking for their guidance and sharing AGI resources with them.
AGI Minority Participation Program
- Increased the number of MPP Committee members who act as mentors by one and review committee members by two.
- Created program marketing materials for potential funders.
- Promoted program to increase applicant pool by 25 percent.
- Created an online networking group on Facebook for MPP students.
Geoscience Currents
- Published 23 Geoscience Currents (Currents #18 – 40). Four of these were guest authored by geoscientists from academia and government.
- Currents 25: Earth Science Outreach Program Recruits New Majors - Dr. James R. Ebert, Earth Sciences Department, SUNY College at Oneonta
- Currents 29 Mega-Trends in the Australian Mining Industry – Dr. Gavin M. Mudd, Monash University, Australia
- Currents 36: Student Perceptions of Geology and Implications for Choosing Among Different Science Majors , Dr. Thomas D. Hoisch, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University
- Currents 39 - USGS EDMAP Program- Training the Next Generation of Geoscientists, Linda Jacobsen, NCGMP Associate Program Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey Reports and Publications
- Published the Trends in Geoscience NSF Graduate Fellowships (2000-2009) report.
- In the process of publishing the Status of the Geoscience Workforce 2010 report.
Reports and Publications
- Published the Trends in Geoscience NSF Graduate Fellowships (2000-2009) report.
- In the process of publishing the Status of the Geoscience Workforce 2010 report.
- Submitted a news note for the IUGS Episodes journal about the YES Congress and published an invited article in the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers 2010 Recruitment Special journal.
- Tiwari, V.M., Gonzales, L.M. (2010) YES Congress, Beijing 25-28 October, 2009, Episodes: Journal of International Geoscience, 33(1): 57.
- Gonzales, L.M., Keane, C.M., Martinez, C.M. (2010) Using Web 2.0 to Engage and Recruit the Future Geoscience Workforce, EAGE 2010 Recruitment Special, 28-32. Invited article.
- Provided enrollment and degree information and text edits to Chapter 4 of the book Surviving the Baby Boomer Exodus: Capturing Knowledge for Gen X and Y Employees by Ken Ball and Gina Gotskill.
Geoscience Currents Discussion Webinars
Conducted four Geoscience Currents Discussions, which are 15 to 30 minute discussion sessions about recently released Geoscience Currents.
A total of 41 people registered for these webinars, and 24 attended the events.
Web-based registrants and participants were primarily from the U.S., but other countries (e.g. Australia, Nigeria, Canada, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Mongolia, and Russia) were also represented. Web-based registrants were evenly distributed between the ages of 26 and 55 years old. Webinar Topics
- Currents 28: K-12 Teachers and Geoscience Degrees
- Currents 29: Mega-Trends in the Australian Mining Industry *Guest Speaker: Dr. Gavin M. Mudd, Monash University, Australia Webinar co-sponsors: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) and Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG).
- Currents 30-35: Minorities, Temporary Residents, and Gender Parity in the Geosciences
- Currents 36: Student Perceptions of Geology and Implications for Choosing Among Different Science Majors
GeoConnection Webinars
Conducted seven GeoConnection Webinars, which are hour-long sessions that include both presentations and a panel discussion with the speakers. Four of these webinars were part of the GeoConnection Career series webinars.
A total of 19 invited speakers from government, federal agencies, industry, non-profits, and academia presented talks at these webinars.
A total of 543 people registered for these webinars, and 312 attended the events.
Web-based registrants and participants were primarily from the U.S. Non-U.S. registrants hailed from 30 countries, and non-U.S. participants were from Ireland, Great Britain, Canada, Malaysia, Australia, Denmark, Russia, Bolivia, Switzerland, India, and Thailand.
Web-based registrants were evenly distributed between the ages of 26 and 55 years old (18% for each age category), and approximately 12 percent of attendees were under 26 years of age.
These webinars have been viewed 23,400 times.
