GDEP Track 2 Launches!!!

GDEP has been funded by the National Science Foundation for a second run of four summers, after its highly successful first run of three summers (2002- 2004)!

We launch on Monday the 30th of June at 9 a.m. Our first week is short, but hectic!

On Monday, there will be brief introductions and an overview of the whole program and the field sites, some pre-tests that our program evaluator (Dr. Courtney Ahrens) will be administering, and a review of safety guidelines. There will also be some just plain fun activities, including locating the field sites on Google Earth and some geography and geology games.

On Tuesday, the 1st of July, there will be workshops on the nature of science, tours of the many labs GDEP scholars will be using, a workshop on scientific ethics, a basic training in how to use GPS and GIS, and a diversity awareness training for faculty participants.

Wednesday, the 2nd of July, kicks off with a jobs in geosciences workshop, an introduction to the faculty and the strange paths they took into the geosciences, and breaking up into the field teams and getting ready for the first day of field work.