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Building Strong Geoscience Departments: Resources for
the Community
Heather Macdonald, College of William & MaryCathryn Manduca, SERC at Carleton College
Geoffrey Feiss, College of William & MaryRandy Richardson, University of Arizona
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Challenges and Opportunities
• Shifting institutional missions, tight budgets, competition for talented faculty and students
• Managing conflict, dealing with difficult situations
• New tools for teaching and research and opportunities for collaboration on global scale
• Increasing recognition of the importance of geoscience education and expertise
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Building Strong Departments
• Community effort to stimulate discussion and disseminate community expertise– Workshops, town meetings, sessions at
professional meetings, website
• Resources to improve your geoscience program and enhance its presence on campus
• Sponsored activity of NAGT, AGI, AGU, and GSA; funded by grants from NSF
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Workshops• Developing Pathways to Strong Programs for the
Future (2005)• The Role of Departments in Preparing Future
Geoscience Professionals (January 2007)• Connecting Geoscience Departments to the Future of
Science: New Structures for Research and Curriculum (April 2007)
• Strategies for Successful Recruitment of Geoscience Majors (GSA, 2007)
• AGU Heads and Chairs of Earth and Space Science Departments Workshop (AGU 2006, 2007)
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Developing Pathways to Strong Programs Workshop
• What constitutes success?
• Various curricular approaches
• Beyond the curriculum
• Lessons from Physics
• Becoming an essential unit on campus
• Building a department team
serc.carleton.edu/departments
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Participant Descriptions of Departmental Activities
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Participant Posters
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Characteristics of Thriving Departments - Letter to Chairs
• Mission of department is aligned with institutional vision
• Offer a modern and dynamic geoscience program (program is more than curriculum)
• Effective in recruitment, development, and retention of students, faculty, and staff
• Work effectively as a department team
• Build strong departmental leadership
• Communicate success, using effective metrics, to others
• Forge partnerships within the university and beyond
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The Role of Departments in Preparing Future Geoscience
Professionals Workshop
• Career preparation – what are we trying to accomplish
• Geoscience careers in the 21st century
• Current practices
• Framework for student professional development
• Working with Career Service and other units on campus
• Assessment
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What Do Students Need?
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Employer and Employee Perspectives
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Providing Information About Careers
• Photos and stories of geoscientists
• Job prospects talks in intro courses (Dallas Rhodes/GSU)
• Seminar speakers (range of careers) and career panels
• Alumni newsletter• Career brochures, web
resources
Top Ten Reasons to Become an Earth Science Teacher
Talking with students about job in a state survey
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Assessment: Measuring the Impact of our Programs on Students
Cathy Manduca and Ellen Iverson
Investigating Complex Systems
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Posters, Presentations, Discussions, Suggestions for Departments, Action Plans
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Student Recruitment
• Strategies for Successful Recruitment of Geoscience Majors: workshop at GSA, 2007
• Web resources from GSA/AGU sessions, participant essays and posters
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• Connecting Geoscience Departments to the Future of Science: New Structures for Research and Curriculum, April 2007
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• Developing and Supporting Leadership: AGU Workshops for Heads and Chairs of Earth & Space Science Departments
– Leadership styles
– Recruiting majors, grad students, faculty
– Development and fund-raising
– Advice for new chairs
– Open discussions
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Defining Strong Departments
National Context
Department Activities
Heads and Chairs
Workshops and Sessions
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www.serc.carleton.edu/departments
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• Building Strong Geoscience Departments is a community effort to stimulate discussion and disseminate community expertise
• Questions for YOU
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