Friday, October 9, 2020 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 mins
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
Are you looking for ways to improve your undergraduate geoscience program? What tools and strategies can you use to identify where your program is succeeding and where it needs your attention? At many institutions of higher education, program assessment and review is required, and can be seen as a chore or busywork.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 min
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar will provide an insight into the federal grant proposal opportunities available for geoscience students pursuing careers within academia. Speakers from four federal agencies will discuss the nuances of each of their individual programs as well as provide some advice on how to submit successful applications. This webinar will introduce a variety of federal fellowship programs, examine...
Friday, April 24, 2020 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
"Inclusive" practices that do not consider equitable access for individuals with disabilities are not inclusive. Disability transcends every population and all aspects of diversity. So then, why does it get so little attention in field-focused science disciplines? This webinar will discuss the existing geoscience field culture which can limit the inclusion of those with disabilities, identify...
Friday, March 6, 2020 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour 30 mins
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
This webinar and discussion session presents data and research about the role of typical admissions criteria and practices in maintaining racial/ethnic inequalities in graduate education.
Friday, February 7, 2020 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
This webinar explores emerging disciplinary norms and practices that create better alignment between how scholars share their research and how they are rewarded. The webinar will be led be representatives from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Science, a multiyear project convening critical stakeholders to fundamentally...
Friday, November 22, 2019 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
A guided discussion about the current state of the geoscience workforce and what the most recent data is indicating about emerging trends in skills, employment, and investment in the geosciences. This discussion will be lead by AGI's Workforce Program.
Friday, October 11, 2019 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
An open discussion on the challenges of balancing the need to grow enrollment but doing so without sacrificing quality or rigor in your program.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar provides insight into the technical writing skills that are needed by geoscience students pursuing careers in the environmental consulting industry. Speakers discuss skills that are developed during undergraduate or graduate academic training, types of written products that are developed by geoscientists in the environmental consulting industry, training and professional development...
Friday, September 13, 2019 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
A discussion lead by Sharon Mosher (University of Texas) and Jeff Ryan (University of South Florida) about the work being currently done relative to a summit series on graduate geoscience education, and an update on the next steps from the summit series on undergraduate education.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar provides insight into the professional and technical writing skills that are needed by geoscience students pursuing careers in state government agencies. Speakers will discuss skills that are developed during students’ undergraduate and graduate academic training, types of written products that are developed by geoscientists in state agencies, training and professional development...