AWG Chapters
Laramide Chapter
Location
The Laramide Chapter serves the Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and South Dakota area. There is a concentration of activities in the Denver, CO area.
Chapter Address
AWG Laramide Chapter
PO Box 8434
Denver, CO 80201-8434
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Past President |
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Secretary Barbara Echohawk |
Treasurer Shannon Mahan |
Editor open |
Science Fair Coordinator
Shannon Mahan |
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AWG Peer Mentoring Pilot Project Coordinator
Elizabeth Potoroff |
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News
The position announcement for Director/State Geologist of the Kansas Geological Survey is now available on-line at
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/jobs/director.html and on the AASG web-site at http://www.stategeologists.org/job_posting.php
Please take a look at it. If you know of someone who
might be interested, please pass it along. To talk about the position in
more depth, contact Jim Butler, the search committee chair
(at jbutler@kgs.ku.edu)
Annual Events
Student Awards Reception and Dinner (Spring)
On Friday April 1, 2011, beginning at about 6:00 pm, the AWG-Laramide Chapter will hold our annual outstanding Student Awards Reception and Dinner at the Mount Vernon Country Club in Golden, Colorado to honor all the recipients of this award. Our speaker at the banquet is yet to be determined, so stay tuned. You and family or friends are invited to attend. Please help us by attending and bring together an amazing assortment of outstanding women! You will leave feeling empowered, challenged, and motivated by being around so many happy women.
Please let us know by March 20 if you will be attending (and how many in your party). I understand that nominees outside of Colorado may have trouble committing until a reliable weather report is available! I completely understand. Again, the event will be held on Friday April 1, 2011 beginning at 6 pm with cocktails and a full seafood buffet dinner. Student nominees are free; all other members are asked to pay $35/person. This fee covers all tips, drinks (except alcohol), tax and food. You may leave an extra tip with the wait staff separately, if you felt the service was particularly attentive.
Please contact me to register for this event (smahan@usgs.gov). I will accept no money, but I do need to let the catering staff know how many will be attending. In this age of spam e-mails, you may wish to MAIL OR CONFIRM the registration via the AWG office in Westminster, Colorado instead. Cristie Valero, will follow this same process to register you and apply the check or credit card payment (awg@agiweb.org). If all else fails (always have a Plan B!) just e-mail and I'll log you in and you can pay for other party members when you show up for the dinner (check or cash, I can't accept credit cards the night of the event).
Shannon Mahan, President of the AWG-Laramide Chapter
Rocks and Roles at Dinosaur Ridge (every October)
Please come join AWG Laramide Chapter for a day of fun at Dinosaur Ridge!
Saturday October 8, 2011 - Dinosaur Discovery Day: Girl Scout Day and National Fossil Day as part of Earth Science Week. Geology and hands-on fossil activities suitable for scouts to earn patches and awards. Expert guides stationed along the Ridge trail. Hike free or take the optional shuttle bus ($3, 4 & 5 yrs. half price, 3 & under ride free). Small astronomy section as part of International Astronomy Day. 10 am – 3 pm.
AWG-Laramide Chapter helps sponsor this event. Please e-mail Clare Marshall to offer your time as a guide on the ridge. You won't regret it!
We are located in Morrison, CO just off Highway I-70 or C-470. For directions and more information go to http://www.dinoridge.org.
We will have different activity stations and would love to have AWG members and volunteers to help with the activities. I hope someone comes to take pictures for an article on the Laramide Chapter web page and in GAEA, I am fine with writing something up. :-) I appreciate everything!
Want to join us as a volunteer or just to have some fun on a beautiful Colorado Saturday?
Contact me: Clare at dinodiscovery@dinoridge.org
Thanks!
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Clare Marshall
dinodiscovery@dinoridge.org
303.697.3466 x 105
Dinosaur Ridge
16831 W. Alameda Pkwy
Morrison CO 80465
Dinosaur Discovery Day: Science Celebration (with Girl Scouts of Colorado)
Saturday, October 16, 2010. 10 AM - 2:30 PM
Girl Scouts Register on the GS Colorado Web site: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org
The Friends of Dinosaur Ridge are coordinating our October Dinosaur Discovery Day with many celebrations of the natural sciences.
On the Ridge: Learn to distinguish dinosaur bone from rock. Envision herds of dinosaurs that left footprints here 100 million years ago. Touch an impression of a prehistoric plant. Scientists will be stationed along the Ridge trail to guide you to see these and other interesting features. Hiking the ridge road is free, or pay $3 for a lift up or down the roadway.
At the Visitor Center: Activities include fossil sifting, fossil scribing, dinosaur track painting, solar viewing, gold panning, solving puzzles, and dendrochronology. Other stations are available for Girl Scout Badges.
National Fossil Day is organized by the National Park Service to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational values of fossils in the parks. http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/
Earth Science Week promotes understanding and appreciation of the value of Earth Science research and its application and relevance to our daily lives. "Exploring Energy" is this year's theme. http://www.earthsciweek.org/
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