^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AWG E-MAIL NEWS No. 2000-14, March 19, 2000 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CONTENTS: 1) AWG ADDRESS 2) TOP TEN LIST INFORMATION 3) NAGT WORKSHOP-Deadline March 27 **Preparing Graduate Students for Teaching: What Departments Can Do 4) NATURE'S TREASUREHOUSES? INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 5) POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS **University of Kansas/Kansas Geological Survey-ICP-MS Laboratory Manager/Research Scientist ***Don't forget to check the AWG JobWeb at www.awg.org*** *Thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue of AWG E-Mail News* For submissions to AWG E-Mail News, contact Editor Joanne Kluessendorf at editor@awg.org. For advertising, contact Ad Editor Kata McCarville at ads@awg.org. PLEASE SEND AD COPY OR OTHER SUBMISSIONS AS RTF FILES OR AS PART OF AN E-MAIL MESSAGE E-mail or address changes? Send to office@awg.org, please. For more information about AWG, contact office@awg.org or visit the AWG website at www.awg.org. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1)AWG ADDRESS So that we may serve you better, please direct all AWG correspondence (other than ads or newsletter submissions, see above) to our new business office at: Association for Women Geoscientists P.O. Box 280 Broomfield, Colorado 80038-0280 fax: 301.933.8341 email: office@awg.org Correspondence sent to our old business office in Minnesota may not reach us in a timely manner, if at all. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2) TOP TEN LIST INFORMATION I just learned from Emily Stewart that the top ten list included in the last AWG Email News should be credited to Sarah Noble, a grad student in the planetary group at Brown University. She developed that list to be put on their grad student club T-shirt. (If you want to see what that looked like, check it out at http://www.planetary.brown.edu/~stewart/GeoTshirt/tshirt.html (Unfortunately, they don't have any more T-shirts to sell just now, but there will be another printing in the fall.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3) NAGT WORKSHOP-Deadline March 27 The National Association of Geology Teachers (NAGT) is offering a two-day workshop on "Preparing Graduate Students for Teaching: What Departments Can Do" that will be held June 3 and 4, 2000 (the Saturday and Sunday at the end of the spring AGU meeting in Washington, DC). NOTE APPLICATION DEADLINE OF MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2000. The workshop will focus on strategies that a department or program can use to better prepare its teaching assistants and to enhance the preparation of future faculty. We encourage earth science programs to participate in this workshop, which will provide a forum for sharing successes and challenges in preparing students for teaching. We particularly welcome applications from institutional teams (faculty, graduate students, and/or staff). The workshop was offered in association with the fall AGU and GSA meetings last fall. Cost: The workshop itself is FREE, thanks to a grant from the NSF Directorate for Geosciences Awards to Facilitate Geoscience Education. The grant will cover the costs of the workshop, lodging for Friday and Saturday nights (in shared rooms), meals from Saturday morning through Sunday lunch. We strongly encourage (but do not require) applications from teams that might include faculty members, graduate students, and/or others, such as teaching/learning-center staff. The workshop will end at 1 pm on Sunday. During the workshop, participants will: · learn about the variety of programs that prepare geoscience graduate students for teaching at various institutions; · discuss the value of departmental involvement in programs that focus on developing students as successful teachers and the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches; · share ideas for designing successful programs; · consider strategies for evaluating the quality of TA and future faculty preparation programs; and · design a preliminary plan to implement new or refined programs at the participants’ home institution. Expectations: Prior to the workshop, each team (or individual participant if not part of a team) will submit information on their program and results of a graduate student survey (the format for this information and the survey itself will be distributed on acceptance to the workshop). Each team will also submit a progress report approximately one year after the workshop. If you are interested in participating in the workshop (as an individual or as a member of a team), please submit an application by the DEADLINE of MONDAY March 27. The application should include the name and contact information for each member of the team (address, phone, email), a brief description about the current status of activities to prepare TAs and/or future faculty and the number of graduate students involved, a short statement giving the reason(s) for attending the workshop, and one or two questions you want addressed in the workshop. Send application materials to Heather Macdonald, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, or fax to 757-221-2093 or email to . Applications via email are preferred. For more information, contact Heather Macdonald at 757-221-2443 or rhmacd@wm.edu Workshop Organizers: R. Heather Macdonald, College of William and Mary, Past President of NAGT P. Geoffrey Feiss, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, College of William and Mary John D. Milliman, School of Marine Sciences, College of William and Mary ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 4) NATURE'S TREASUREHOUSES? INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE The Natural History Museum is hosting an international conference, Nature's Treasurehouses?, from 4-7 April 2000 in London. This conference will explore natural history's place in society, especially at the present and in the future. The first of its kind, this conference is the core of a series of events at The Natural History Museum to celebrate the Millennium. Presentations and debates involving high-level speakers will tackle broad issues that include science, economics, media and communication, culture and education. This conference is for policy-makers, museum professionals, curators, scientists, information specialists, media and communication professionals, industrialists and educators; all those with a stake in the future of biological and geological diversity and sustainable development. Speakers include; Claude Allègre (French Government), Mary Alexander (Leslie College, USA), Jack Cohen (University of Warwick, UK), Richard Dawkins (University of Oxford, UK), John Durrant (The Science Museum, UK), Paul Henderson (The Natural History Museum, UK), Brian Huntley (Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, South Africa), Harry Kroto (University of Sussex, UK), Robert May (Office of Science and Technology, UK), Jeff McNeeley (IUCN, Switzerland), Alan Peacock (The David Hume Institute, UK), Tim Radford (The Guardian, UK) and Keith Scholey (BBC, UK). Over the period of the conference a number of temporary public exhibition projects have been developed to link directly into the Nature's Treasurehouses? conference themes. Including an innovative collaboration between The Natural History Museum and The Serpentine Gallery. In addition, the BBC will be holding a series of discussion programme concerning the making of natural history programme, involving scientists and BBC producers discussing specially-edited film clips. Full details including speakers, times, and booking information are available at the conference website (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/conference). Alternately you may contact: Nature's Treasurehouses, Science Directorate, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW5 7BD UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5816 / Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5841 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5) POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS **University of Kansas/Kansas Geological Survey-ICP-MS Laboratory Manager/Research Scientist The Department of Geology (DG) and Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kansas invite applications for laboratory manager of the KU Plasma Analytical Lab. The Lab houses an ICP-MS, ICP-AES, LAM, and a dedicated chemistry laboratory with access to other facilities nearby. Duties will include coordinating schedules for users (internal and external), maintenance and trouble-shooting of instruments, training, analyzing samples for the DG and KGS, and developing new techniques and/or doing independent research. Depending upon qualifications, the successful candidate may be awarded PI and/or adjunct faculty status. Applicants must be experienced (minimum one year) in all aspects of ICP-MS analysis, including sample preparation and analysis and instrument maintenance, with skills in electronics and/or vacuum systems diagnostics and repair. A Ph.D. in geology, analytical chemistry, or closely related field is required. A background in analytical geochemistry is preferred, and the ability to work and communicate effectively with a wide variety of Lab users is required. Review of applications will begin 30 April 2000, and will continue until the position has been filled. To apply, send a letter of application, resumé or vita, and names and contact information for three referees to Dr. Gwen Macpherson, Lab Manager Search Committee, Dept. of Geology, 120 Lindley Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 (glmac@ukans.edu). Upon receipt of an inquiry, a detailed description of the position will be sent. In addition, the full description can be viewed on the DG web site (www.ukans.edu/~geology). EO/AA employer. The University is committed to increasing the ethnic and gender diversity of its staff, and we strongly encourage women and minority candidates to apply.