Scholarships to Increase Participation in the Geosciences and Prepare Science Teachers

大约50个奖学金将颁发给地质学和自然科学专业的学术天才和经济困难的高年级学生以及地质学研究生课程前两年的学生。 大三学生和研究生获得两年奖，大四学生获得一年奖。 这些奖学金有助于扩大代表性不足的群体对地球科学的参与，并增加合格的物理科学教师的人数。地质学课程需要为期八周的夏季实地课程。 学生们正在内华达州东部的白色山研究站进行实地研究。 其他可利用的实地机会是在博德加海洋实验室进行海洋学研究和在夏威夷进行火山学研究。 鼓励学生从事分析地球化学、岩石学、热化学、地磁学和可视化等分支学科的研究。

Approximately fifty scholarships are being awarded to academically talented and financially needy upperclassmen majoring in Geology and Natural Sciences and to students in the first two years of the graduate program in Geology. Juniors and graduate students are receiving two-year awards and one-year awards are being made to seniors. The scholarships are helping to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in the geosciences and are increasing the numbers of qualified physical science teachers.The geology curriculum requires an eight week summer field based course. The students are undertaking field studies at the White Mountain Research Station in the eastern Sierra Nevada. Other field based opportunities being made available are the studies in the area of oceanography at the Bodega Marine Laboratory and of volcanology in Hawaii. Students are being encouraged to undertake research in such subdisciplines as analytical geochemistry, petrology, thermochemistry, geomagnetism and visualization.