Scholarships to Increase Participation in the Geosciences and Prepare Science Teachers

大约有50个奖学金被授予在学术上有天赋和经济困难的地质学和自然科学专业的高年级学生，以及地质学研究生课程头两年的学生。三年级学生和研究生将获得两年的奖励，大四学生将获得一年的奖励。这些奖学金正在帮助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数量。地质学课程要求为期八周的暑期实地课程。学生们正在内华达山脉东部的白山研究站进行实地研究。正在提供的其他实地机会是在博德加海洋实验室进行海洋学领域的研究和在夏威夷进行火山学研究。鼓励学生进行分析地球化学、岩石学、热化学、地磁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.