Participant Support for the Annual Conference of the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists, September 7-10, 2011

该奖项将用于支付在加州旧金山举办的第30届全国黑人地质学家和地球物理学家协会（NABGG）年度技术会议（2011年9月7日至10日）的相关费用。NABGG的一个重要目标是鼓励有色人种学生在STEM领域攻读学士学位和高级学位（硕士和博士），以帮助在21世纪这些经济关键领域提供有能力和多样化的劳动力，会议将为地球和环境科学领域代表性不足的学生提供指导机会。计划中的会议将有广泛的技术项目、面向学生的职业成功研讨会，以及吸引旧金山湾区专业人士、学生和科学教育者的互动展览。会议的主题将是地质学和地球物理边界的创新，强调地球科学的创新和对地质灾害的理解。会议的亮点之一是对加州主要板块构造边界——圣安德烈亚斯断层的实地考察。旧金山州立大学的地球科学系拥有多样化的学生和跨学科的项目，将主办这次会议。

This award will defray costs associated with hosting the 30th Annual Technical Conference of the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG) in San Francisco, California (September 7-10, 2011). An important goal of NABGG is to encourage students of color to pursue baccalaureate and advanced (MS and PhD) degrees in STEM fields in order to help provide a competent and diverse workforce in these economically critical areas for the 21st Century and the conference will provide an opportunity for mentoring underrepresented students in the Earth and environmental sciences. The planned conference will have wide-ranging technical programs, career success workshops for students, and interactive exhibits with appeal to professionals, students, and science educators in the San Francisco Bay Area. The theme of the conference will be Innovations at the Boundary of Geology and Geophysics, emphasizing innovations in geoscience and understanding geological hazards. Among the highlights of the conference is a field trip to the major plate tectonic boundary in California, the San Andreas fault. The Department of Geosciences at San Francisco State University, with its diverse population of students and interdisciplinary programs, will host the conference.