Expanding the Geoscience Workforce through the Annual Technical Conference of the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists

该奖项将用于支付在华盛顿特区举办的第31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（2012年9月5日至8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，以及吸引华盛顿特区专业人士、学生和科学教育者的互动展览。会议的主题是“聚焦环境变化”，强调有助于理解环境变化的地球科学创新。阿肯色大学和加州大学古生物学博物馆的教员将协助学生参加会议。

This award will defray costs associated with hosting the 31st Annual Technical Conference of the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG) in Washington DC (September 5-8, 2012). 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 Washington DC are. The theme of the conference will be Focus on Environmental Change, emphasizing innovations in geosciences that facilitate the understanding environmental change. Faculty from the University of Arkansas and University of California Museum of Paleontology will facilitate student participation at the conference.