Broadening Employment Skills to Enhance Diversity of the Geoscience Workforce During the National Association of Black Geoscientists Annual Conference

该奖项将提供支持，以支付学生参加第35届年度技术会议的黑人地球科学家协会（NABG）的费用。会议将于2016年9月7日至10日在新奥尔良举行。NABG的主要目标是指导和建议学生从代表性不足的背景追求BS，MS和博士学位的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科，提供一个有能力的和多样化的劳动力满足关键的国家需求为21世纪世纪。专业成员作为参与学生的榜样，并参与一些指导活动，包括学生研究项目的建设性批评，职业咨询，与专业行为和学术咨询有关的指导。今年会议的一个新组成部分将是会前研讨会，学生将学习和实践非技术技能。预计在会议之前提供这一信息将促进这些新获得的技能更快地内化。会议为学术机构，政府机构和能源/环境行业提供了一个机会，可以从代表性不足的群体中招募学生到STEM学科和国家地球科学劳动力中就业。

This award will provide support to defray expenses of student participants attending the 35th Annual Technical Conference of the National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG). The conference will take place in New Orleans on September 7-10, 2016. The primary goal of NABG is to mentor and advise students from under-represented backgrounds pursuing BS, MS, and PhD degrees in scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, providing a competent and diverse workforce fulfilling critical national needs for the 21st Century. Professional members serve as role models to participating students, and engage in a number of mentoring activities including constructive criticism of student research projects, career counseling, guidance related to professional behavior and academic advising. A new component at the conference this year will be a pre-conference workshop where students will learn and practice non-technical skills. It is expected that providing this information prior to the conference will foster faster internalization of these newly acquired skills. The meeting serves as an opportunity for academic institutions, government agencies, and the energy/environmental industry to recruit students from underrepresented groups to STEM disciplines and employment in the national geosciences workforce.