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OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
The Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geoscience,
Mon., 11 May, lunchtime. Students will have the opportunity
to discuss career prospects and challenges with professional
geoscientists from multiple disciplines over a FREE lunch.
The John Mann Mentors in Applied Hydrogeology
Program, Tue., 12 May, lunchtime. Students interested in
applied hydrogeology or hydrology as a career will have the
opportunity to network with professionals in these fields over
a FREE lunch.
On To the Future (OTF)
Stop by the GSA Foundation booth at the welcome recep-
tion to ask an on-site representative about applying to OTF.
Travel support is provided to students underrepresented in
the geosciences to attend their first GSA Annual Meeting (the
next one is 1–4 Nov. 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA).
Travel Grants
The GSA Foundation has funds available for student travel
grants. To qualify, you must be (1) the senior author and
presenter of the paper; (2) a current student member of the
Cordilleran Section; and (3) registered for the meeting. The
application form will be available from the Corilleran Section
website during the early registration period.
Volunteers
Deadline to apply: 6 April
Students are encouraged to volunteer to assist with different
meeting activities including assistance in the Speaker Ready
Room and at technical sessions. Students will receive free
registration if they commit to their given work assignment
(max. of 6 hours). Learn more on the meeting website.
Best Student Papers
The Cordilleran Section recognizes the high quality of
science being presented at our meetings in general, and by
our student members in particular. The section acknowl-
edges this excellence by presenting Best Paper and Honorable
Mention awards to students in each of the following four
categories: Undergraduate Poster, Undergraduate Oral,
Graduate Poster, and Graduate Oral. If you are a professional
member and are interested in participating in evaluating
these presentations, please contact the Section Chair or the
Local Organizing Committee Chair (see below).
LOCAL COMMITTEE
Chair: Chris Waythomas, cwaythomas@usgs.gov
Technical Program Co-Chairs: Janet Schaefer, janet.schaefer@
alaska.gov; Cheryl Cameron, cheryl.cameron@alaska.gov
Field Trip Chair: Kristine Crossen, kjcrossen@uaa.alaska.edu
Posters and Exhibits: Keith Torrance, keith.torrance@
uicumiaq.com
CALL FOR PAPERS: GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/
The Geological Society of America’s
science & information magazine,
GSA Today, is seeking science
and Groundwork articles for
publication in late 2015–early 2016.
• GET NOTICED: GSA Today is open-
access online (www.geosociety.org/
gsatoday/) and has a circulation of
~25,000. Its science articles, with just
one featured each month, are among
the most widely read in earth science,
and this consequently provides an
unparalleled opportunity for dissem-
inating the results of research projects
to the widest possible audience.
• MAKE AN IMPACT: GSA Today is
ranked twelfth in the world among
geoscience journals in the latest
report from SCImago Journal &
Country Rank (www.scimagojr.com/
journalrank.php?category=1907),
which measures a journal’s influence
and prestige.
• HIT THE GROUND RUNNING:
The time from receipt to acceptance
averages 80 days; acceptance to
publication for these articles averages
183 days, but for hot-topic papers,
the turnaround time can be as short
as a month (see the July 2008 science
article).
• TOP SCIENCE EDITORS: Steven
J. Whitmeyer of James Madison
University and Gerald (Jerry) Dickens
of Rice University.
• GO HERE TO LEARN MORE:
www.geosociety.org/pubs/
gsatguid.htm.
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