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CALL FOR COMMITTEE SERVICE
Help Shape the Future of Geoscience—
Serve on a GSA Committee
GSA TODAY | MAY 2015 Deadline: 15 June 2015 DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES COMMITTEE
Terms begin 1 July 2016 (unless otherwise indicated) Three member-at-large vacancies (3-year terms; E, M)
This committee provides advice and support to GSA Council
If you are looking for the opportunity to work toward a
common goal, give back to GSA, network, and make a difference, and initiates activities and programs that will increase opportuni-
then we invite you to volunteer (or nominate a fellow GSA ties for people of ethnic minority, women, and persons with
member) to serve on a Society committee or as a GSA representa- disabilities and raise awareness in the geosciences community of
tive to another organization. the positive role these groups play within the geosciences. The
committee is also charged with stimulating recruitment and
Learn more and access the nomination form at www.geosociety promoting positive career development for these groups.
.org/aboutus/committees/. Use the online form or download a Qualifications: Members of this committee must be familiar
hardcopy and mail it to Pamela Fistell, GSA, P.O. Box 9140, with the employment issues these groups face; expertise and
Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA; fax: +1-303-357-1074; pfistell@ leadership experience in such areas as human resources and
geosociety.org. education is also desired.
ACADEMIC AND APPLIED GEOSCIENCE RELATIONS EDUCATION COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE
One representative vacancy: Undergraduate student
Two member-at-large vacancies (industry-related field) representative (2-year term; B, E, M)
(3-year terms; E, M)
This committee works with GSA members representing a wide
This committee is charged with strengthening and expanding range of education sectors to develop informal, pre-college (K–12),
relations between GSA members in applied and academic geosci- undergraduate, and graduate earth-science education and outreach
ences. As such, it proactively coordinates the Society’s effort to objectives and initiatives. Qualifications: Members of this
facilitate greater cooperation between academia, industry, and committee must have the ability to work with other interested
government geoscientists. Qualifications: Committee members scientific organizations and science teacher groups.
must work in academia, industry, or government and be
committed to developing a better integration of applied and GEOLOGIC MAPPING AWARD COMMITTEE
academic science in GSA meetings, publications, short courses,
field trips, and education and outreach programs. Professional Two member-at-large vacancies: One member-at-large and
interest: Environmental & Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology, one student member-at-large (3-year terms; E)
Karst, Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology, Structural
Geology & Tectonics, Sedimentary Geology. Members must also The purpose of this committee is to generate, receive, and eval-
be active in one or more GSA Division. uate candidates for the Geologic Mapping Award. This award
acknowledges contributions in published high-quality geologic
ARTHUR L. DAY MEDAL AWARD mapping that led the recipient to publish significant new scientific
or economic-resource discoveries, and to contribute greater
Two member-at-large vacancies (3-year terms; E, T) understanding of fundamental geologic processes and concepts.
This committee selects candidates for GSA’s Arthur L. Day The objective is to encourage training and support toward
production of excellent, accurate, detailed, purposeful geologic
Medal. Qualifications: Members should have knowledge of those maps and cross sections. There are no restrictions on map prod-
who have made “distinct contributions to geologic knowledge ucts with respect to size or scale. GSA’s Geological Mapping
through the application of physics and chemistry to the solution Award will be made on an annual basis, leaving the option open
of geologic problems.” for multiple awards to be given under unusual circumstances in
any given year, or to make no award in any given year.
B—Meets in Boulder or elsewhere; E—Communicates by phone or electronically; M—Meets at the Annual Meeting; T—Extensive time commitment required during
application review period (15 Feb.–15 Apr. 2016).
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