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CALL FOR COMMITTEE SERVICE
Impact the Future of Geoscience: Volunteer for
Service on a GSA Committee
Deadline: 15 June 2016 ARTHUR L. DAY MEDAL AWARD COMMITTEE GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
Vacancies: Two member-at-large three-year terms (E, T)
Terms begin 1 July 2017 (unless otherwise indicated) What it does: Selects candidates for the Arthur L. Day Medal
Qualifications: Volunteers should have knowledge of people who
If you are looking for the opportunity to work toward a common have made distinct contributions to geologic knowledge through
goal, give back to GSA, network, and make a difference, then we the application of physics and chemistry to solve geologic
invite you to volunteer (or nominate a fellow GSA member) to problems.
serve on a Society committee or as a GSA representative to
another organization. DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES COMMITTEE
Key: B—meets in Boulder or elsewhere; E—communicates by Vacancies: Two member-at-large three-year terms; one student
phone or electronically; M—meets at the Annual Meeting; T— member-at-large three-year term (E, M)
extensive time commitment required during application review What it does: Provides advice and support to GSA Council; initi-
period (15 Feb.–15 Apr. 2017). ates activities and programs that will increase opportunities for
people of ethnic minority, women, and persons with disabilities;
Learn more and access the nomination form at www.geosociety. raises awareness in the geosciences community of the positive role
org/aboutus/committees/. Use the online form or download a these groups play within the geosciences; and recruits and
hard copy and mail it to Pamela Fistell, GSA, P.O. Box 9140, promotes positive career development for these groups.
Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA; fax: +1-303-357-1074; pfistell@ Qualifications: Volunteers must be familiar with the employment
geosociety.org. issues these groups face; expertise and leadership experience in
such areas as human resources and education is helpful.
ACADEMIC AND APPLIED GEOSCIENCE RELATIONS
COMMITTEE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Vacancies: Two members-at-large (industry-related field) three- Vacancies: One graduate student two-year term; one member-at-
year terms (E, M) large four-year term; one two-year college faculty member four-
What it does: Strengthens and expands relationships between year term; and one pre-college educator (K–12) four-year term (B,
GSA members in the applied and academic geosciences and E, M)
proactively coordinates GSA’s effort to facilitate greater coopera- What it does: Works with GSA members representing a wide
tion between academia, industry, and government geoscientists. range of education sectors to develop informal, pre-college
Qualifications: Volunteers should work in academia, industry, or (K–12), undergraduate, and graduate earth-science education and
government and be committed to developing a better integration outreach objectives and initiatives.
of applied and academic science in GSA meetings, publications, Qualifications: Volunteers must have the ability to work with
short courses, field trips, and education and outreach programs. other interested scientific organizations and science teachers’
Members must also be active in one or more GSA Division. groups.
Professional interests: environmental and engineering geology;
hydrogeology; karst; Quaternary geology and geomorphology; GEOLOGIC MAPPING AWARD COMMITTEE
structural geology and tectonics; and sedimentary geology.
Vacancy: One member-at-large (industry-related field) three-year
ANNUAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE term (E)
What it does: Generates, receives, and evaluates candidates for the
Vacancies: One member-at-large three-year term; one student Geologic Mapping Award. This award acknowledges contribu-
member-at-large two-year term (B, E, M) tions in published, high-quality geologic mapping that led the
What it does: Develops a plan for increasing the quality of the recipient to publish significant new scientific or economic-
Annual Meeting and other Society-sponsored meetings in terms resource discoveries, and to contribute greater understanding of
of science, education, and outreach; evaluates the technical and fundamental geologic processes and concepts. The objective is to
scientific programs annually to identify modifications necessary encourage training and support toward the production of excel-
for accomplishing GSA’s long-range goals; conducts short and lent, accurate, detailed, purposeful geologic maps and cross
long-range planning for the GSA meetings as a whole; and sections.
develops a long-term logistical plan/strategy for the technical
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