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K–12 GSA Experience Comes to Indy!

How do we recruit the next generation of geoscience students to our field?
Get’ em while they’re young!

Building on our success in Seattle, GSA is pleased to announce complete the form at https://goo.gl/forms/w5ODAtljtIGfp2hp2
that we will be inviting K–12 teachers from the Indianapolis area to by 30 Sept. Class pre-registration is required. Exhibitors with
bring their classes to the GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition this demonstrations or content specifically of interest to a K–12 audi-
November for the K–12 GSA Experience. In our pilot project in 2017, ence should complete the form at https://goo.gl/forms/
~150 students representing five classes from four different high W0qiYujiD1UF47yi1 (for businesses, agencies, and universities).
schools got their first taste of a professional scientific meeting by
visiting the exhibit and poster halls. The students interacted directly For more information, contact Dean Moosavi at smoosavi@
with working scientists from government agencies, non-profits, and geosociety.org, +1-303-357-1015.
industry and spoke to exhibitors in booths from NASA to NOAA,
the IRIS Consortium to UNAVCO, and GEOSEP Services to
Isomass Scientific Inc. The last destroyed a cell phone as part of their
demonstration of elemental analysis, to the great delight of their
young audience. The students also explored the poster session con-
firming connections to topics in their own curriculum and engaging
in scientific conversations with presenters. Students walked away
with a sense of the diversity of geoscientists, an improved under-
standing of how science actually occurs, and their connections to that
process in their current studies and future college and career choices.

The K–12 GSA Experience will be available to classes on
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 5–7 Nov. 2018, between
10 a.m. and 3 p.m. (2 p.m. on the 7th). Interested teachers should

Make a Difference,
Be a Mentor

GSA is looking for mentors at the Annual Meeting to help
students and early career professionals understand the breadth
of careers available and to provide advice as they navigate their
next steps, academically and professionally. Mentoring oppor-
tunities range from one-on-one pairings while you and your
mentee are at the meeting to one-hour consultations. Early
career professionals, professionals, and retirees are welcome to
serve as mentors.

One-on-One Mentoring Short-Term Mentoring
• Annual Meeting Mentor • Drop-in Mentor
• On To the Future Mentor • GeoCareers Table Mentor
• Networking Reception

Mentor
• Résumé Mentoring
• Women in Geology Mentor

Learn more about becoming a mentor at the GSA Annual Meeting at
https://bit.ly/2GlBenV.

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