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T30.  The Chronology of Big Pleistocene Events and Tracking    County. Sun., 24 March, 12:30–5 p.m. Cost: US$40.
              Them from Source to Sink. Principal organizer: Brandon   Principal organizer: Pamela Kempton, Kansas State Univ.,
              B. Curry, Illinois State Geological Survey, bcurry@   pkempton@ksu.edu. Co-organizers: Matt Brueseke,
              illinois.edu. Co-organizer: Sebastien Huot, Illinois State   Kansas State Univ., brueseke@ksu.edu; Kayleigh Rogers,
              Geological Survey, shuot@illinois.edu.               Kansas State Univ., kayleighr@ksu.edu.
          T31.  Past and Present Landform Deposition and       FT9.  Kansas River Alluvial Aquifer: Water Use and
              Stabilization in Glacial and Periglacial Environments.   Real-Time Water-Level Monitoring. Wed., 27 March,
              Principal organizer: Elizabeth Ceperly, Univ. of Wisconsin   1–5:30 p.m. Cost: US$33. Principal organizer: Don
              Madison, ceperley@wisc.edu. Co-organizers: Lucas Zoet,   Whittemore, Kansas Geological Survey, donwhitt@
              Univ. of Wisconsin Madison, lzoet@wisc.edu; J.E.     kgs.ku.edu.
              Rawling III, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History     FT11.  Geology of the Flint Hills, Kansas: Sea Level and
              Survey, elmo.rawling@wgnhs.uwex.edu.                 Climate Changes in the Permian. Thurs., 28 March,
          T32.  Geology of the Greater Kansas City Area (Posters).   8 a.m.–5 p.m. Cost: US$56 (includes lunch and snack).
              Principal organizer: Richard Gentile, Univ. of Missouri   Principal organizer: Karin Goldberg, Kansas State Univ.,
              Kansas City, gentiler@umkc.edu.                      kgoldberg@ksu.edu. Co-organizer: Keith Miller, Kansas
          T33.  Undergraduate Student Research (Posters). Principal   State Univ. (retired), keithbmill@gmail.com
              organizer: Robert Shuster, Univ. of Nebraska Omaha,
              rshuster@unomaha.edu.                            SHORT COURSES
          T34.  Pleistocene Records of Climatic and Environmental   SC1.  Making Geoscience Animations and Videos and
              Change in the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and     Assessing Them in the Classroom. Sun., 24 March,
              Midwest. Principal organizer: Benjamin J.C. Laabs,    10 a.m.–4 p.m. Cost: US$50 (includes two snacks and
              North Dakota Univ., benjamin.laabs@ndsu.edu          beverages). Principal organizer: Robert J. Stern, Univ. of
                                                                   Texas at Dallas, rjstern@utdallas.edu. Co-organizers:
          FIELD TRIPS                                              Ning Wang, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, ning.wang@utdallas
            For additional information, please contact the Field Trip co-  .edu; Jeffrey Ryan, Univ. of South Florida, ryan@usf.edu;
          chairs, Susan Stover, susanstover@ku.edu, and Rex Buchanan,   Lochlan Vaughn, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, lochlan
          rex@kgs.ku.edu; contact the trip leaders; or check the meeting   .vaughn@utdallas.edu; Siloa Willis, Univ. of Texas at
          website. All field trips depart from the Manhattan Hilton   Dallas, siloa.willis@utdallas.edu.
          Garden Inn unless otherwise noted.                   SC2.  GSA On To the Future Professional Skills Short Course
                                                                   for Students. Sun., 24 March. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Cost: Free;
          FT1.  Looking Beneath the Plains: Geology of the Ogallala   limited to 20 students. To register, email Tahlia Bear at
              Formation and the Central High Plains of Kansas.     tbear@geosociety.org. Principal organizers: Stephen K.
              Sat.–Sun. 23–24 March, 7 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Cost: US$245   Boss, Univ. of Arkansas, sboss@uark.edu; Tahlia Bear,
              (includes lunch, dinner, snacks, and lodging for overnight   Geological Society of America, tbear@geosociety.org.
              stay in Scott City, Kansas). Principal organizer: Jon Smith,   Co-organizer: Katherine Ellins, Univ. of Texas at Austin,
              Kansas Geological Survey, jjsmith@kgs.ku.edu. Co-    kellins@jsg.utexas.edu.
              organizer: Tony Layzell, Kansas Geological Survey,
              alayzell@kgs.ku.edu.                             OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
          FT3.  Late-Quaternary Landscape Evolution and        AND EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS
              Geoarchaeology in the Flint Hills of Northeastern   Best Student Posters and Papers
              Kansas: A Tale of Two Sites. Sun., 24 March,      Awards for the best student posters and papers are supported
              8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Cost: US$57 (includes lunch and snack).   by the GSA South-Central, North-Central, and Rocky Mountain
              Principal organizer: Rolfe Mandel, Kansas Geological   Sections. To be eligible, students must be lead authors and pre-
              Survey, mandel@kgs.ku.edu                        senters and should be capable of answering detailed questions
          FT5.  The Science and the Industry of the Permian    about their research. These awards will be announced Wed.,
               Hutchinson Salt. Sun., 24 March, 6:30 a.m.–9 p.m.    27 March, during the Student Awards Ceremony.
               Cost: US$87 (includes lunch, snack, and entrance fee to
               underground salt caverns). Principal organizer: Marcia   STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
               Schulmeister, Emporia State Univ., mschulme@emporia   Deadline: 19 Feb.
               .edu. Co-organizers: Kathleen Counter Bennison, West   Students who are GSA members and who register for the
               Virginia Univ., kcbennison@mail.wvu.edu; Anna Sofia   meeting are eligible to apply for student travel grants. Find
               Andeskie, West Virginia Univ., asandeskie@mail.wvu.edu.  information and applications for student travel grants on
          FT6.  Trails West, Kansas City Vicinity, Missouri and   the respective Section websites. Please review the eligibility
               Kansas. Sun., 24 March, 7 a.m.–6 p.m. Cost: US$58   guidelines and application procedure for your Section.
               (includes snack). Principal organizer: James S. Aber,
               Emporia State Univ., jaber@g.emporia.edu. Co-organizer:   MENTOR PROGRAMS
               Susan W. Aber, Emporia State Univ., abersusie@gmail.com.  Learn more at www.geosociety.org/mentors.
          FT7.  Windows into the Cretaceous Mantle of the North   Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geoscience.
               American Mid-Continent—Kimberlites of Riley     Mon., 25 March, and Tues., 26 March, noon–1:30 p.m. Students

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