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22–25 SEPTEMBER  PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA

On To the Future

GSA has supported more than 570 students from diverse backgrounds to attend their first Annual Meeting through
the On To the Future (OTF) program. Mentorships are instrumental in helping shape careers of the next generation of
geoscientists. Six years into the program, here is a sampling of where some OTF students are working now:

AECOM Navajo Nation
Apache Corporation Nebraska Department of Environment Quality
Bureau of Land Management New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Chesapeake Energy Paleontological Research Institute and Museum of Earth
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Radar Solutions International Inc.
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Roux Associates
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument San Diego Natural History Museum
Halliburton TerraFirm Construction
Horizon Well Loggins LLC Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
James Madison University U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
NASA Langley Research Center

Learn more about this program and how you can help mentor a student at www.geosociety.org/otf.

Celebrate Diversity at the Diversity
and On To the Future (OTF) Alumni
Reception “My high school class visited this

Tuesday, 24 Sept. meeting for the first time and we loved it!
Everyone is welcome at this celebration of diversity spon- It really opened our views to the world
sored by the GSA Diversity in the Geosciences Committee.
Socialize and share ideas at this informal gathering for those of geology and geosciences.”
interested in broadening diversity in the geosciences. OTF —Feedback from GSA 2018 Indy
awardees, the recipient of the OTF research grant, and
minority scholarship recipients will be recognized, with a
special presentation by the Bromery Award winner.

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