ED23D
Strategies, Best Practices, Successes, and Lessons Learned for Advancing Entry-Level, Mid-Skill, and Professional-Level URM Participation in the Geosciences Workforce II Posters

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 13:40-15:40
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Ashanti Johnson, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States; Institute for Broadening Participation, Damariscotta, ME, United States
Conveners:  Vivian Williamson, Institute for Broadening Participation, Damariscotta, ME, United States, Melanie Harrison Okoro, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States and Jerome Murphy, ExxonMobil Spring, Spring, TX, United States
Chairs:  Ashanti Johnson, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, Vivian Williamson, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Melanie Harrison Okoro, NOAA Camp Springs, Camp Springs, MD, United States and Jerome Murphy, ExxonMobil Spring, Spring, TX, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Ashanti Johnson, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
 
Retaining Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates in STEM through Hands-on Internship Experiences (75574)
Aparna Bamzai1, Renee A Mcpherson2, Kristine L DeLong3, Victor H Rivera-Monroy4, John Zak5, Julia Earl6, Keith Owens6 and Duncan Wilson1, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, South Central Climate Science Center, Norman, OK, United States, (2)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Geography and Anthropology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (4)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (5)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States, (6)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Stillwater, OK, United States
 
Geo-Needs: Investigating Models for Improved Access to Geosciences at Two-Year and Minority-Serving Colleges (75767)
Xai Her1, Sheldon P Turner2, Nicole LaDue1, Andrew P Bentley3, Heather L Petcovic3, David W Mogk4 and Tina Cartwright5, (1)Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States, (2)Triton College, River Grove, IL, United States, (3)Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, (4)Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States, (5)Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States
 
An Integrative and Collaborative Approach to Creating a Diverse and Computationally Competent Geoscience Workforce (86205)
Samuel L Moore, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Aditya Kar, Fort Valley State University, Cooperative Developmental Energy Program, Fort Valley, GA, United States and Rosalia Gomez, Texas Advanced Computing Center, Austin, TX, United States
 
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