T90 Geoscience Programs at Community Colleges: Models for Success and Innovation

Monday, 19 October 2009
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
C124

Presentations

• 8:15 AM
  EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEOSCIENTISTS--CREATING A PIPELINE FOR WOMEN AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
  Shondricka Burrell, National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA
  159140 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  COMMUNITY COLLEGE EARTH SCIENCE INSTRUCTORS AS TEAM LEADERS IN K-12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP ON ACTIVE PACIFIC NW GEOLOGY AND HAZARDS
  Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA and Robert F. Butler, University of Portland, Portland, OR and Jill Whitman, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
  165401 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  THE ROLE OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGES IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION: ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES
  R. Heather Macdonald, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  162304 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  EIGHT SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF TEACHING INTERDISCIPLINARY EARTH SCIENCE AND ENGLISH COURSES AT EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
  Steven R. Grupp, Everett Community College, Everett, WA and Gary E. Newlin, Everett Community College, Everett, WA
  163353 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN TRAINING K-8 TEACHERS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
  Robert H. Filson, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA and Keith Clay, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
  162003 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  TWO-YEAR COLLEGE COLLABORATION WITH K-12 SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES
  Pamela J.W. Gore, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA and Gerald D. Pollack, Georgia Perimeter College, Dunwoody, GA and Abigail L. Saenger, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  163246 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  PROMOTING STUDENT SUCCESS AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITHOUT A GEOSCIENCE PROGRAM
  Karen M. Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln, RI
  162672 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  HOT AND COLD: A COMPARISON OF TWO EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMS (ARIZONA AND MINNESOTA)
  Megan H. Jones, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN and Katrien J. van der Hoeven Kraft, Mesa Community College at Red Mountain, Mesa, AZ
  167272 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  FIELD TRIPS AS A TOOL FOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND EDUCATION
  Callan Bentley, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA
  161393 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  TOP NOTCH FIELD EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AT A 2-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE: THE GEOSCIENCE PROGRAM AT PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA
  Elizabeth Nagy, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA and Martha A. House, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA and David N. Douglass, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA and Bryan C. Wilbur, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
  164726 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  MONITORING THE FLUVIAL SYSTEM OF BOEING CREEK (SHORELINE, WA): A SERVICE-LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
  Charles Dodd, Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA and Emanuela Agosta Baer, Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA and Brian Landau, City of Shoreline, Shoreline, WA
  161383 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  A PEDAGOGICAL SHIFT IN TEACHING FIELD GEOLOGY COURSES FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS: FROM “CRAM-AND-JAM” TO “OBSERVE, DESCRIBE, AND INTERPRET”
  Thomas A. Bush, Pierce College Puyallup, Puyallup, WA
  161013 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:30 AM
  EARTHQUAKE EDUCATION AND PREPAREDNESS: AN EXAMPLE OF SERVICE-LEARNING AT SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SHORELINE, WASHINGTON
  Emanuela Agosta Baer, Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA
  163889 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:45 AM
  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONUNDRUM: EARTH SCIENCE OR GEOSCIENCE, AND HOW TO TEACH IT?
  David H. Voorhees, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
  163110 (Technical Sessions)