28 Building the High School to College Pipeline: Honoring the Career of Chris Bolhuis

Friday, 5 May 2023
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
EC 515

ROCKS, RIVERS, CONSULTING, AND EDUCATION – CHRIS’S IMPACT ON ME AND A GENERATION OF STUDENTS

Paper number: 28-3
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

Authors

Abstract

Chris Bolhuis is a national leader in inspiring students to become America’s future scientists. Especially in a state where a career in geoscience is not considered highly regarded by many, the fact that about 15% of the students (well over 150 total) who take his geology course go on to pursue post-secondary degrees in geoscience speaks to his effectiveness in the classroom and in inspiring students. In this session I will share Chris’s impact on me by describing my journey as a geoscientist and presenting my undergraduate and graduate research, highlighting some projects throughout my career as a consultant, and discussing my role as Public School Board member and partner to Chris in Hudsonville’s Summer Science Institute.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 3

doi: 10.1130/abs/2023NC-386969

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