Blog: Serving Our Communities

From local communities to international efforts, education and geoscience both play important roles in our society. The Serving our Communities initiative celebrates the ways that educators and students are engaging with local, national and global communities and supports expansion of these efforts.

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Addressing Mineral Resource Needs for Society


Posted: Mar 31 2017 by
Dave Mogk
Montana State University-Bozeman
David Mogk, Montana State University-Bozeman

Mining in America invokes passions pro and con. An embedded research project in a Mineralogy course provides students with first-hand experience to engage exploration, development and remediation of mineral resource deposits as a possible career path, and hosting mineral companies get access to state-of-the-art research results that can be used to inform their project operations. This instructional activity addresses national needs to develop mineral resources to sustain our economic health and national security, and to develop the workforce needed to support the mineral industries from discovery to environmental remediation.

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Serving Our Communities Blog


Posted: Mar 30 2017 by
Cathy Manduca
Carleton College
Cathryn Manduca, Carleton College
This blog showcases the ways in which geoscience educators are serving their communities - local, regional, state, national and international - through their own teaching, research and service, or by engaging their students in these areas. We invite geoscience educators of all types to contribute their stories that the rest of us my be inspired and learn from you. To submit a post, please use the contribute form in the navigation at the left. You must be an NAGT member to post.
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