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Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and southern and western Ontario
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- Sign-up this week to Attend an Open Feedback Session on Collaboration in Geoscience Education
You are invited to attend virtual discussion session(s) to give your feedback on key ideas on the utility of ICON (Integrated, Connected, Open, Networked) processes for improving Earth and Space Science education. Three education commentaries will be produced, informed by community feedback. Visit the ICON page for links to sign up for a feedback sessions that will take place between Thursday, October 21 and Tuesday October 26th or add your feedback to a discussion thread at the bottom of each key ideas draft page.
- Submit your Earth Science Week-themed teaching activities to the Teach the Earth portal
We are seeking activity submissions for K-12 classrooms that address the Earth Science Week 2021 theme: "Water Today and For the Future." Do you have a K-12 activity that fits the theme? Submit it today to the Teach the Earth portal!
RSS Section Officers
President: Kelsey Arkle
1st Vice President: tbd
2nd Vice President: tbd
Past President: Alexa Sedlacek
Secretary: Beth A. Johnson
Treasurer: Michael Wolf
OEST Chair Susan Kornreich-Wolf
Executive Committee Liaison: Jennifer Wenner
Full Contact Information
President:
Kelsey M. Arkle
Geology Department
Augustana College
639 38th St.
Rock Island, IL 61201
kelseyarkle@augustana.edu
1st Vice President:
tbd
2nd Vice President
tbd
Treasurer:
Michael Wolf
Geology Department
Augustana College
639 38th St.
Rock Island, IL 61201
michaelwolf@augustana.edu
Past President/Secretary:
Beth A. Johnson
Department of Geography and Geology
University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
1478 Midway Road
Menasha, WI 54952
beth.a.johnson@uwc.edu
OEST (Outstanding Earth Science Teacher) Award Chair:
Susan Kornreich-Wolf
Augustana College
Fryxell Geology Museum
Rock Island, IL 61201
susanwolf@augustana.edu
Liaison to NAGT Executive Committee
Jennifer Wenner
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Jennifer Wenner
The Officer Rotation
The 2nd Vice President has made a three-year commitment:
Year 1: 2nd Vice President
Year 2: 1st Vice President
Year 3: President
Sectional GSA Geoscience Education Representative nominations to the national GSA Education Committee (3-yr term, ending 2015)
Kevin Evans
Missouri State University
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, Missouri 65897
417-836-5590
kevinevans@missouristate.edu
OR
Katie Johnson
Eastern Illinois University
Department of Geology/Geography
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
kjohnson4@eiu.edu
State Representatives
Illinois
David Voorhees
Waubonsee Community College
dvoorhees@waubonsee.edu
Indiana
Paul K. Doss
Department of Geology and Physics
University of Southern Indiana
8600 University Blvd., Room SC2213
Evansville, IN 47712
PDoss@usi.eduSolomon Isiorho
Department of Geosciences
Indiana University - Purdue University Ft. Wayne (IPFW)
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
isiorho@ipfw.edu
Iowa
Cinzia Cervato
Iowa State University
Geology and Atmospheric Science
253 Science Hall I
Ames, IA 50011
cinzia@iastate.eduSherman Lundy
Basic Materials Corp.
101 BMC Drive
Elk Run Heights, IA 50707
lundy@basicmaterialscorp.com
Kentucky
Frederick Siewers
Department of Geography and Geology
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd #31066
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1066
fred.siewers@wku.edu
Michigan
Cris L. DeWolf
Chippewa Hills High School
3226 Arthur Rd.
Remus, MI 49340
cdewolf@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu
Minnesota
Dr. Karl W. Leonard
Dept. of Anthropology & Earth Science
Minnesota State University Moorhead
1104 7th Avenue S.
Moorhead, MN 56563
leonardk@mnstate.eduKate Pound
St. Cloud State University
720 4th Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301
kspound@stcloudstate.edu
Ohio
Ron Fabick
Ohio Earth Science Teachers Assoc.
Brunswick High School
Brunswick, OH 44212
rfabick@zoominternet.netWilliam Slattery
Wright State University
Geological Sciences
260 Brehm Lab
Dayton, OH 45435
william.slattery@wright.edu
Wisconsin
Robert Baker
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Department of Plant and Earth Science
410 S. 3rd St.
River Falls, WI 54022-5001
robert.w.baker@uwrf.eduKerry Keen
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Department of Plant and Earth Science
410 S. 3rd St.
River Falls, WI 54022-5001
kerry.l.keen@uwrf.eduRachel Headley
University of Wisconsin Parkside
headley@uwp.edu
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