On To the Future Program - Geological Society of America

The On To the Future application is now open!
Apply by June 3rd https://www.geosociety.org/otf

Selected scholars will receive one year of GSA membership, GSA Connects 2022 online or full in-person meeting registration, one on one mentoring, and a partial travel award if attending in-person in Denver, Colorado this October.

GSA encourages low-income, BIack, Indigenous, and People of Color, first-generation, non-traditional, women, veterans, LGBTQIA+, and students with disabilities to apply.

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“I am the only mouth they can now use to speak, the only ears they can harness to hear what goes on in this world, the only eyes through which they can glimpse an unimaginable present, and the only ears to capture the sound of everything that has come to pass in the vacuum of their departure from the lives they knew.” - Shelton Johnson

We want to spotlight Park Ranger Shelton Johnson from Yosemite National Park for his work in raising awareness of overlooked history through diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in our national parks. Shelton’s passion is to engage the Black and African American community with public lands, especially by sharing the forgotten stories of African Americans in national parks. A notable part of history he focuses on is the story of the 24th Infantry Regiment and the 9th Cavalry Regiment, known as the “Buffalo Soldiers.” Johnson shared, “In speaking for myself I speak for others too whose voices were raised, but people chose not to listen. In that regard I speak for my ancestors who are African, Cherokee, Seminole, and Irish.”

Thank you, Ranger Shelton Johnson, for sharing the forgotten stories of African Americans in National Parks and reminding us of all people who shape this nation and create its stories.

Listen to his podcast: A Buffalo Soldier Speaks
https://go.nps.gov/1002ik
And check out the history of the Buffalo Soldiers in Arizona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyIgGy2OOwM



NPS Photo/Cayce Clifford
Shelton Johnson, a uniformed African American National Park Ranger, stands smiling in front of a granite cliff in Yosemite National Park.

Are you a student who is working full-time while earning your degree? Do you care for dependents while attending school? Have you changed careers or did you take a non-traditional route into school?

Apply by Feb 7th to the Northeastern Urban Award
https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Education_Careers/Grants_Scholarships/Travel_Grants/GSA/grants/negrant.aspx

Students who work full-time, care for dependents, or are otherwise considered non-traditional are invited to apply and request up to $1000 which can be applied to such expenses as: dependent care, meeting registration, abstract fees, GSA membership for two years, and lost wages (if applicable) to attend the 2022 Northeastern Section Meeting March 20-22 in Lancaster, PA.

Travel Grants Students are invited to apply for a grant designed to help defray the cost of participating in the GSA Northeastern Section meeting. Students who work full-time, care for dependents, or are otherwise considered non-traditional may request up to $1000 which can be applied to such expenses as: depende...

Apply by Feb 7th to the OTF Professional Development Program
https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Education_Careers/Grants_Scholarships/otf/GSA/OTF/professional-development.aspx

Participate in a mentored online program and develop skills for applying to opportunities along your geoscience career path. Receive a $500 stipend, a one-year GSA student membership, and paid registration to an upcoming GSA Section Meeting. Open to undergraduates who identify with communities underrepresented in the geosciences. Consider applying if you are someone who has already participated in GSA's On To the Future (OTF) program, or if you are eligible to apply to OTF in the future.

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A helpful reminder!

Apply to the GeoSPACE Geoscience Field Course by Dec 17th!

Students and recent graduates can participate in testing this accessible and inclusive field course in-person in Arizona or remotely. Participation will include the course May 30 - June 10, 2022 and 4-5 pre-trip virtual meetings. All food, lodging, and travel is provided, as well as a $1,000 stipend for personal expenses.

This course is not for college credits.

GeoSPACE Geoscience Field Program Welcome to the homepage of the Geospace Project! Our mission is to create an accessible and inclusive planetary geoscience field course and mentoring program to increase the number of students with disabilities that continue in geosciences beyond undergraduate studies. There are opportunities for

On this GSA acknowledges the land on which we are holding our meeting in the Portland, Oregon area is the home of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, and Molalla people. We take this opportunity to thank the original caretakers of this land.

The OTF Program is seeking geoscience mentors for GSA Connects 2021. Anyone attending the meeting in-person or online, has a geoscience degree or equivalent, and has applied and been accepted to at least one geoscience graduate school program or geoscience job is eligible to be an OTF mentor.
Please sign up here:
https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2021/connect/student-ecp/mentor

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This year's theme, Esperanza: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage and Hope, encourages all of us to reflect on the contributions Latinos have made in the past and to look to the future!

SACNAS Advancing Hispanics/Chicanos & Native Americans in Science GeoLatinas Society of Latinxs/Hispanics in Earth and Space Science Latino Verde
SHPE National National Hispanic Science Network