Cordilleran Section - 101st Annual Meeting (April 29–May 1, 2005)
Session No. 34 Sunday, May 1, 2005
8:15 AM-10:20 AM, Fairmont Hotel: Piedmont

T10. Earth Science for Everyone: Diverse Student Populations—Recruiting Techniques for Attracting Them, Curricular and Extracurricular Strategies for Retaining Them

Ellen P. Metzger and Richard Sedlock, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:15 AM Introductory Remarks
34-18:20 AM BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL MINORITY RECRUITING AND GRADUATING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS: SERPA, Laura, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, BLD. GP, Room 1065, New Orleans, LA 70148, lserpa@uno.edu.
34-28:40 AM REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITIES AND KIDS WITH SCIENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO (SF-ROCKS): USING RESEARCH EXPERIENCES TO INCREASE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT INTEREST IN GEOSCIENCES: DAVIS, Jennifer R.1, WHITE, Lisa2, GROVE, Karen2, SNOW, Mary K.2, and FRIEBERG, Elizabeth2, (1) Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State Univ, San Francisco, CA 94132, jend@moorekb.com, (2) Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State Univ, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132
34-39:00 AM DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR RECRUITING MIDDLE- AND HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN EARTH SCIENCE: A CASE-STUDY FROM RADFORD UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA: SETHI, Parvinder, Department of Geology, Radford Univ, Reed Hall, Box - 6939, Radford, VA 24142-6939, psethi@radford.edu and NEWBILL, Phyllis, Instructional Technology Program - School of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 225 War Memorial Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
34-49:20 AM THE SOUTH BAY GEO-DIVERSITY PROJECT: EARTH SCIENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS: SEDLOCK, Richard L., Geology, San Jose State Univ, San Jose, CA 95192-0102, sedlock@geosun.sjsu.edu and METZGER, Ellen P., San Jose State Univ, San Jose, CA 95192-0102
34-59:40 AM INCORPORATING EARTH SCIENCE CONCEPTS INTO INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY CLASSES: METZGER, Ellen P., San Jose State Univ, San Jose, CA 95192-0102, metzger@geosun.sjsu.edu, SEDLOCK, Richard, Geology, San Jose State Univ, San Jose, CA 95192-0102, and CRUZ, William, The National Hispanic Univ, 14271 Story Road, San Jose, CA 95127-9989
34-610:00 AM METAPHORIC PETROLOGY, AND OTHER PERSONAL CONNECTIONS WITH THE EARTH: PESTRONG, Raymond, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State Univ, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, RayP@sfsu.edu.

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