Category Archives: Conferences
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CO – GSA125, Teaching Controversies Workshop
Leave a commentOctober 26, 2013 by Dr. G
My first full day in Denver, Colorado, started with a simple tweet: Will be heading out soon to help co-lead …
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FL – ScienceOnline Oceans, Wrap-Up
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2013 by Dr. G
Wow – it is amazing how much information can be packed in to such a short time. With one day …
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FL – ScienceOnline Oceans, shark tagging
2October 13, 2013 by Dr. G
Today was a day filled with post-conference fieldtrips for attendees to choose from. Since I went to graduate school in …
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FL – ScienceOnline Oceans, Sat. PM
1October 12, 2013 by Dr. G
The Saturday afternoon of ScienceOnline Oceans was packed with three technical sessions, then group dinners and the Marine Geek Fashion …
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FL – ScienceOnline Oceans, Sat. AM
1October 12, 2013 by Dr. G
Here I am at “the U” (how people refer to University of Miami) for today’s sessions at ScienceOnline Oceans! The …
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FL – ScienceOnline Oceans, workshop & panel
2October 11, 2013 by Dr. G
Today begins the formal programming of ScienceOnline Oceans! This afternoon, a series of workshops were available for people to attend. …
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FL – ScienceOnline Oceans, travel day
Leave a commentOctober 10, 2013 by Dr. G
After my flight taking off an hour late (the pilots were delayed getting to the airport), I’ve started my journey …
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PA – 2nd Annual PAESTA Conference
Leave a commentOctober 6, 2013 by Dr. G
On Friday and Saturday, October 4-5, the Penn State Brandywine campus was the host to the 2nd Annual PAESTA Conference. …
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DC – ScienceOnline Climate, Wrap-Up
Leave a commentAugust 16, 2013 by Dr. G
[Previous postings with my reflections on the ScienceOnline Climate conference can be found at Day 1 – morning and afternoon, …
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DC – ScienceOnline Climate, Day 2 (PM)
1August 16, 2013 by Dr. G
[NOTE – If you are coming here for the first time from a #ScioClimate tweet, please take a quick moment …
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DC – ScienceOnline Climate, Day 2 (AM)
3August 16, 2013 by Dr. G
[NOTE – If you are coming here for the first time from a #ScioClimate tweet, please take a quick moment …
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DC – ScienceOnline Climate, Day 1 (PM)
5August 15, 2013 by Dr. G
[NOTE – If you are coming here for the first time from a #ScioClimate tweet, please take a quick moment …
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DC – ScienceOnline Climate, Day 1 (AM)
4August 15, 2013 by Dr. G
[NOTE – If you are coming here for the first time from a #ScioClimate tweet, please take a quick moment …
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CA – 2013 URPD WOO, Day 2
Leave a commentJune 23, 2013 by Dr. G
Day 2 of WOO! This is the first full day and also the final day of the Undergraduate Research Program …
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CA – 2013 URPD WOO, Day 1
Leave a commentJune 23, 2013 by Dr. G
If you read my last blog post that summarized the end of the CUR Business Meeting, you saw my explanation …
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CA – 2013 CUR Business Meeting, Final Day
Leave a commentJune 22, 2013 by Dr. G
All good things must come to an end, including the CUR Business Meeting. Today was a half-day of sessions, ending …
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CA – 2013 CUR Business Meeting, Day 2
Leave a commentJune 22, 2013 by Dr. G
Today was a full day of CUR business at the CUR Business Meeting at Chapman University. After a not-too-bad night’s …
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CA – 2013 CUR Business Meeting, Day 1
Leave a commentJune 21, 2013 by Dr. G
Confessions of an exhausted professor – I am not good at time zone changes. I don’t know why my body …
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CA – 2013 CUR Business Meeting, travel day
Leave a commentJune 20, 2013 by Dr. G
Today I traveled to Orange, California, for the start of the CUR Business Meeting, and then will stay here at …
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PA – NAGTES Meeting, wrap-up
Leave a commentJune 2, 2013 by Dr. G
Reflection is not just something I have my students do after hearing guest speakers or completing major projects. It is …
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PA – NAGTES Meeting, Day 3
Leave a commentJune 1, 2013 by Dr. G
Today was the third and final full day of the NAGT-Eastern Section Conference. Today’s fieldtrip was to the Grand Canyon …
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PA – NAGTES Meeting, Day 2
Leave a commentMay 31, 2013 by Dr. G
Day 2 of the NAGT-Eastern Section conference was dedicated entirely to a Marcellus Shale Field Trip. Despite knowing that temperatures …
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PA – NAGTES Meeting, Day 1
Leave a commentMay 30, 2013 by Dr. G
This is a very hard post to write. I don’t think I’ve ever had a negative entry on my blog. …
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PA – NAGTES Meeting, pre-trip
Leave a commentMay 30, 2013 by Dr. G
It seems like I just finished unpacking and doing my laundry from my Iceland trip – and now, I’m off …
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TX – Penrose/Chapman Coastal, Wrap-Up
Leave a commentApril 19, 2013 by Dr. G
My students know I am a big fan of having them write reflective statements during the semester after attending a …
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TX – Penrose/Chapman Coastal, Day 5
Leave a commentApril 19, 2013 by Dr. G
All good things must come to an end, which includes my participation in the first-ever combined Penrose/Chapman Conference. The focus …
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TX – Penrose/Chapman Coastal, Day 4
Leave a commentApril 18, 2013 by Dr. G
Day 4 of the Penrose/Chapman conference was the last full day of the meeting – and what a full day …
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TX – Penrose/Chapman Coastal, Day 3
Leave a commentApril 17, 2013 by Dr. G
Wednesday was split at the conference into morning talks on “Case Studies and Carbonate Environments,” and an afternoon fieldtrip on …
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TX – Penrose/Chapman Coastal, Day 2
Leave a commentApril 16, 2013 by Dr. G
We all headed back to the conference center (across the street from the hotel) for Day 2 of Coastal Processes …
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TX – Penrose/Chapman Coastal, Day 1
Leave a commentApril 15, 2013 by Dr. G
Let the conference begin! John Anderson from Rice University, one of the conference conveners, started us bright and early at …
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TX – Penrose/Chapman Coastal, Travel Day
Leave a commentApril 14, 2013 by Dr. G
I’m off to a conference like no other I have been to, like no other that has ever been offered! …
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PA – Mid-Atlantic Fair Trade Student Leadership Training
Leave a commentApril 6, 2013 by Dr. G
I did not have to travel very far for this one – just across the hall from my office! In …
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PA – 2013 TLT Symposium
Leave a commentMarch 16, 2013 by Dr. G
The day finally arrived! The 2013 Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Symposium was held at the Penn State University …
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PA – pre-TLT Symposium, part 2
Leave a commentMarch 15, 2013 by Dr. G
I often tell my students that a trip to State College is filled with meeting after meeting after meeting, resulting …
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PA – pre-TLT Symposium
Leave a commentMarch 14, 2013 by Dr. G
I’ve arrived in State College today, getting ready for a series of grant meetings, activities with the Department of Geosciences, …
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CA – AGU Fall Meeting, Day 2
Leave a commentDecember 4, 2012 by Dr. G
Day 2 of AGU was a pretty busy day – presentation days are always a little hectic, but when both …
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CA – AGU Fall Meeting, Day 1
Leave a commentDecember 3, 2012 by Dr. G
Monday, December 3, was the first full day of the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting. It is always a challenging trying …
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CA – AGU Fall Meeting, pre-meeting
Leave a commentDecember 3, 2012 by Dr. G
It’s hard to believe that in December, there are still conferences to attend and lectures that need substitute assignments. But …
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NC – GSA Annual Conference, Last Day
Leave a commentNovember 7, 2012 by Dr. G
Today was the last day of the 2012 Geological Society of America annual meeting. I always have mixed feelings at …
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NC – GSA Annual Conference, Day 4
Leave a commentNovember 6, 2012 by Dr. G
This is a hard post to write up – too many distractions right now (if you look at the date …
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NC – GSA Annual Conference, Day 3
Leave a commentNovember 5, 2012 by Dr. G
OK, I know some fellow bloggers are calling this Day 2 of the meeting, but since I started on Saturday …
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NC – GSA Annual Conference, Day 2
Leave a commentNovember 4, 2012 by Dr. G
The first full day of technical sessions at the 2012 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. I don’t think I …
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NC – GSA Annual Conference, Day 1
Leave a commentNovember 3, 2012 by Dr. G
It’s that time of year… the most wonderful time of year… time for another annual Geological Society of America Conference! …
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IL – Fair Trade Campaigns Conference
Leave a commentOctober 26, 2012 by Dr. G
From October 26-28, I attended the Fair Trade Campaigns Conference for Fair Trade Towns and Fair Trade Universities held in …
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NJ – 2012 CUR conference
Leave a commentJuly 26, 2012 by Dr. G
The year I started teaching was also the year I started mentoring undergraduate student researchers. I have always had a …
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