Resources for Undergraduates

Research Grants: Several GSA Sections offer undergraduate student research grants.
Landscape Change Program: Includes tutorials on landscape photography, dating photographs, interpreting landscape change, and info on Vermont landscape history. Learn more at www.uvm.edu/landscape/.
NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program: This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scholarship program provides successful undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance (up to a maximum of US$8,000 per year) for full-time study during the 9-month academic year; a 10-week, full-time internship position (US$650/week) during the summer at a NOAA facility; and, if reappointed, academic assistance (up to a maximum of US$8,000) for full-time study during a second 9-month academic year. The internship provides students with hands-on educational training experience in NOAA-related science, research, technology, policy, management, and education activities. Awards also include travel funds to attend a mandatory Hollings Scholarship Program orientation, conferences where students present a paper or poster, and a housing subsidy for scholars who do not reside at home during the summer internship. Learn more at www.oesd.noaa.gov/Hollings_info.html.
The Earth Around Us: Syllabus - The following syllabus was developed for a freshman course to teach students the geology of environmental issues and attract them to geology as a course of study. The course is built around the book The Earth Around Us: Maintaining a Livable Planet (Westview, 2003), which consists of short essays that provide solid grounding in the geology of environmental issues.: Syllabus: www.geosociety.org/educate/EARTHAROUNDsyllabus.pdf; Sample Chapter: Read Chapter 31 from the book, "What Else Should My Neighbor Know," by Caryl Edward Buchwald.