Early Career Geoscience Faculty Workshop Program


Note: the 2008 workshop is over. Find out more about the Early Career Geoscience Faculty workshops, or scroll down for more information about the 2008 workshop, including links to most of the workshop presentations.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008


Check in to hotel (Hospitality House) at any time (your room might not be ready until 3:00 pm). Registration for workshop in the William and Mary Parlor of the Hospitality House will be from 3:00-5:30; registration for later arrivals will be at the University Center during dinner or evening program.

5:30 Informal Reception with Cash Bar, University Center, Tidewater A and B

6:00-7:00 Dinner, University Center, Tidewater A and B

7:00-9:00 Welcome and Introductions, Workshop Goals, Discussion, Logistics, University Center, Tidewater A and B


Monday, June 16

7:00-8:00 Breakfast, University Center Dining Hall

8:00-10:00, Alumni House

10:00-10:20 Break

10:20-11:00 Interactive Lectures (Acrobat (PDF) 292kB Jun16 08) - Greg Hancock

11:00-12:00 Assessment of Student Learning (Acrobat (PDF) 4.3MB Jun10 08)

12:00-1:00 Lunch, University Center Dining Hall

1:30-2:20 Teaching Strategies: Concurrent Sessions, McGlothlin-Street Hall

2:30-3:20 Teaching Strategies: Concurrent Sessions. Participants will attend a 2nd session selected from the list above.

3:20-3:40 Break, Room 20 Lobby

3:40-4:40 Taking Charge of Your Career (Acrobat (PDF) 6.3MB Jun11 08) - Room 20

4:40-5:00 Overview of Individual Consultation Process and Daily Roadcheck

5:00-6:00 Dinner, University Center Dining Hall

7:00-8:00 Informal Session (optional) - Sharing Ideas about Specific Courses - Alumni House


Tuesday, June 17

7:00-8:00 Breakfast, University Center Dining Hall

8:00-8:15 Preview of day, Alumni House

8:15-8:40 Launching and Maintaining Research/Scholarly Activity in Your Current Setting

8:40-9:40 Working Effectively with Research Students: Different Models


9:40-10:00 Break

10:00-10:50 Research Strategies: Concurrent Sessions. Participants will attend a session selected from the following list:

11:00-11:50 Research Strategies: Concurrent Sessions. Participants will attend a 2nd session selected from the list above.

12:00-1:00 Lunch, University Center Dining Hall

12:30-1:15 Optional Interest Groups

1:30-2:10 Connections, Extensions, Opportunities: Concurrent Sessions, Alumni House. Participants will attend a session selected from the following list:

2:15-2:55 Connections, Extensions, Opportunities: Concurrent Sessions. Participants will attend a session selected from the following list:

3:00-3:40 Tenure: Issues, Questions, and Answers; Daily Roadcheck, Leadership Hall.


3:40-4:00 Break

4:00-5:20 Individual consultations, Alumni House (also in the evening, by mutual agreement)

5:30-6:30 Canoe Lake Matoaka, walk through the College Woods, tour the Keck Environmental Lab

6:30 Picnic Dinner at the Keck Lab

See more photos from the picnic.


Wednesday, June 18

7:00-8:00 Breakfast, University Center Dining Hall

8:15-8:30 Preview of Day and and discussion of NSF visit, Alumni House

8:30-10:00 Developing a Strategic Plan for Research/Scholarly Activity


10:00-10:20 Break

10:20-10:30 Poster Instructions

10:30-11:30 Writing Proposals and Getting Funded (Acrobat (PDF) 16.4MB Jun18 08)

11:30-12:45 Lunch, Alumni House

11:45-12:45 Optional session:

1:00-3:00 Moving Your Research/Scholarly Activity Forward: Funding and Other Issues (concurrent sessions), Alumni House - NOTE EARLIER AFTERNOON START TIME

  • Improving Research Proposals Through Review of Your Proposal Summaries, Leadership Hall
  • Improving Research Proposals Through Critique of Successful Proposals, Pollard Room

3:00-3:20 Break

3:20-3:30 Poster Distribution, Daily Roadcheck

3:30-5:00 Work on Poster, Individual Consultations

6:00- Dinner Dinner in town

7:00-9:00 Work on Poster, Individual Consultations, Alumni House


Thursday, June 19

7:00-8:00 Breakfast, University Center Dining Hall

McGlothlin-Street Hall Room 20 Lobby: coffee all morning

8:15-11:00 Poster Session, McGlothlin-Street Hall Room 20

11:00-11:30 Poster Follow-up and Reflection

11:30-1:15 Lunch in town

1:15-2:15 Time and Task Management: Balancing Your Life (Acrobat (PDF) 7.4MB Jun23 08), Alumni House


2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-4:00 Strategic Action Planning

4:00-4:45 Concluding Remarks and Workshop Evaluation

7:00 Dinner, Nawab Indian Restaurant


Friday, June 20

Optional Visit to the National Science Foundation


See a more detailed schedule for the NSF visit.

6:45 Bus departs from Hospitality House

10:15-10:50 Welcome and Introduction to NSF

11:00-12:00 Small Group Meetings with Program Directors

12:00-1:30 Lunch

1:00-4:30 Individual Meetings with Program Directors and Concurrent Small Group Sessions

4:30-5:00 Debriefing Session

5:15-6:45 Dinner at Uncle Julio's Rio Grande Cafe, Arlington

6:45 Bus departs from restaurant for Williamsburg