RAC/LouisianaView Co-hosts SPLIT Geoscience Workshop 2024

SPLIT Geoscience is a three-year US – based educational-research program initiated by Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in partnership with AmericaView, Central State University (CSU), Idaho State University (ISU), and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette)

Through a combination of workshops, hands-on training, field experience, and internship placement, the program emphasizes partnerships between academia, industry, and multicultural organizations to connect undergraduate and graduate students across the nation to future employers and to the scientific community at large.

SPLIT Geospatial Literacy Workshop

May 6-10

Idaho State University

Presentation by RAC/LouisianaView Team Brent Yantis and Courtney P. Chicola - NASA Aerokats and Aeropods

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Integrating Spatial Literacy into Geoscience: Bridging the gap between education and workforce in the U.S.

Through a combination of workshops, hands-on training, field experience, and internship placement, the program emphasizes partnerships between academia, industry, and multicultural organizations to connect undergraduate and graduate students across the nation to future employers and to the scientific community at large.

The program provides an effective method of increasing diversity in geoscience, while strengthening obligations to society and broadening intellectual values in STEM research

The program integrates geoscience and geospatial literacy with the socioeconomic needs of local communities across the United States, and thus, contributes to understanding geoscience-related challenges across the nation.

The geospatial component of the program supports the urgent demand of the U.S. government and industry to prepare the next generation of skilled geoscientists to handle serious problems, such as the effects and mitigation of natural disasters, that are crucial to national welfare and security

This interactive approach attracts students and sparks their research curiosity and critical thinking!

The SPLITGeoscience program leverages innovative hands-on learning and field experience using the most sophisticated satellite- and drone-based technologies, plus internship opportunities, to satisfy two goals:

1) Encourage and strengthen the geoscience professional development of students from historically excluded communities and facilitate their school-to-work transition using effective recruitment and retention strategies

2) Elevate the status of career-related pathways of students by becoming well-rounded and ready-for-job-market professionals

The program consists of two major components

1) A series of intensive on-site hands-on learning events allowing insights into real-world geoscience problems using the most recent geospatial techniques learned from experts

2) A work placement program for university students established with industry, universities, and government

The ability to process and analyze spatial data to confront pressing geoscience and environmental issues is becoming the fundamental form of literacy for experts in geoscience, which is a fast-growing interest of government, academia, and industry

Our Team
Principal Investigator: Dr. Anita Simic Milas, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

Co-Investigator: Dr. Sakthi Subburayalu, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH

Collaborators
Dr. Lisa Wirth, America View

Brent Yantis, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA

Dr. Donna Delparte, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

Graduate Students: Md Kamrul Islam & Trina Das

Read more - https://splitgeoscience.com/