1. The El Paso 2YC-4YC Connection
Communication! Students, faculty, staff, administrators Collaborative opportunities: service learning, research, field trips (funding helps!) Assessment: Difficult! Tracking enrollment and degree completion

2. GP-EXTRA: TU GEO Careers (Towson University Geoscience Educational Opportunities for Careers)
Small but growing program
60 – 70% of Geology majors transfer in; ~40% from 2 YCs
One portion of grant is improving pathways from 2 YCs
Building connections with 2 YC faculty
Developing formal articulation agreements as well as web pages with info on courses to take at 2 YCs
Improved transfer advising: now done by geosciences faculty
Assessment/evaluation: ???
Transfer from 2 YC
Transfer

3. Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Course SUREC
Kusali Gamage1 , Hugh Daigle2, Chammi Miller2 1Austin Community College, Austin, TX. 2 University of Texas, Austin, TX.
SUREC 2017 Cohort
One of several goals of the SUREC program is
to increase transfer rates of Austin community College geology students to four-year institutions
SUREC Evaluation
Surveys (URSSA: Undergraduate Research Student Self-Assessment)
knowledge tests
faculty assessment of student performance & skills; student project records
institutional research data
Project Details
12 weeks, three-credit-hour course
Open to second-year students interested in STEM disciplines
Twelve stipend-supported positions
Students conduct research at UT Austin, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering

4. FRCC PI: Patrick Shabram; UNAVCO PI: Donna Charlevoix
NSF IUSE GeoPaths: Extra: Geo-Launchpad Collaborative grant between Front Range Community College (FRCC) and UNAVCO
Multi-component experience, including
8-week summer internships: interns work with UNAVCO staff
Faculty mentor training at UNAVCO - all faculty mentor applicants are invited to participate [2017]
FRCC-developed Special Topics Seminar on careers in the geosciences; available in statewide course catalog
Pre-REU summer internship includes skills seminar, communications workshop, and career circles
Faculty member from each intern’s home institution visits UNAVCO for 2 days and supports intern back at school; Discuss importance of mentoring as well as best practices
Website:

5. Focus on at-risk, “budding” geologist
GP: EXTRA: PLUGGING THE LEAKY GEOSCIENCE PIPELINE: AN EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAM BRIDGING GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS AT LINN-BENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Deron Carter, Linn-Benton Community College Shanaka de Silva, Oregon State
University
HIGHLIGHTS
Focus on at-risk, “budding” geologist
Develop a cohort to combat transfer shock
Participate in field trips to tie cognates to geoscience practice
Work in a collaborative lab setting to access professional networks, build research skills
MEASURING SUCCESS
Evaluate improvement in student knowledge, skills (grades, rubrics)
Evaluate changes in student self-efficacy, peer-to-peer support, feeling part of a professional network (interviews)

6. Fort Lewis College GP-EXTRA: Supporting the Academic and Social Integration of Incoming Transfer Students
Key program elements
Supports new transfers + transfers within past year
Sophomore field course taught in August
Financial support during summer course
Field trips to introduce faculty/local geology
Support to attend GSA
Financial support for senior thesis research
Evaluation
Formative:
Participation in activities
Focus group/survey – which components useful; social/academic capital questions
Fall grades
Summative (planned):
Persistence
Time to graduation
AGI graduates survey
Senior thesis assessment