ALT A graphic from the Association for Women Geoscientists showing upcoming scholarships and awards. Included text reads, "It's time to apply to our upcoming scholarships and awards! Jeanne E. Harris Chrysalis Scholarship: Due March 31st! Outstanding Educator Award: Due April 1st! AWG Undergraduate Excellence in Paleontology Award: Due April 15th! Winifred Goldring Award: Due April 30th!"

ALT Clouds at sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean near Barbados during the ATOMIC field experiment. Credit: Robert Pincus

ALT AWG Distinguished Lecturer Program AWG’s DLP offers over 100 different geoscience lectures given in person or via zoom by well-known women speakers. Department and organizations can receive up to $800 per year toward in-person speaker expenses. Have questions about DLP talks? Please contact our Distinguished Lecturer Program Chair @ dlp@awg.org For more details of to: https://www.awg.org/AWGDistinguishedLectureProgram

ALT Aerial View of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory campus in Palisades, NY. Credit: Nick Frearson

ALT The Society of Petroleum Engineers – Gulf Coast Section’s (SPE-GCS) 13th semi-annual Energy Professionals Hiring Event! This hiring event is for professionals of energy and upstream oil & gas disciplines. AWG professional/early career members qualify to participate as job seekers. 📌To be held face-to-face, at the SPE Annual Technical Conference 🗓When: Tuesday, 17 October 2023 📍Where: Exhibition at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. Registration and more detailed Job Seeker Qualifications information are available at: https://www.spegcs.org/hiring-event/

ALT AWG Announcement OPEN Position: AWG Distinguished Lecturer Program Chair The Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) is looking for a volunteer to take on the Chair position of our Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP). The DLP currently offers over 100 lectures in 14 general topic areas given by well-known female speakers. Chair responsibilities include: 1. Coordinating speaker requests and AWG partial funding for in-person or zoom lectures, 2. Maintaining a current speaker directory and their associated talk titles, 3. Submitting project funding requests and annual project reports to the AWG Foundation, and 4. Recruiting future DLP speakers. The DLP Chair position is a vital part of AWG because the DLP encourages our speakers to engage students, professionals, and educators in the exchange of information, while also enhancing the professional visibility and growth of the speaker. Email president@awg.org for further information!

ALT 🚨ONLINE CLASS ALERT Earth and Space Science Course for Teachers Beginning Date:10/23/2023 AWG would like to alert teachers and school districts in our chapter areas about the AAPGF Online Earth and Space Science Course for Teachers. Currently, there are scholarship funds available for 20 teachers. The need for getting Earth Science offered at the High School level has never been stronger. Teachers taking this course discover Earth Science content, extensive teaching resources, and diverse career options for their students. For More Information Contact Rebecca Dodge at rebeccadodge8615@gmail.com

ALT Photo Call GSA Pardee Session GSA and AWG are requesting submission of photos from women who are working in geoscience, broadly defined, as part of the Pardee Keynote Symposia “P2. Spotlight on Positive and Diverse Female Role Models,” which will be held at the GSA Connects 2023 Meeting!! Needed: Two .jpg photos of you at work or play, cropped to a square, saved in the format first_last.jpg (example abigail_burt.jpg) Include your name, occupation, employer, and location Email to: diverse.geos2023@gmail.com GSA Connects 2023 Meeting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Monday, 16 October 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

ALT The AWG Mavis Kent Award (https://www.awg.org/page/ScholarshipsandAwards) is given annually to one honoree in recognition of significant contributions to the Earth and space sciences by an outstanding mid-career woman scientist. Each honoree will be evaluated in the following two areas: Scientific Excellence and Distinguished Service. These areas demonstrate a balance between professional Earth or space science careers, and outstanding service to their communities. Nominations are due July 15th of each year. More info here - https://tinyurl.com/2p8wchz9

ALT Nominations will be solicited from the AWG membership at large. The impact and breadth of scientific contribution and community service will be evaluated as follows. Scientific Excellence and Impact Scientific contributions demonstrated through a candidate’s body of work showing new ideas for analytical methods, approaches or syntheses, resulting publications, and insights gained. Overall impact of a candidate’s work to her scientific field, and influence of current or future research. Distinguished Service and Broader ImpactDemonstrated benefits to others at local, national, and international levels from the candidate’s contributions. Community service through mentoring other geoscience professionals, collaboration with institutions of informal science education such as museums, nature and science centers. Development of outreach materials explicitly aimed at communicating effectively about science concepts for general audiences like K-12 students or teachers, professionals in other

ALT Nomination Packages should include: One to two-page letter summarizing the nominee’s significant contributions to Earth and space science, and impact of distinguished community service. Nominee’s Resume highlighting science career and community service. Two letters of support, with a maximum of five letters, which can be from non-members of AWG. Please submit your nomination as one complete pdf file to mkaward@awg.org.