Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

04 Apr, 10 AM - 06 Apr, 03 AM

Graduate students in the department of Earth System Science (ESS) face a number of challenges during the course of their academic career. There are often steep learning curves for critical skills such as writing, teaching, and establishing a productive working relationship with an advisor and fellow graduate students. Interactions between graduate students are essential in helping younger students acclimate into the graduate student environment. In recent years, veteran graduate students have noticed decreased interaction between departmental peers. This is concerning because the deterioration of the graduate student community has implications for current and future students in the department. Consequently, we propose a retreat in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to reinvigorate and foster the graduate student community in our department. We believe that taking action to foster community among the ESS graduate students will provide significant benefits to the personal productivity, level of scientific inquiry, and graduate student morale. We have a number of activities planned to both reinvigorate community and pass on valuable information to thrive in the graduate student atmosphere. SNARL provides an ideal location for a retreat for young Earth System Scientists. The facilities are ideal and the surrounding environment is rich with geology and biology that fall along the interest of the participants.

Visit #14794 @Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

Approved

Under Project # 9724 | Research

UCI grad student retreat

graduate_student - University of California, Irvine

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Group of 20 Other Apr 4 - 6, 2008 (3 days)

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Dorm 20 Apr 4 - 6, 2008