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T30. The Chronology of Big Pleistocene Events and Tracking County. Sun., 24 March, 12:30–5 p.m. Cost: US$40.
Them from Source to Sink. Principal organizer: Brandon Principal organizer: Pamela Kempton, Kansas State Univ.,
B. Curry, Illinois State Geological Survey, bcurry@ pkempton@ksu.edu. Co-organizers: Matt Brueseke,
illinois.edu. Co-organizer: Sebastien Huot, Illinois State Kansas State Univ., brueseke@ksu.edu; Kayleigh Rogers,
Geological Survey, shuot@illinois.edu. Kansas State Univ., kayleighr@ksu.edu.
T31. Past and Present Landform Deposition and FT9. Kansas River Alluvial Aquifer: Water Use and
Stabilization in Glacial and Periglacial Environments. Real-Time Water-Level Monitoring. Wed., 27 March,
Principal organizer: Elizabeth Ceperly, Univ. of Wisconsin 1–5:30 p.m. Cost: US$33. Principal organizer: Don
Madison, ceperley@wisc.edu. Co-organizers: Lucas Zoet, Whittemore, Kansas Geological Survey, donwhitt@
Univ. of Wisconsin Madison, lzoet@wisc.edu; J.E. kgs.ku.edu.
Rawling III, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History FT11. Geology of the Flint Hills, Kansas: Sea Level and
Survey, elmo.rawling@wgnhs.uwex.edu. Climate Changes in the Permian. Thurs., 28 March,
T32. Geology of the Greater Kansas City Area (Posters). 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Cost: US$56 (includes lunch and snack).
Principal organizer: Richard Gentile, Univ. of Missouri Principal organizer: Karin Goldberg, Kansas State Univ.,
Kansas City, gentiler@umkc.edu. kgoldberg@ksu.edu. Co-organizer: Keith Miller, Kansas
T33. Undergraduate Student Research (Posters). Principal State Univ. (retired), keithbmill@gmail.com
organizer: Robert Shuster, Univ. of Nebraska Omaha,
rshuster@unomaha.edu. SHORT COURSES
T34. Pleistocene Records of Climatic and Environmental SC1. Making Geoscience Animations and Videos and
Change in the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Assessing Them in the Classroom. Sun., 24 March,
Midwest. Principal organizer: Benjamin J.C. Laabs, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Cost: US$50 (includes two snacks and
North Dakota Univ., benjamin.laabs@ndsu.edu beverages). Principal organizer: Robert J. Stern, Univ. of
Texas at Dallas, rjstern@utdallas.edu. Co-organizers:
FIELD TRIPS Ning Wang, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, ning.wang@utdallas
For additional information, please contact the Field Trip co- .edu; Jeffrey Ryan, Univ. of South Florida, ryan@usf.edu;
chairs, Susan Stover, susanstover@ku.edu, and Rex Buchanan, Lochlan Vaughn, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, lochlan
rex@kgs.ku.edu; contact the trip leaders; or check the meeting .vaughn@utdallas.edu; Siloa Willis, Univ. of Texas at
website. All field trips depart from the Manhattan Hilton Dallas, siloa.willis@utdallas.edu.
Garden Inn unless otherwise noted. SC2. GSA On To the Future Professional Skills Short Course
for Students. Sun., 24 March. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Cost: Free;
FT1. Looking Beneath the Plains: Geology of the Ogallala limited to 20 students. To register, email Tahlia Bear at
Formation and the Central High Plains of Kansas. tbear@geosociety.org. Principal organizers: Stephen K.
Sat.–Sun. 23–24 March, 7 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Cost: US$245 Boss, Univ. of Arkansas, sboss@uark.edu; Tahlia Bear,
(includes lunch, dinner, snacks, and lodging for overnight Geological Society of America, tbear@geosociety.org.
stay in Scott City, Kansas). Principal organizer: Jon Smith, Co-organizer: Katherine Ellins, Univ. of Texas at Austin,
Kansas Geological Survey, jjsmith@kgs.ku.edu. Co- kellins@jsg.utexas.edu.
organizer: Tony Layzell, Kansas Geological Survey,
alayzell@kgs.ku.edu. OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
FT3. Late-Quaternary Landscape Evolution and AND EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS
Geoarchaeology in the Flint Hills of Northeastern Best Student Posters and Papers
Kansas: A Tale of Two Sites. Sun., 24 March, Awards for the best student posters and papers are supported
8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Cost: US$57 (includes lunch and snack). by the GSA South-Central, North-Central, and Rocky Mountain
Principal organizer: Rolfe Mandel, Kansas Geological Sections. To be eligible, students must be lead authors and pre-
Survey, mandel@kgs.ku.edu senters and should be capable of answering detailed questions
FT5. The Science and the Industry of the Permian about their research. These awards will be announced Wed.,
Hutchinson Salt. Sun., 24 March, 6:30 a.m.–9 p.m. 27 March, during the Student Awards Ceremony.
Cost: US$87 (includes lunch, snack, and entrance fee to
underground salt caverns). Principal organizer: Marcia STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
Schulmeister, Emporia State Univ., mschulme@emporia Deadline: 19 Feb.
.edu. Co-organizers: Kathleen Counter Bennison, West Students who are GSA members and who register for the
Virginia Univ., kcbennison@mail.wvu.edu; Anna Sofia meeting are eligible to apply for student travel grants. Find
Andeskie, West Virginia Univ., asandeskie@mail.wvu.edu. information and applications for student travel grants on
FT6. Trails West, Kansas City Vicinity, Missouri and the respective Section websites. Please review the eligibility
Kansas. Sun., 24 March, 7 a.m.–6 p.m. Cost: US$58 guidelines and application procedure for your Section.
(includes snack). Principal organizer: James S. Aber,
Emporia State Univ., jaber@g.emporia.edu. Co-organizer: MENTOR PROGRAMS
Susan W. Aber, Emporia State Univ., abersusie@gmail.com. Learn more at www.geosociety.org/mentors.
FT7. Windows into the Cretaceous Mantle of the North Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geoscience.
American Mid-Continent—Kimberlites of Riley Mon., 25 March, and Tues., 26 March, noon–1:30 p.m. Students

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