Two Waubonsee Community College geology students were among 115 nationwide to receive a competitive scholarship to attend their first geology conference, the 2015 Geological Society of America Annual meeting in Baltimore.
During the conference – held in November – Waubonsee students Garnet Flora-Holmquist and Leticia Lopez were able to network with more than 7,000 geoscientists from 58 countries.
“It is clear that the many presentations they attended and contacts that they made by attending this first conference solidified their interest in the geosciences as a career, as well as to help guide them to their specific geoscience disciplines,” said David Voorhees, Waubonsee Associate Professor of Earth Science/Geology.
The students received the scholarship through the “On to the Future” program sponsored by the Geological Society of America, which strives to build a diverse geoscience community by engaging groups traditionally underrepresented in the geosciences. The program brought 115 undergraduate students to the conference, and sponsored networking.
