GEOS Colloquium

You should be able to scroll U/D and L/R to see everything. Yellow highlight dates are open. As we fill slots, this site will stay up to date.

Final colloquium schedule will be posted before the beginning of each semester at

https://fulbright.uark.edu/departments/geosciences/eventsandcolloquiumcalendar/

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Process notes from Jo Ann Kvamme (4/27/18):

1. Speakers are solicited from the Geosciences Faculty
2. one slot each semester is reserved for a speaker sponsored by the GEOS External Advisory Board
3. Suggestions for speakers are solicited from the Geosciences Faculty
   1. Off campus speaker expenses are generally covered by the inviting faculty member
   2. If a speaker requires Department funds, prior approval from GEOS Chair is required.
4. Society sponsored speakers (AAPG, AWG, AAG, AGU, etc)
   1. Expenses are generally mostly covered by the organization with some expenses paid by the department – all department expenses require prior GEOS Chair approval
5. All suggested speakers are considered, prioritized and contacted about participation (in the event the slots for the semester are full I ask if we want to place the speaker on a “potential speaker” for the next semester or can set a date for the next semester).

It is best if we can fill the lectures for the semester the previous semester.  I keep a running calendar (now live above) so we can also place suggestion speakers and dates for two semesters out.

Scheduling priority:

1. Sponsored speakers are usually locked in first since these must be booked early
2. Faculty bringing speakers to campus (we try to accommodate speakers who are visiting – however this is not always possibly depending on the speakers previously booked.)
3. Faculty on Campus (we try to have campus faculty (or those not needing a hotel room] on football, BBB weekends since hotels may be hard to find and require multiple night stay)
4. We try to insure there is something for everyone in the department with a variety of subject matter

MS Geology Course Tracks

Geochemistry/Petrology Track:      see Drs. Suarez/Potra

Geoinformatics Track:                      see Dr. Aly

Hydrogeology Track:                        see Dr. Hays

Petroleum Track:                               see Drs. Sharman /Liner

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Petroleum Track Detail

     Fall

         GEOS 510V(3) Dyn of Sed Transport (alt yrs, 19, 21)

         GEOS 5283       Economic Geology (alt yrs, 19, 21)

         GEOS 5393       Math Modeling Geol Proc (alt yrs, 19, 21)

         GEOS 5433       The Solid Earth (alt yrs, 18, 20)

         GEOS 5563       Tectonics 

         GEOS 5723       Petroleum Geophysics (alt yrs, 18, 20)

         GEOS 5743       Petroleum Geology

     Spring

         GEOS 5143       3D Seismic Exploration (alt yrs, 18, 20)

         GEOS 510V(3)  Imperial Barrel Award (limit 5 students)

         GEOS 5423       Remote Sensing of Nat Res (alt yrs, 18, 20)

     Irregular

         GEOS 510V(3) Advanced Strat and Sedimentation

         GEOS 510V(3) Subsurface Geological Mapping

         GEOS 5123       Stratigraphic Principles

         GEOS 5223       Sedimentary Petrology

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Petrology/Geochemistry Track Detail

     Fall

         GEOS 5663 Low Temperature Geochemistry of Natural Waters

         GEOS 5283 Economic Geology 

         BIOL 5933 Global Biogeochemistry: Elemental Cycles and Environmental Change

     Spring

         GEOS 5863/ANTH 5863 Quantitative Techniques in Geosciences

         GEOS 5853 Environmental Isotope Geochemistry

         GEOS 5273 Introduction to Geochemistry

     Irregular

         GEOS 5223 Sedimentary Petrology 

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Support links

     1. GEOS Faculty contact info can be found here

     2. GEOS course descriptions can be found here

Fall 2018 GEOS Courses

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GEOS Research Funding (fiscal 2018)

Data from UA Research Office

Grant proposals submitted

Grant proposals awarded

Sponsor breakdown for awarded proposals

GEOS Research Funding (fiscal 2017)

Data from UA Research Office

Geoscience Conference Dates

Reference table below gives approximate dates related to conferences that GEOS students are likely to attend.

Acronyms:

1. AAG - American Association of Geographers
2. AAPG - American Association of Petroleum Geologists
3. AAPG_midcon - Midcontinent Section of AAPG
4. AASHE - Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
5. AGU - American Geophysical Union
6. AMS - American Meteorological Society
7. ASEEES - Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies
8. ASPRS - The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society
9. EAGE - European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
10. Goldschmidt Conference by Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry 
11. GSA - Geological Society of America
12. NABG - National Association of Black Geoscientists
13. SEGg - Society of Economic Geologists
14. SEGp - Society of Exploration Geophysicists
15. SWAAG - Southwest Division of AAG
16. URTeC - Unconventional Resources Technology Conference

GEOS P&T Timeline (approx.)

The P&T process has the following important dates (which can vary a bit year to year):

1. Apr 15 - P&T candidate ('candidate') provides GEOS personnel committee with list of external reviewers (details below)
2. May 10
1. GEOS Chair ('Chair') informs Dean's office (Donna Draper) of faculty who are going up for P&T
2. Final list of external reviewers from personnel committee due to Chair
3. Jun 8 - Invitation emails (no attachment) from Chair to external reviewers
4. Jul 1 - Sharepoint access open for candidate
5. Aug 1 - Current CV and Research Statement from candidate due to Chair
6. Aug 10
1. Sharepoint deadline for complete candidate dossier
2. Full invitation email from Chair to external reviewers
1. Template letter provided by Dean's office, candidate CV and Research Statement are attached
7. Aug 11 - Sharepoint access changes to 'read only' for candidate
8. Sep 4 - Sharepoint access open for personnel committee
9. Sep 10 - Deadline for external review letters to be received by Chair
10. Sep 11 - Sharepoint access open for GEOS tenured faculty
11. Oct 1 - Last day for candidate to receive redacted copy of external review letters prior to unit committee review 
12. Oct 8 - Deadline for candidate to respond in writing to redacted external reference letters (optional)
13. Oct 16 - Deadline for all department letters of rationale to candidate and Sharepoint
1. Includes personnel committee letter with vote, tenured faculty letter with vote, Chair letter
2. Sharepoint Department access changes to 'read only'
3. Dean's office receives hardcopy of fully-completed original promotion forms, tenure forms, appointments to distinguished/university professor forms (with recommendations, numeric votes recorded, signatures of chairs of committees, and departmental chair’s signature recorded) to the dean’s office.  Please do not bind or staple these materials.   No other paper copies other than official P&T nomination forms are needed.
14. Nov 7 - College personnel committee recommendation letter to Dean
15. Nov 9 - Dean recommendation letter to candidate and Chair
16. Nov 16 - Deadline for candidate to appeal unsatisfactory recommendation
17. Nov 26 - College personnel committee chair sends final recommendation on appeal to Dean
18. Nov 27 - Dean sends appeal decision to candidate with copy to department Chair
19. Dec 3 - Last day for candidate to request in writing that P&T materials be withdrawn from Dean's office
20. Dec 7 - Dean recommendation letter to Provost
21. Jan 25 - Provost recommendation letter to candidate
22. Mar 29 - Candidate considered by Board of Trustees and System President
23. Mar 30 - Chancellor letter to candidate with final decision

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Promotion and Tenure External Reviewer Information

1.  Candidates are not allowed to contact potential reviewers
2. Candidates supply 8-10 names for suggested external reviewers to GEOS personnel committee
   1. Including name, affiliation, rank, email and physical address and phone
   2.  External reviewers should be from a U of A peer institution (or higher) in the Carnegie rankings (web site)
   3. 3 external review letters required, 4 or 5 preferred
   4. External reviewers of full Professor rank are strongly preferred
   5. The letters are supposed to be objective and independent evaluations. So, no coauthors or collaborators, no research mentors, no former advisors or students, and no one you have visited within the last 5 years
   6. Sticking with this guidance should avoid any conflict of interest about external review letters
   7. Personnel committee coordinates with candidate to achieve final list
   8. Deadline to GEOS Chair is Apr 15