1. Aisha R. Morris (UNAVCO) and Rebecca Haacker (NCAR) PARTERNSHIPS FOR BUILDING A DIVERSE STEM WORKFORCE SOARS Center for Higher Education NCAR UCAR air planet people

2. Degree statistics from National Science Foundation, Selected Data on Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards, 1995-2013, www.nsf.gov/statistics Population Statistics from US Census Bureau, via the National Center for Education Statistics, available at https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt 13_101.20.asp

3. UNAVCO: NSF’S GEODETIC FACILITY UNAVCO operates the NSF GAGE (Geodesy Advancing Geosciences and EarthScope) Facility The GAGE facility supports many facets of geoscience research including instrumentation and infrastructure, data analysis, cyberinfrastructure, and broader impacts UNAVCO, a non-profit university-governed consortium, facilitates geoscience research and education using geodesy

4. GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AT UNAVCO Lower division under- graduate Upper division under- graduate Graduate student Post- doc/early career RESESS E-Net Mentoring Training Geo-Launchpad USIP Fall Conference Networking Events

5. GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Geo-Launchpad engages community college students Critical to engage students earlier in their academic careers Geo-enabled experience introducing students to research, research skills development, and professional opportunities in geosciences Highly successful RESESS program engages upper division undergraduate students Authentic, independent research experience Support structure to ensure continued success and retention in graduate programs Graduate students USIP provides real-world work experiences for graduate students and upper division undergraduates Short courses, mentoring, training, and community support structure Continued network from graduate school to early career professionals provides support pathway (e.g. E-Net: Expanding Networks Through Mentoring) Early career professionals Early leadership opportunities in mentoring Continued support network for professional positions in academia, industry or other geo-focused careers - partnerships with SOARS (NCAR), NEON, IRIS UNAVCO is committed to developing a diverse, well-prepared geoscience workforce, and accomplishing this requires a continuous support structure

6. RESESS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 2015: Completed 11th summer of internship program; 56 alumni Multi-year, 11-week paid summer internship - opportunity to participate for a total of 3 summers Professional development Career exploration via local field trips, graduate student round table Writing and communications workshops Graduate school application support (including GRE prep materials and exam fees; application fee support) Interns present their summer work at end of summer UNAVCO intern colloquium and poster session hosted by UCAR Funding available to attend scientific conference to interact with broader scientific community [funding provided by grant from ExxonMobil Foundation] Interns mentored by faculty, researchers, postdocs, and graduate students from a variety of institutions - research mentors and communications mentors 2015 RESESS interns

7. The SOARS & RESESS mentoring model Writing Mentor Peer Mentor Computing Mentor Coach Research Mentor Adapted from Thomas L. Windham, Amy J. Stevermer, and Richard A. Anthes, 2004: SOARS®: An Overview of the Program and Its First 8 Years. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 42–47

8. RESESS OUTCOMES Status as of October 2015 Enrolled in Masters program 10 Enrolled in Undergraduate program 12 Working in geoscience 16 Working elsewhere 10 Enrolled in PhD program 88 RESESS Program Interns 56 22 66 11 13 77 88 11 11 22 66 33 Graduated with Masters 14 Graduated with PhD 22 Graduated with BS/BA 44 RESESS is an internship and support program dedicated to increasing the diversity of students entering the geosciences 77% of RESESS graduates are in geoscience graduate school or working in the geosciences 2015 UNAVCO Intern Field Trip

9. PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUCCESS