1. LBOS Geobridge: Bridging future geoscientists from Linn-Benton Community College to Oregon State University
Deron Carter, Physical Sciences Department, Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, Oregon
Dr. Shan de Silva, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

2. Thank you. Susan Eriksson, external evaluator and project mentor
Dan Miggins, OSU Argon Geochronology Lab
NSF Geopaths grant #

3. The Geoscience Pipeline.
Grad SCHOOL
2YC
4YCU
JOB
Students fall out here due to transfer shock, inadequate preparation for a STEM major

4. Transfer shock. The academic and social disorientation experienced by students following a transfer.

5. PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIP. IDES.

6. LBOS Geobridge Program
NSF IUSE: Geopaths grant
6 LBCC geoscience transfer students
At-risk of dropping out of the pipeline
GOALS
Reduce transfer shock for students.
Career exposure and building technical skills related to geoscience employment.
Increase the self-efficacy of transfer students in the geosciences.
Students receive $4000 stipend for full-time summer work, and $1000 for part-time fall work

7. Activities Summer collaborative research program
Summer field trips and classroom sessions
Fall term meetings with local geoscience employers

8. Theory of Change Building cohort to combat transfer shock
Providing research opportunities to place-bound students
Skill building to increase confidence and efficacy
Increasing students' understanding of the variety of geoscience careers available.

9. Measuring Success: longitudinal tracking and pre/post interviews
Passing gateway courses: Intro to Field Geology, Mineralogy
Persisting in upper-division geoscience courses,
Conducting post-Geobridge undergraduate research at OSU,
Improving self-efficacy in geoscience skills and geoscientific identity,
Articulating specific geoscience career aspirations.
Five students attended 2017 GSA in Seattle.

10. Results Increased confidence for success before Intro to Field Geology
Preparation to do field work
Skills (strike and dip)
Cohort to help each other
All students passed with high grades/persisting in UD courses
Summer lab work provided
Lab skills
Importance of patience in scientific process
Set them up for future jobs
3/5 students employed in OSU labs

11. Students succeeding in goals
Students have higher expectations of themselves
Students have visions of higher degrees
One student reported, “academia has a place for me.”