What an accomplishment by all those who have taught and attended classes at the Field Station. It is also exciting to note we have new faculty with strong interests in learning the ropes and continuing the educational mission of the program.
As part of the celebration, we are looking to put together some images and statements of how the field camp experience impacted your careers! We are hoping to fill in some of the missing class rosters and any photographs from the 1950s and 1960s. If you would be willing to send us any high-resolution scans from your archives, that would be wonderful. They can be emailed to iugfs@indiana.edu along with any notes or comments about the photos that you would like to share.
We also hope you would be willing to share your statements of how the field camp experience impacted your own careers. You can upload your comments on the form “Reflections from 75 years in the field.” You can access the form by clicking the link below.
We think it is important to share these perspectives with future students looking ahead toward their careers. The AGI report “Critical workforce skills for bachelor-level geoscientists” lists ‘field skills’ as the most important skill employers are seeking based on analyses of over 3600 job advertisements (Shafer et al., 2023). First-hand accounts and examples like yours go a long way toward making it real to our students and help them see themselves.
Reflections from 75 years form
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