Geosciences Department Board of Advisors

The purpose of the Geosciences Department Board of Advisors (GDBOA) is to provide energy, ideas, and focus to the continued development of the Geosciences Department. The insights, ideas, and encouragement of its leading alumni and friends are crucial to our continued professional growth in our continuously changing science. The Geosciences Department has a responsibility to assure that Oregon State University offers a compelling learning experience to all students at all levels. The diverse mission of the Department includes basic and applied research on the full range of Geoscience issues, in addition to service and outreach to the citizens of the state of Oregon, the nation and the world. Our goals must be equally diverse in encompassing the creation of an exciting research and teaching environment for the faculty and students that provides access to the state of the art tools necessary to train the new generation of geoscientists and keep Oregon State University in the forefront of Geosciences research.

The Board of Advisors can help us to achieve those goals by:

• Contributing their expertise and counsel
• Being advocates for the Department within the university, and with the alumni.
• Being advocates for the Department within the profession, Oregon and the nation.
• Advising the Department on the formulation of long-term goals.
• Providing feedback and advice to improve curriculum and expand instructional resources.
• Providing the department the perspective of other institutions and from the non-academic sectors of society.
• Identifying new sources of support, and help in organizing fundraising campaigns.

The Geosciences Department Board of Advisors will meet twice a year, in the spring and fall. These meetings will feature dialogue between board members, faculty, and students, and will stimulate ideas and plans for a strong Geosciences Department. The Board may be solicited for advice on specific key issues.

The Board will include 14 to 24 members with a self-selected chair. Membership for a four year term on the Board (with an option for reappointment) will be by invitation by the Chair of the Department of Geosciences upon the nomination of the faculty or Program Directors.

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