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Broader Impacts

Current Outreach Project Info

    • CHEM Camp and Biochemp Camp
    • Talmage and REU fellows

  • 1. Social media: We have a very active Instagram account where we highlight students, field trips, companies, and more. We also have a YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok

    2. Geological Record: The department of Geology creates a yearly alumni magazine. We use this to keep our alumni involved and to encourage them to act as ambassadors for our department.

    3. Grade school visits: We regularly visit schools in the Utah Valley area with our Rock Box. The Rock Box is a collection of some of our best specimens of gems, minerals, and fossils. We show these items to students to teach them about the world around them and inspire them to become the next generation of geologists.

    4. Science Fair: The regional science fair brings in students from all over Utah and neighboring states. The Geology Department assists in the organization and judging of this event and has a booth with information and of course, the Rock Box.

    5. UtSTA: The Utah Science Teacher Association connects science teachers from all over Utah.

    6. Quey Hebrew Lecture: Every year the Geology Department hosts the Quey Hebrew Lecture Series, where we invite a special guest to speak to the general public on a unique geology topic.

    7. Geology Club/AAPG Fieldtrips: The Geology Department has two student clubs that take field trips around Utah as well as other states. We always invite non majors to join.

    8. Scholarships: The Geology Department reaches out to nearly all the high schools in Utah and Idaho and invites them to apply for the George Hansen Scholarship. This scholarship is specifically for incoming freshmen who enroll as a geology, environmental geology, or earth and space science education major.

    9. BYU Museum of Paleontology: There are 4 museums on BYU campus and the Geology Department oversees the Museum of Paleontology. The museum is open to the general public from 9-5 each weekday, free of charge. The museum offers tours to schools and private groups that call ahead. Because the museum’s main focus is research, it offers far more than displays.

    10. Lecture speaker Q&As: The Geology Department hosts a weekly seminar featuring professionals in the field of geology. After their presentations, they sit down to lunch with students and answer all questions that the students have about careers and other topics. All students are invited.

    • K-12 Programs: AMC8 and AMC1012 exams, BYU Math Circles, and Math Camp
    • Clubs: SAC, S(AC)Me, CURM, SIAM, Data Science, and Women in Math
    • Weusemath.org

  • MathEd students go into local school and help the students with their math.

  • Statisticians are recruited from the Utah Chapter of the American Statistical Association to visit local high school mathematics and statistics classes to talk about statistics as a discipline and careers in statistics.