Programs & Opportunities
GeoFORCE Texas
A nationally recognized outreach program that introduces students from underserved areas of the state to the geosciences by taking them on field trips each summer throughout high school to visit geologically significant sites across the country.
Read MoreGeoscience Ambassadors
An outreach program that seeks to cultivate a larger and more diverse geoscience community by helping geoscience students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, reflect on their own path to the geosciences and present their personal stories to young people and others in their home communities.
Read MoreGeoscience Empowerment Network (GEN)
A Jackson School-sponsored organization dedicated to increasing diversity among the students, faculty, researchers and staff members at the the Jackson School so that the community more closely resembles the diversity found in Texas. Strategies include: mentorship; community building; professional and personal development; advocating for change; and promoting diverse voices in geosciences.
Read MoreGeoscience Leadership Organization for Women (GLOW)
A student-run group within the Jackson School that strives to empower women in the geosciences, provide members with important resources and knowledge concerning issues that women face in the geosciences, and encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. GLOW promotes leadership, outreach, and community within earth sciences, impacting all members of the geoscience community.
Read MoreGeoLatinas
In 2020, graduate students founded a local chapter of GeoLatinas at the Jackson School. The mission of the international organization is to embrace, empower, and inspire Latinas to pursue and thrive in careers in Earth and Planetary Sciences. The Jackson School chapter was co-founded by Kiara Gomez and Estefania Salgado Jauregui. They currently lead the group.
Read MoreOnRamps
A signature UT Austin initiative designed to expand access to high-quality educational opportunities across the state of Texas. The program serves tens of thousands of high school students and teachers, in partnership with school districts and higher education institutions. Through OnRamps, the Jackson School partners with high school teachers to teach an introductory geosciences course to thousands of high school students across Texas, with the majority of the students coming from underrepresented groups.
Read MoreUndergraduate Research Traineeship Experience (RTX)
The RTX is a paid opportunity for STEM undergraduates and recent graduates to gain technical skills, get involved in geoscience research and develop educational and professional goals.
Read MoreLEO Seminar Series
The purpose of LEO (Listening to Each Other) is to create a more inclusive and educated JSG community by listening to and sharing each other’s stories, motivations, and passion behind Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Read MoreMath and Science Institute
An intensive and hands-on preparation program each summer for incoming STEM majors offering instruction and guidance on college life and learning.
Read MoreFuture Faculty and Research Scientists
A Visiting Scholars initiative for invited doctoral students and early career scientists to present research, meet potential collaborators, and visit JSG partner high schools.
Read MoreEDGE
The Jackson School's branch of the National Science Foundation's Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) program. JSG EDGE is an opportunity for US citizens and permanent residents traditionally underrepresented in the geosciences to meet and train with JSG faculty and research scientists.
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