Activities and Awards Associated with Teaching and Student Training

Chair, Dept of Geosciences UWM. (Fall 2009-Spring 2012)
Professor Dept. of Geosciences, UWM
Faculty affiliated with Conservation and Environmental Science Major, UWM.
Project FEST: NSF sponsored Project to provide science content to K-12 Teachers in Southeastern Wisconsin. 20012-2015.
Project BEST: NSF sponsored Project to provide science content to K-12 Teachers in the Milwaukee Public Schools 2009-2011.
Co-Host and organized National Science Foundation International Workshop on the Late Paelozoic Ice Age (included Student participation)
Mentor, UWM CIC and Ronald McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
Mentor, National Science Foundation RET (Research Experience for Teachers) Program at UWM.
Mentored 6 Students on REU Projects (UWM and Vanderbilt University).
Nominated for a CIC and Ronald McNair Outstanding Mentor Award
Outreach Coordinator, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University.

: Tim Cully, Rosie Askins and Paul Lenaker in the Darwin Mountains, Antarctica

: The UWM-Universidad de Buenos Aires Calingasta-Uspallata Basin Project. (L to R) Ana Tedesco, Dr. Oscar Limarino, Patricia Cicciolli, Lindsey Henry and John near Cerro Aconcagua (the highest peak in the Americas)

: Snow, Sky, and Cross Beds…life doesn’t get any better than this! John and Tim Cully enjoying lunch in Gordan Valley, Antarctica.

: UWM Fieldwork in Makoshika S.P., Montana Quintin Bendixen taking a break from work on the Fort Union Formation.