About Us

Integrating Spatial Literacy into Geoscience: Bridging the gap between education and workforce in the U.S.
In partnership with AmericaView, the educational-research program SPLIT Geoscience is a three-year program proposed by Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Central State University (CSU), the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette) and Idaho State University (ISU)
Through a combination of workshops, hands-on training, field experience, and internship placement, the program emphasizes partnerships between academia, industry, and multicultural organizations to connect undergraduate and graduate students across the nation to future employers and to the scientific community at large.
The program provides an effective method of increasing diversity in geoscience, while strengthening obligations to society and broadening intellectual values in STEM research

The program integrates geoscience and geospatial literacy with the socioeconomic needs of local communities across the United States, and thus, contributes to understanding geoscience-related challenges across the nation

The geospatial component of the program supports the urgent demand of the U.S. government and industry to prepare the next generation of skilled geoscientists to handle serious problems, such as the effects and mitigation of natural disasters, that are crucial to national welfare and security
This interactive approach attracts students and sparks their research curiosity and critical thinking!
The SPLITGeoscience program leverages innovative hands-on learning and field experience using the most sophisticated satellite- and drone-based technologies,  plus internship opportunities, to satisfy two goals:

1) Encourage and strengthen the geoscience professional development of students from historically excluded communities and facilitate their school-to-work transition using effective recruitment and retention strategies

2) Elevate the status of career-related pathways of students by becoming well-rounded and ready-for-job-market professionals

The program consists of two major components

1) A series of intensive on-site hands-on learning events allowing insights into real-world geoscience problems using the most recent geospatial techniques learned from experts

2) A work placement program for university students established with industry, universities, and government

The ability to process and analyze spatial data to confront pressing geoscience and environmental issues is becoming the fundamental form of literacy for experts in geoscience, which is a fast-growing interest of government, academia, and industry

Our Team

Principal Investigator

Dr. Anita Simic Milas

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH

 

Co-Investigator

Dr. Sakthi Subburayalu

Central State University

Wilberforce, OH

Collaborators

Dr. Lisa Wirth

America View

 

Dr. Brent Yantis

University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA

 

Dr. Donna Delparte

Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

Graduate Students

Md Kamrul Islam
Trina Das