Pacific Northwest Chapter

 Purpose

When the Spokane and Puget Sound Chapters merged to form the Pacific Northwest Chapter in 2007, the chapter grew to serve both Washington and Oregon. Our members live in Washington and Oregon and beyond to Idaho and British Columbia. To promote professional growth and AWG's goals, we get together for formal and informal events, mostly in the Seattle and Portland areas.

UPCOMING EVENTS/NEWS

Portland AWG Mixer

Portland AWG Mixer @ Deschutes Brewery in The Pearl
Wednesday, February 29
begins at 5:30

AWG Convention

AWG 35th Anniversary Convention
March 16, 2012 in Hartford, Connecticut
at the downtown Hartford Marriot
Afternoon fieldtrip, workshops, and speakers

Portland AWG Mixer

Portland AWG Mixer @ TBD
Wednesday, April 18

AWG Grand Canyon Raft Trip

2012 AWG Raft Trip down the Grand Canyon, June 4-12, 2012
Cost: $2625
For more information, contact Kata McCarville

Portland AWG Hike/Outing

Portland AWG Hike/Outing
details TBD
Saturday, June 23

RECENT EVENTS/NEWS

AWG-AEG Joint Meeting

Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists and Association for Women Geoscientists
First Annual Joint Portland-Area Meeting
November 15, 2011 | 6:00-9:00 pm
Old Market Pub (Google Map)
Speaker: Anne MacDonald from GeoEngineers
"Stream Crossings at Pipelines – what guidance does an engineering geologist provide?"
Hosted bar by Terra Dolce Consultants for first 50 people
It was a great turnout at AWG/AEG Joint 2011 Meeting. Photo courtesy of Kevin Schleh.

AWG 2011 Scholarship

Scholarship information now available here.

Joint Chapter Meeting with Northwest Geological Society

AWG Pacific Northwest Chapter joint meeting with
Northwest Geological Society
Talaris Conference Center, Seattle, WA
Speaker: Deborah Kelley, Univ. of Washington School of Oceanography
"Volcanic Eruptions and Life at 5000 Feet: Beneath the Ocean’s Surface off the Oregon Coast"
October 11, 2011

AWG 2011 Joint Field Trip

Joint Field Trip with AEG to the Olympic Peninsula
Sept 9-11, 2011
AWG-PNW 2010 Janet Cullen Tanaka Scholarship recipient Sally Zhang examines the fine angular unconformity at the base of Pleistocene glacial deposits along the Washington coast (Beach 4, north of Kalaloch). James Hutton, eat your heart out!

AWG 2011 Field Trip

AWG 2011 Field Trip
Southern Cascade volcanic regions in Southern Oregon and Northern California
July 23-30, 2011
AWG 2011 field trip leader, Nadine Langley, directing attention to the andesite exposure on top of Wizard Island at Crater Lake National Park. The crater rim and Mt. Scott are visible in the background.

Judging at Regional and State Science Fairs

March-April 2011.

AWG Chapter Meeting

GRACE SHERWOOD WINER PRESENTS
"Meteorites: Stones that Fall from the Sky"
Thursday, March 3, 2011
6:30 – 7:30 pm **Pizza **Please bring $5.00 to cover costs
7:30 – 9 pm *Grace’s presentation on Meteorites

Logo Contest
The chapter has changed and it now has members in Oregon and Washington, and beyond. When the members were mostly near Puget Sound, this was our logo. Now we have two states and lots of mountains to investigate. The chapter invites you to send in your idea for an expanded logo.Please submit your ideas to the editor at awg-ps.org. All entries will be posted!

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This page was last updated Nov 2011