NAGT - Eastern Section meeting 2026

5pm - Opening reception (PVCC Bolick Center)

6pm - Welcoming remarks
... Callan Bentley, PVCC, meeting organizer & host
... Jean Runyon, PVCC President
... Steve Lindberg, NAGT - University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Eastern Section President

6:30pm - Keynote Address
... Chuck Bailey, William & Mary: "An Appalachian Overview"

8am (optional) Birdwatching at the PVCC campus - Callan Bentley, PVCC

9am Morning workshops (PVCC classrooms), to include:
... Fossil identification & interpretation - Virginia Museum of Natural History
... Teaching geoscience in the age of generative AI - PVCC English faculty
... Data labs using Ocean Observatories Initiative data - OOI staff
... Art and geology - Daisy Dudley
... STEMSEAS - Cristina Cardona & Callan Bentley

11am NAGT Eastern Section business meeting

12pm Lunch

1pm Half-day field trips:
... Blue Ridge Tunnel - Chuck Bailey, William & Mary
... Monticello Archeology - Fraser Neiman, Monticello
... Charlottesville area geologic history - Callan Bentley, PVCC

6pm Rock Garden, tour of Virginia Energy, & Geo-auction
... Virginia Energy conference room (Dinner included; catering by Aromas Cafe)

8:30am-4pm All day field trips (pick up boxed lunches at PVCC Bolick Center):
..."The Full Nelson" (geology of Nelson County) - Chuck Bailey, William & Mary
...Caves, karst, & "Roadside Geology" of the Shenandoah Valley - Ángel Garcia & Eric Pyle, James Madison University

6pm Awards Banquet Picnic (Location TBD; probably a local winery, brewery, or cidery)
...Outstanding Earth Science Teacher, Digman Award, Moss Award
...Keynote talk: Ángel Garcia, James Madison University

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