UT Arlington, Tarrant County College partner for geosciences education
UT Arlington and Tarrant County College are partnering to encourage students from underrepresented groups to consider majoring in the geosciences and to establish an easy transfer process between TCC and UT Arlington. Officials from the two institutions have received a $200,000, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Opportunities to Enhance Diversity in the Geosciences program. John Wickham, professor and chair of UT Arlington’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, is the principal investigator for the grant. Co-principal investigators are Pamela Jansma, dean
