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Dear GeoEd Community, Please join us for our next Belonging in the Field discussion, GeoSPACE: Building community for students in a hybrid, multi-modal field course designed for inclusion and access. This talk and Q&A will take place on April 26th at 12-1 pm Pacific Time (3-4 pm Eastern Time). Dr. Anita Marshall and Yesenia Arroyo will share their approach to building inclusive communities with examples from GeoSPACE <https://sites.google.com/ufl.edu/geospace-field-program> – an inclusive field course for students with disabilities and other marginalized identities. The goal for the series is to promote awareness and understanding about topics related to belonging and the practices that promote its development in undergraduate field education through discussion and reflection. In classroom settings, belonging plays an important role in students’ mental health and well-being, academic achievement and motivation, institution-level retention, and is pivotal for supporting students underrepresented in STEM disciplines. We still have much to learn about the development of sense of belonging in field settings. Please see the attached flyer for more information, and RSVP for the talk by clicking this link <https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6lehqpiPmDrnUq2> or by visiting https://bit.ly/BFE_RSVP. We hope you will come join this important conversation! Best, -AJ Dr Alison Jolley (AJ), SFHEA | (she/her) Lecturer, Academic Development Te Puna Ako - Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning Office of the Vice-Chancellor Mobile: +64(0)226307699 | [log in to unmask] Tauranga Campus | Room 4.03 Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 | Kirikiriroa Hamilton | Aotearoa New Zealand Research Editor, Journal of Geoscience Education <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ujge20/current> waikato.ac.nz/teaching-and-learning/ [image: University of Waikato] *The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only, unless otherwise stated.*