The third recipient of the GeoCUR Undergraduate Research Mentor Award is Mary Savina, from Carleton College. View the award citation (PDF file) and listen to an interview with the awardee (hit the “play” arrow below the image).
Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division
Activities and resources for faculty mentors of undergraduate student researchers
Council on Undergraduate Research - Geoscience Division 
[…] As soon as my shift ended, it was time to walk over to one of the conference hotels for the NAGT & GSA Geoscience Education Division Award Luncheon. At this luncheon, selected faculty are recognized with national awards for innovations and excellence related to the scholarship of and service towards geoscience education. This luncheon is special for me, as it is the same luncheon where I received the GSA Geoscience Education Division’s Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching in 2009. Included in the award recognitions at this luncheon is the GeoCUR Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, this year, presented to Dr. Mary Savina from Carleton College. I co-chair the committee that selects the award winner, and I do an interview with the recipient and record a podcast on their reflections of mentoring undergraduate students (podcast and citation for Dr. Savina is here). […]