Everyone who participates in the WVU Basin Studies Group is held to the standards outlined in this Code of Conduct; this is a living document that will be reviewed an updated according to the needs and perspectives of research participants.

Furthermore, all WVU employees and students are held to ethical and conduduct standards as outlined by the University:

• West Virginia University Employee Code of Conduct

• WVU Student Conduct Code

Additionally, geoscience professional societies outline expectations for conduct and ethics that pertain to activities in the field:

• American Geophysical Union Scientific Ethics and Integrity Policy

• Geological Society of America Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
   

In case of an emergency:

• Call 911

• Notify WVU Police for any crimes in progress: 304-293-3136

• Active shooter

• Bomb threat checklist

• Gas leak, fumes and vapors: Call University Police, 304-293-3136

• Fire/smoke: Activate the building's fire alarm system and call University Police, 304-293-3136

• Military Veterans Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (Press 1)

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

• Suicide threat/psychological emergency

• The Trevor Project Hotline (LGBTQ): 1-866-488-7386

• Weather emergency

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All WVU personnel (including student, staff, and faculty) who work in laboratories, prep rooms, or shops that produce hazardous wastes must complete the EHS RCRA Lab Safety Training prior to being granted access to those facilities.

• Click to access instructions to access training

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Refer to these resources about maintaining saftey when working in the laboratory and the field:

• WVU EH&S Safety Tip Sheets

• WVU Safety Data Sheet Database

• WVU Eberly College Laboratory Safety

• GSA Field Safety Policy & Proceedures

Need assistance with a thorny issue but don't know where to start? Try one of these:

• Eberly College Student Info Desk

• WVU Hub

• WVU Carruth Center

• WELL WVU

• WVU MindFit

• Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities

• WVU Graduate Student Omsbud

We will communicate via email and GroupMe. 

If you experience or observe or suspect any kind of misconduct, you have many options to bring attention to the matter:

• alert Dr. Amy to a issue or situation by an email or private conversation

• if you have witnessed or have knowledge of what you think may be a violation of the Campus Student Code, submit a public incident report to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities (not anonymous)

• call the 3rd party reporting mechanism hotline EthicsPoint at 866-413-1955, to which WVU subscribes for handling anonymous reporting

• contact WVU Title IX office to report issues of sexual harrassment/assault (may report anonymously); complaints can also be made by phone call or text to the Title IX Anonymous Equity Assurance On-Call Line at 304-906-9930 which is monitored 24/7

• text WVU to 741741 to reach the WVU Crisis Text Line that is free, confidential, and available 24/7

• submit an online CARE Referral regarding any concerning, disruptive, alarming or threatening behaviors (not anonymous)

• contact WVU Campus Police by phone (304-293-3136) or email (police@mail.wvu.edu)

• reach out to WVU Student Omsbud

Request access to this shared Google Drive folder

Learn more about the geosciences and learn about opportunities for grants, scholarships, internships and more from these sources:

• www.americangeosciences.org​

• www.geosociety.org

• www.agu.org

Check out these and other identity based groups that support students in the geosciences:

• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) 

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)

• National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG)

• International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD)