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Big Field Trips
Field based studies are at the heart of the Lawrence geology
program. Every year during various breaks, the geology department (including
all current and retired professors) take field trips to a site in the United
States. Past locations include the Florida Keys, the Smokey Mountains,
South Carolina barrier islands, Big Bend National Park, the Grand Canyon,
Death Valley, and most recently Wyoming. Currently a trip to Hawaii
next winter is in the making.
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Closer to Home
Shorter trips are integrated into academic-year courses.
Lawrence is within a few hours' drive of classic geological localities,
including iron ore deposits and ancient volcanoes in northern Wisconsin
and Michigan; a fossil forest preserved in sediments on the shore of lake Michigan; and the world-renowned glacial
landscape of the Kettle Moraine. Local environmental issues related to
resource protection also provide the basis for student field projects.
RECENT UNDERGRADUATE THESIS PROJECTS
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Summer Activity
During the summer, many students enroll in field courses
or secure internships. During the summer of 1998, Jenee Rowe, '00, participated
in the Columbia University Biosphere2 program, Debbie Watson,'99, attended
the Hawaii Volcano Observatory field school. Janna Juday,'98, attended
Mount Saint Helens field school; Wendy Olesiak,'98, was an intern with
the Stanford/U.S. Geological Survey; Sara Schott,'97, secured an oil and
gas exploration internship...
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Some Recent Alumni Activities
Demands on the planet's energy, mineral, and water resources
will continue to grow with increasing world population. Increasing numbers
of earth scientists are needed to facilitate sustainable use of these resources.
Alumni of the geology department are now in graduate
programs at Duke University, Wright State University, Old Dominion University,
Oregon State University, Washington University, Purdue University, and
Indiana University, among others:
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