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Volume 1, Fall 2004 (Sept. 8)

Here are items of geologic interest that have been sent to our department recently. Our reporter is senior geology major Elise Pope-Obeda.

Graduate Studies:

Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Masters of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy
What: Masters Degree program in management and policy analysis emphasizing practical skills, enriched by ecological and planetary science.
Contact: www.columbia.edu/cu/mpaenvironment/
For more information, fill out a card, or see the information booklet with application available on the Geology floor.

Summer & Semester Education:

The University of Newcastle Australia
What: Australian Geology Field Camp 2005
Dates: 15th June - 29th July, 2005
What: Comprehensive, structured, 6 week field course covering major disciplines of geology including an extensive field mapping program.
Applications: www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/geology/
fieldcamp@newcastle.edu.au
Due by March 7th, 2005

Miscellaneous:

The Wisconsin Undergraduate Geology Field Conference
Date: September 18th, REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 10th
Where: UW - Whitewater
What: See effigy mounds, collect Pleistocene and Paleozoic fossils, visit a historical archaeological site on the Crawfish River and see glacial features, and go to a quartzite quarry with metamorphic minerals and basaltic dike.
Locations: Indian Mounds Park, Hausz Bros. Quarry, Aztalan State Park and Waterloo Quarry.
Cost: $20 for students (includes lunch, snacks and field guide)
Contact: Bill Kean, UW-Milwaukee, wkean@uwm.edu, 414-229-5231
Rex Hanger, UW-Whitewater, hanger@uww.edu, 262-472-5258
Rob Graziano, UW-Milwaukee, graziano@uwm.edu, 414-229-3648
Registration form available on bulletin board on Geology floor!

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