Geology Newsletter 2005, Volume 2

Volume 2, Spring 2005 (Mar. 4)

Here are items of geologic interest that have been sent to our department recently. Our reporter is junior geology major Katie Loughney.

Field Camp:

Wild Rockies Field Institute 2005-2006 field courses (for credit!). A wide range of summer and semester courses exploring the geology and ecology of the Rocky Mountains. Some project sites include the Alaska, Yellowstone, Baja California, and kayaking seems to be involved in many. Visit http://www.wildrockies.org /wrfi for more info.

Internships and Research Opportunities:

Mesa State College Summer 2005 NSF-REU: “Landscape Evolution in Western Colorado” May 17 – July 13, 2005. Geared toward Geology and Earth Science students, freshmen, sophomore or junior standing in Fall 2005, and includes about six weeks of field work in Colorado (mapping, field observation, stratigraphic and GPS studies) and two weeks of GIS data compilation. Students receive “a weekly stipend of $2400, housing, meal allowance, and round-trip travel to
and from Grand Junction, CO.”
Visit http://www.mesastate.edu/nsfreu
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 25, 2005

2005 Karst Field Studies: Western Kentucky University through the Center for Cave and Karst Studies and Mammoth Cave National Park. Eight new projects about the exciting field of karst topography and spelunking, including but not limited to Cave Ecology, Karst Geology, Karst Hydrology, and Cave Microbiology. Visit http://caveandkarst.wku.edu to request a brochure and find project application deadlines.

A unique Earth Systems Science GeoADVENTURE in Alaska awaits! 2005, 2006, and 2007 Summer Program and Expedition Training in Arctic and Mountain Earth Systems Science in the Juneau Icefield, Alaksa-Canada, July 1 – August 24. Undergraduate and graduate study opportunities in the earth sciences through the University of Idaho’s Glaciological & Arctic Sciences Institute.
Visit http://www.mines.uidaho.edu /glacier for more info.

Graduate Schools:

Become a Master of Science and influence people! With the Geographic Information Science and Certificate Program at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, you can! Poster boldly asserts “Apply classroom theory to actual GIS projects: GIS, Data development integration, Computer mapping, Spatial analysis.” Learn more online at http://www.gis.smumn.edu

Other Opportunities:

Shoals Marine Laboratory in Appledore Island, Gulf of Maine. Undergraduate courses of all levels offered. Visit http://www.sml.cornell.edu or http://marine.uhn.edu/sml/ for more info.

Call for papers to be presented at the North-Central Section Meeting of the GSA 2005, special poster session highlighting undergraduate research. Submit completed abstracts electronically to GSA at http://www.geosociety.org

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