Geology students study New England terrain
Posted on July 14, 2010
For the
third consecutive summer, Dr.
Kyle Fredrick, assistant
professor of Earth
Sciences, led 14 students on a 15-day excursion to study geological
formations. This year, the geology field course studied vegetation, rock
structures and sand variations native to the New England region. The group
left campus in University-supplied vans and traveled to Massachusetts, Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. Students also visited the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, where they
toured a research facility and met with distinguished scientists. All
students earned three credits and had to complete a research paper on the
geology of New England before their departure. They also were required to keep
journals that highlighted their experiences, and collect samples for use in
other courses. The
participating students were Samuel Ambrose, Karen Babyak, Matthew Baird, Evan
Bruce, David Danko, Tana Deklevar, Matthew Erkel, Joshua Greene, Nathan
Hartman, Renee Jardine, Matthew Miller, Chantelle Parrish, Andrew Tomcik and
Kristen Wesolowsky. For more
information regarding the course, please contact Dr. Kyle Fredrick via email or at 724-938-4463.
