​April 8, 2016

Welcome to Our Newest Major: Allison Kucki-AEG. Please do not hesitate to let us know how we can best support you with your goals. (Geol=Geology major, AEG=Applied Environmental Geosciences major, EST=Earth Science Teaching major).

Save the Date 1: WSU GEO alumni Jessica Castleton (UGS) and Chris Howell (AECOM) will give a special presentation on Monday, April 18, titled "What Geoscience Students Need to Know About Professional Liscensing (PG) in Utah." Their presentation will be given in SL 320, 9:30-10:20 am. A free continental breakfast will be available to participants beginning at 9:00 am in SL 328. Please see the attached flyer.

Save the Date 2: The Year-End Picnic and Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, April 23, noon to 3 pm. The College of Science is not holding an awards ceremony this year, so we will take time at our picnic to recognize our outstanding graduates and scholarship awardees for 2016-2017. This year's event will be held at the Weber County Fairgrounds and a catered barbecue lunch will be provided. We are asking you to bring appetizers, salads, or desserts to share. Family and friends are welcome. Please RSVP to Marianne so that we can get a rough head count to the caterer. A flyer and map to the fairgrounds are attached.

Message from Geology Club Officers: We would like to thank all of those that helped make our Geology Club Potluck a success! We still have Panda Express leftovers in the Majors' Room refrigerator, so help yourself to lunch.

Also, we are accepting nominations for Geology Club officers for next year. Voting for this will be online at the end of next week. Please submit your nominations before Thursday, April 14th. We need nominations for President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary. Email Nominations to mistihaslam@mail.weber.edu.

Our club t-shirts are on sale through the end of the semester. Please contact via text Kelsey Minnoch (801) 814-1459 or Misti Haslam (801) 544-3719. The cost is $10

Summer & Fall Registration: Registration for Summer 2016 semester began Monday, and registration for Fall 2016 semester begins Monday, April 11. Please consider touching base with your departmental advisor to discuss your course selections and overall degree progress. The advisors are listed below:

   All Graduating Seniors (Summer & Fall 2016): Dr. Rick Ford   

   Geology: Dr. Rick Ford

   Applied Environmental Geosciences: Dr. Marek Matyjasik

   Earth Science Teaching: Dr. Rick Ford

   Geospatial Minor/Geomatics Certificate: Dr. Michael Hernandez      

We want to help you during the registration process to help save you time, effort & money -- come see us!

GRC Scholarships: The Geothermal Resources Council is offering 6 scholarships, and has decided to move back the due date on applications to received by May 6, 2016, in order to be considered. Selected winners will be notified by June 10, 2016. Please see their webpage for full information. A flyer is also attached.

Hire Utah Alumni: Hire Utah Alumni will host their 2016 Career Fair at the South Towne Expo Center on Wednesday, June 1, 11:00am-2:30pm. Please see the attached flyer for more information, or visit www.wynbievents.com.

Free Walk-in Geoscience Tutoring: The College of Science Learning & Testing Center is located on the 2nd floor of the Science Lab Building(SL 229). Students can walk in and receive free tutoring for their Geoscience, Chemistry, Microbiology, Physics and/or Zoology classes. The schedule for the Geosciences tutor, Jason Whittier, is Monday & Wednesday, 9:30am-10:30am.

Photos, Photos & More Photos: We would love to feature your geoscience-related photos as a Photo of the Week! Please send them to Marianne at mariannebischoff@weber.edu along with a caption & who we should give the photo credit to. Thanks!

Photo of the week:

Dr. Liz Balgord (left), Queso the GeoDog, and members of the Historical Geology class during their field trip to Antelope Island last Saturday. The class is discussing the Snowball Earth hypothesis while sitting on Neoproterozoic tillites of the Mineral Fork Formation, near the contact with the overlying cap carbonates of the Kelley Canyon Formation. (Photo credit: Rick Ford)

Have a great weekend!

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