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Congratulations Graduating Seniors!!!

We had an impressive senior class of 20 students who presented their thesis work on Saturday, April 19th.

Many of these students also presented their work at regional and national meetings this year, gaining valuable experience and representing the high quality of undergraduate research conducted here in the FLC Geosciences Department.

Graduation is Saturday, April 26th at 11:30 for our graduates.

Four Corners Geological Society

Next Meeting: Friday, April 25th

Speakers: FLC Seniors Meghan Marsters, Jonathan Moore, David Schiowitz and Minna Swanson-Theisen

Topics: Four Different Senior Thesis Topics!

Location: Fort Lewis College Student Union Building, "Sub CUB Pub"

Time: Social Hour and Posters 5:30; Dinner 6:30; Talks Start at 7:30

See Four Corners Geological Society Website for more information

Next Month: Ron Blakey from NAU, Paleogeography of the Southwestern U.S.

Geoscience in the News

Desert Rock Emissions Face Review - Durango Herald

Expanding Drilling Activity - Durango Herald

Animas Glaciers Past and Future - Durango Herald

More Oil & Gas Wells Expected - Durango Herald

New SW Colorado Uranium Boom - Telegraph

Animas Water Quality on the Rise - Durango Herald

Upcoming Conferences

AAPG/COGA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting 2008 July 9-11, Denver

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Recent Conferences and Meetings

PJ Shumway, Devin Hencmann, Brooke Herb, Dan Bassett, Dustin Held, Meghan Marsters, and David Schiowitz presented their thesis research at the regional GSA Meeting in Las Vegas, NV, March 19-21.

GSA Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain Section Meeting

Several faculty members and students attended and presented work at the GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Oct. 28-31.