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Wooster Geologists Visit the Miller Oil and Gas Museum in Shreve, Ohio

gwiles February 21, 2012 2:55 pm

Drs. Judge and Wiles are teaching a half credit course in The Geology of Oil and Gas. After weeks of well log interpretation, rock core description and interpretive contour mapping exercises the class caught a break and traveled to the … Continue reading →

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George Davis (’64) gives the Thirty-First Annual Osgood Memorial Lecture

Mark Wilson October 25, 2011 11:47 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–We were greatly honored this evening to have one of our own, Dr. George Davis (Wooster ’64), present the 31st Annual Richard G. Osgood, Jr., Memorial Lecture. The Osgood Lectureship was endowed in 1981 by the three sons of … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geology Heads to Wayne Elementary

sjudge October 21, 2011 6:10 pm

On Friday afternoon, a group of Wooster geologists participated in an educational outreach program at Wayne Elementary. Marge Forbush, an educator at Wayne always asks the department to come to her classroom twice a year. In the fall, we spend … Continue reading →

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They’re back! Nursery school students visit the tree-ring lab

Mark Wilson October 19, 2011 2:46 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO — This time it was the turn of Dr. Greg Wiles to host the The College of Wooster Nursery School children as they visited Scovel Hall and its world-famous Wooster Tree-Ring Laboratory. He had ambitious plans for the … Continue reading →

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You’re never too young to be a geologist: Nursery School students visit Scovel Hall

Mark Wilson September 30, 2011 2:05 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–The Wooster Geologists have long had a special relationship with The College of Wooster Nursery School (where young children “actively construct their own knowledge of the world”). Every year our faculty and students talk to the children about rocks, … Continue reading →

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A Midday Biology & Geology Field Trip

Mark Wilson September 28, 2011 4:24 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–Our colleague Rick Lehtinen in the Department of Biology had a great idea: how about a casual noon trip to the local Spangler Park to enjoy the plants, animals, rocks and streams? So Greg Wiles and I took him … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists begin the 2011-2012 school year

Mark Wilson September 1, 2011 2:52 pm

WOOSTER, OHIO–The cheerful group above is the Wooster Geology Club in our traditional start of the year group photograph. (The image was kindly taken by Danielle Reeder.) We are fewer than usual because an unprecedented number of our geology majors … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geology Majors Help with B-WISER

sjudge June 21, 2011 11:22 am

The College’s of Wooster’s B-WISER (Buckeye Women In Science, Engineering, and Research) program for 7th and 8th grade girls descended upon Scovel Hall last week for some fun activities in geology. In an afternoon session with the campers, we divided … Continue reading →

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Wooster geologists in the heart of American science

Mark Wilson June 9, 2011 10:00 pm

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA–The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a federal agency charged by Congress “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…” It had a budget last year of $6.9 … Continue reading →

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Digital Geology

mpollock May 10, 2011 11:13 pm

With all of the excitement over digital presentations in Wooster’s Senior I.S. Symposium, we thought that it’s about time to highlight recent digital presentations with a geology twist. Enjoy! Here’s a Vuvox collage of Becky’s Senior I.S. Project on the … Continue reading →

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