Geoscience News, Fall 2009 (PDF)
Click on the link above to see the PDF version of the Fall 2009 Department newsletter.

New Zealand Field Trip Blog *
Sam Mukasa and Ingrid Hendy led a field trip to New Zealand. See the group's blog by clicking on this link.

Eric Essene's Retirement Party
The Department celebrated Eric Essene's career with a retirement party and open house on April 25.

GeoSci Students and Faculty Thank Donors
Donations are the single most important source of funding for many of the Department activities that allow us to attract so many excellent graduate and undergraduate students.

Camp Davis celebrates 80 years *
Camp Davis has grown from a summer surveying camp to a teaching and research facility. The field station marks its 80th anniversary this year with the grand opening of new cabins, the first major construction since the camp was built.

Chef's Special: Project Coordinating with a Dash of Cooking *
Pecan crusted salmon with a maple syrup mustard glaze is not the typical dining hall fare found at camps. But Chris Malvica, the project coordinator at Camp Davis, has tried to make sure the food served at the academic camp for U-M students in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is anything but ordinary.

May 2009 Field Trip *
Kacey Lohmann led a field trip to Texas and New Mexico. Click on the link for the trip blog.

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