GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT NEWS FOR MAJORS
Volume 18, Number 10
UW OSHKOSH GEOLOGY CLUB
PRESENTS
Jake Macholl, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and UWO Alum
SPEAKING ON
Wisconsin Springs: A Threatened Resource
Thursday, November 15, 2007
4:10 p.m. in Harrington 202
PUBLIC WELCOME.
REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED.
VOTE for your favorite t-shirt design by Friday, Nov. 16. The designs are on the wall outside of Harrington 221. See Teresa in the Geology Office room 215.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
The Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University is actively seeking graduate program applicants for the academic year 2008-2009. Our department is comfortably small (14 full-time faculty) with strong research efforts in the following areas:
mineral physics
rock mechanics
global geophysics and seismology
geodynamics
crystallography
isotope geochemistry
sedimentary geochemistry
glacial geology
planetary geology
astrobiology
experimental petrology
molecular environmental geochemistry
low-temperature geochemistry (ground water, water-rock interaction)
Beyond the excellent analytical facilities on campus, our students enjoy access to facilities and collaboration with researchers at nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory and Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory as well as other laboratories and departments around the world. Our students also gain broad academic and professional exposure through the Center for Environmental Molecular Science (CEMS), the Mineral Physics Institute (MPI), and the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES) - all of which are in our same building and directed or presided by Geoscience faculty.
We are pleased to offer support packages consisting of a full tuition scholarship and highly competitive stipend. Students who demonstrate satisfactory performance in their courses and research are typically supported until their studies are complete. A visit to our web pages
(http://www.geosciences.stonybrook.edu) will familiarize you with our department in very general terms. Of course, we will also be happy to entertain any questions or arrange visits for anyone who is interested. The application deadline is January 15, 2008. We particularly encourage women and minority students to apply. Black, Hispanic or American Indian students are eligible to apply to our Turner Fellowship program.
Loretta Budd
Graduate Program Coordinator
Geosciences Department
Stony Brook University
Phone 631 632 8554
Fax 631 632 8240
http://www.geosciences.stonybrook.edu
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Washington University, St. Louis (http://epsc.wustl.edu) (See Student Lounge for details.)
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY
LAB TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND TUTORS
The Geology Department is now accepting applications for positions as Laboratory Teaching Assistants and Tutors for the spring 2008 semester. Everyone who wishes to be a T.A. and/or Tutor must apply, including those who are currently employed.
The requirements for qualification as a T.A./Tutor are:
A) The student must be a major or a minor in the discipline to serve as a proctor in the Department's program.
B) The student must have completed at least 60 university credits with an accumulated GPA of at least 2.80. In addition, the student must have completed at least 15 credits (including core courses where applicable) toward his/her major or minor and must have at least a 3.00 grade point average in the courses offered by the major or minor department.
C) The student must have already completed the course for which he or she will proctor with at least a B grade. Alternatively, the student must have completed a higher level course covering the course material with at least a B grade. D) Student must be able to TA and tutor all introductory geology courses Physical Geology, Evolution of the Earth, and Environmental Geology. This means that as a TA or tutor, the student will be prepared to answer questions or at least to know where to find answers in the text book or lab manual.
D) Student must be able to TA and tutor all introductory geology courses: Physical Geology, Evolution of the Earth, and Environmental Geology. This means that as a TA or tutor, the student will be prepared to answer questions or at least to know where to find answers in the text book or lab manual.
**THERE ARE ALSO OPENINGS FOR HALL MONITOR(S) ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY GENERALLY FROM 1:00 TO 3:00 P.M.
NOTE: Students should visit the Financial Aid Office ASAP to find out if they are eligible for Work-Study. They are accepting applications NOW. Funds are distributed to those who are eligible on a first come, first served basis.
Students are encouraged to apply for Work-Study, as this will enable the Department to hire more students. Thank you!
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