GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT NEWS FOR MAJORS
Volume 18, Number 9
ATTENTION ALL COMPUTER USERS!
BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY 11/13/07, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SAVE FILES ON THE HARD DRIVES IN THE STUDENT ACCESS COMPUTERS IN H219 AND H312.
ASAP! BACK UP all of your files presently on these computers. Starting on 11/13/07, be sure to back up your data to a disk before you leave the computer work station. The computers in H219 and H312 will automatically default, DAILY, to the original Academic Computing setup specifications.
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.
Diamond Hunters Meeting
We will meet Saturday, November 10 in first floor Harrington 9:00 a.m. to noon, entering between 8:45 and 9:00 a.m.
Kelsey Putman has key and will open door for us. We welcome participation by students and any of you that are interested in helping us out. This month our topic will be ' Igneous Rocks'. The Keck family will give a brief presentation on this, and we will be making volcanoes as our hands-on project to take home. We, again, welcome any help, information, input especially from Geology students.
Last month, Kelsey explained by sketch and oral presentation Sedimentary layers, types of rock forming and why and then proceeded with microscopic study of grains of sand and shapes of them. Detecting the shape helps us identify what we have in our hand as a rock. We also went on field trips to Mosinee viewing the fossil jellyfish and walked the Eau Claire Dells, visited a neat quarry just west of Omro where nice calcites were found along with a piece of petrified wood and a fossil of a fish and clam being replaced with chalk, and last Saturday we were hoping some of you could join us at the Oshkosh Vulcan Quarry.
Personally I found another part of large Cephlapod and others found large blades of Marcasite and hunks of sphalerite. We will be shifting to indoor field trips now until perhaps March visiting museums, educational displays, etc. We will announce this monthly in the fashion we are using now by contacting Teresa who will post our activities in this Newsletter.
You are all invited to our Dec. 8th meeting, also. This will include further study of igneous rocks, metallic mineral hands-on project and pizza party for all. Our activities are all free and pizza is on the house, so please come. ~Donna Nolte, Diamond Hunters Youth Group, Oshkosh Earth Science Club
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.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
The Svalbard Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) is offering exciting opportunities for students to participate
in polar science research projects in Svalbard, Norway. Funding has been renewed by NSF for the next five years, so the program will be operating 2008-2012. Visit (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/svalbard) for more information.
FELLOWSHIPS (See Student Lounge for details.)
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (http://www.kstf.org)
Smithsonian Institution (http://www.si.edu/research+study)
GRADUATE PROGRAMS (See Student Lounge for details.)
Binghamton University (http://www.bighamton.edu)
New Mexico Tech (http://ww.nmt.edu) or (http://www.ees.nmt.edu)
Vanderbilt University (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ees/)
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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