• Congratualtions to Katie Hoskinson '11 for being selected as a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Scholar. - added June 15, 2009
• Congratulations to Kyle L. Marvinney '11   for receiving the Linda Reeves Pettit Endowed Merit Scholarship on Moving Up Day - added May 12, 2009
• Congratulations to Katie N. Hoskinson '11 for being selected to be inducted in to ODK on Moving Up Day - added May 8, 2009
• Congratulations to  Charles A. Harman '09 the W. A. Tarr Award Winner - added May 7, 2009
• Professor Mark Erickson quoted in a Discover News article on hermit crabs - added May 7, 2009
• Congratulations to David Mosher '10 and Sean Regan '10 who have been selected as 2009 University Fellows for this summer (more) - added May 7, 2009
• Congratulations to Professor Antun Husinec for being awarded a grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Undergraduate New Investigator program (more) - added May 7, 2009
• Congratulations to the new members of  Sigma Gamma Epsilon - Added March 11, 2009
• Missing Alumni -- this page takes you to the list of alumni the department doesn't have a mailing address  for as of July 2008 - Please check it out and send any information on to the Department.
• Check our In the News page for profiles of faculty and alumni on the SLU web site and other news stories (updated May 7, 2009)

SLU Geology Alumni announce fellowship in honor of J. Mark Erickson At the alumni gathering at GSA in Houston on October 5th, we caught Mark off guard with a card and the announcement of the creation of the J. Mark Erickson Fellowship for Geology.  This fellowship will benefit future geology students and preserve Mark's legacy of undergraduate research in geology at St. Lawrence University. More information will be forthcoming.  If you wish to make a contribution to the fund please contact Sarah McElfresh.

Added May 11, 2009 David B Hisz '99 receives and Outstanding Student Paper Award from the American Geophysical Union for a paper entitled  Hydromechanical responses in dipping fractured mudstones at NAWC site, West Trenton NJ. presented at the 2008 Fall Meeting of AGU.  David is currently working on a Ph.D. at Clemson University. Announced in Eos vol 90 number 18 page 159		Added June 9, 2009 Dean Eppler '74 will recieve NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal on  July 9th.   The medal is awarded to non-Government employees for exceptional contributions to NASA’s mission.  - NASAs Award Description Page  - Complete list of 2009 NASA Awards
Added March 31, 2009, Updated May 7 & June 14, 2009 Derrick Pitts '78 appeared on The Colbert Report on Monday March 30, 2009. Link to video file of episode at Comedy Central: SLU Press Release on other places Derrick has recently been quoted while talking about Galileo's telescope. New York Times Article showing Derrick examining Galileo's telescope from March 27, 2009. Derrick will appear on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Wednesday June 17th.		Added March 31, 2009, Updated May 18, 2009 4 Alumni to receive Honorary Degrees at Commencement on May 17, 2009 for their work in Paeleoclimate studies Dale Chayes '73 Peter deMenocal '82 Richard Fairbanks '72 Miriam Katz '81 SLU Geology Alumni Page on Commencement 2009  for more information on these alumni SLU Press Release Text of speech given by Richard Fairbanks '72 University Biographies
Added February 23, 2009 Jeff Chiarenzelli Jeffrey Chiarenzelli '81 has been awarded a grant from the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund. Wendell Caesar '11, will work on the project with Jeff this summer. Wendell Caesar Title of the project: "Textural Controls on the Geochemical Variability of Argillaceous Hydrocarbon Source Rocks and Potential Application to Precambrian Units." See SLU press release		Added March 13, 2009 Updated March 23, 2009 David Wald '84 will be honored on April 8 by the Seismological Society of America's Frank Press Public Service Award, which honors outstanding contributions to the advancement of public safety or public information relating to seismology.  press release SLU NetNews
Added October 30, 2008, Updated November 26, 2008 J. Mark Erickson receives honors at University of North Dakota homecoming.  Mark was inducted into University of North Dakota School of Engineering and Mines Alumni Academy and he also received  the A. G. Leonard Award from the Faculty of Geology and Geological Engineering. SLU Press Release		Added October 30, 2008, Updated November 6, 2008 and November 26, 2008 St. Lawrence Geology Alumni named as Geological Society of America Fellows in 2008 Three alumni are listed in the July 2008 issue of GSA Today as being elected GSA Fellows. Jeff Chiarenzelli '81 Michael Perfit '71 William  Scott '69 SLU Press Release
Added October 25, 2008 Chris Stevens '04  sent word of some recent honors. * from the Canadian National Committee for the International Permafrost Association for the best student paper and presentation at the International Conference on Permafrost * was profiled in the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group Newsletter (see page 10)		Added October 25, 2008 St. Lawrence Geology Alumni, Students, and Faculty make a good showing at GSA in Houston. * SLU News release: http://www.stlawu.edu/netnews/geoconffall08.html * Rafferty Sweeney '09,  won the Austin A. Sartin Award for Outstanding Student Research  (SLU news release) * There was a poster presentation put together by Roy Christoffersen '76 about SLUGAC.  Title: "Engaging Alumni In Undergraduate Geoscience Education: The St. Lawrence University Geology Alumni Conference, a Case Study"

If you have any news for the newsletter send email to Mark Erickson .  If you want your email address or recent publications added to the appropriate pages or are able to contribute to the current students section, please send email to Sarah McElfresh '98.

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