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Upcoming Seminars: Monday, November 16, 3:30pm, North Hall 078

"The Religious Landscape of the Pacific Northwest"

Patricia Killen, Provost of Pacific Lutheran University

Co-Sponsors include the Byker Chair, the henry Institute, and the Mellema Program
Calvin College Departments of Geology, Political Science, and History

Student Research This Semester:

Brian Ferwerda
(Deanna Van Dijk) He has an ISRI academic-year fellowship to continue research on the Dune Features Inventory project begun by Jenna Beauchamp in summer 2008. Brian is currently on the field work phase of the project as he uses the DFI method to collect data on enough dunes to provide a statistically-significant sample for analyszing the results.

 Brian
Jane Louwsma and Seth Kenbeek
(Deanna Van Dijk) They will share an October-December research position funded by a Michigan Coastal Management Program grant. The grant funds a collaborative study by Michigan State University, Hope College, and Calvin College researchers, with technical expertise contributed by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The project seeks to develop a method of investigating how Michigan's sand dune regulations have affected residential development on Michigan dunes.		 Seth and Jane
Seth Workman and Catie Phillabaum
(Gerry Van Kooten) These students are assisting with data presentation posters on coal deposits in Alaska. They will redraft figures if necessary, retype text, apply color where appropriate, and generally make the data posters appealing, presentable, and clear. These positions are funded by the Coal Research Project. The work has a completion date of November 30.

Seth
 



GEO Alumni News-
Michael Vanden Berg '00:

Michael Vanden Berg is en route to become the president of the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists! He is currently Secretary/Treasurer-Elect until 2011 when he becomes Secretary/Treasurer. In 2012 he will be President-Elect. In 2013 he will be President.

After Calvin, Michael got his Masters Degree in Geology from the University of Utah in 2002. As part of his thesis research, he sailed on Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 199 as a physical properties specialist. During this two month cruise, his team collected deep sea cores from the Equatorial Pacific as a means to study Cenozoic paleoclimate.

He currently works in the Energy and Minerals section of the Utah Geological Survey on a variety of economic geology projects from studying Utah's oil shale resources to studying potential reservoirs for carbon sequestration.

Congratulations and Good Luck Michael!!


 Mike Vanden berg