Current News

The Big Sky Geology Interim course will be offered again in May 2008. Professors Gerry Van Kooten and Ralph Stearley will be leading a group of students, introducing them to geology in the awesome beauty of the Rocky Mountains. For application information, click on the link provided.

Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule The next seminar will be held on Friday, April 18.

Older yet Relevant News

Calvin's Commencement took place Saturday, May 19th., 2007. Congratulations to all of our GEO Department Graduates! The graduates received their department gifts - world atlases for the geographers and hand lenses for the geologists - at the "End of the Year" celebration held on May 8, 2007 at the Bunker Interpretive Center.

2007 Awards and Scholarships
The GEO Department was pleased to hand out scholarships and awards to 6 of our students at the annual "End of the Year" Celebration, held on May 8, 2007 at the Bunker Interpretive Center. Award Recipients...

To all of the students, faculty and special guests who joined us - THANK YOU for your support and encouragement! More pics...

History of Geology at Calvin
The full text of Dr. Clarence Menninga's 2001 presentation on the history of geology at Calvin is available on the web.

Geology Scholarships
Our department now has 2 academic scholarships for geology majors. Check out our scholarship page for more details.

Young Research Fellowship
The Davis A. Young Student Summer Research Fellowship has been created in recognition of his service to Calvin College. Davis Young retired in June 2004 after 26 years of service to the department.