From App State to Asheboro, Geobago brings hands-on education to K–12 students across North Carolina
Sep 26, 2023
BOONE, N.C. — This fall, Appalachian State University has once again rolled out its Geobago recreational vehicle to bring hands-on science...
Dr Sarah Evans receives prestigious NSF CAREER award
Apr 3, 2023
Congratulations to Dr Sarah Evans, who recently won the prestigious NSF CAREER award, making her the third professor in App State's history to do...
AGES faculty Carmichael, Edwards, Waters, and Toran and their students receive NSF funding to study mass extinctions
Jan 11, 2022
Drs. Sarah Carmichael, Cole Edwards, Johnny Waters, and Outreach Coordinator Marta Toran have received funding from the National Science Foundation to...
Outreach Coordinator Marta Toran in the Watauga Democrat
Feb 19, 2021
Teachers across western NC are grateful to Marta Toran and the GES outreach team's Mini Rockin’ NC kits, which allow local students to have hands-on...
Archie the Aetosaur is now at home in the Rock Garden
Sep 22, 2020
In 2016, faculty in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences and the Department of Art collaborated on a sculpture of Gorgetosuch...
Gregg Marland quoted in Washington Post article on Amazon's efforts to cut carbon emissions
Sep 20, 2019
Dr Gregg Marland, adjunct faculy in Geological and Environmental Sciences, was quoted by the Washington Post in an article about the online retai...
Environmental Field Days for Watauga County 5th Graders
Sep 8, 2019
The GES Department participated for the first time this year in the county-wide 5th Grade Environmental Field days hosted by the Watauga Soil and Wate...
GES Hosts Two More Summer Workshops for Teachers
Aug 27, 2019
Our GES Summer Workshops for Educators series continued this summer with a repeat of the well-received Rockin' NC program that we offered for the firs...
GES outreach engages >5,000 students in one year, with industry and government partners
Aug 13, 2019
Outreach Coordinator Marta Toran reached over 5,000 K-12 students in the 2018-2019, with help from numerous Geological and Environmental Sciences majo...
Department launches "Water on the Move" outreach program
Jan 30, 2019
Outreach coordinator Marta Toran has launched the Water on the Move outreach website that will engage local communities in western Nor...