Geology major Tucker Terrell receives award at Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors
May 8, 2025
Tucker Terrell, of Burlington, a senior geology-environmental geology major, used ground-penetrating radar to establish the location of burials of ens...
Environmental Science major Skye-Anne Tschoepe awarded Southeast GSA grant to study water quality in the New River
Jun 21, 2021
Environmental Science major Skye-Anne Tschoepe was recently awarded a $750 research grant from the southeastern section of the Geological Society of A...
Skye-Anne Tschoepe receives Sigma Xi award to study Greenway water quality
Jan 13, 2021
Sophomore GES major Skye-Anne Tschoepe won an award from Sigma Xi, a scientific honor society, to advance her thesis work studying the impact of an ar...
Alum Rachel Gaines ('19) named NCAA Woman of the Year nominee
Jul 31, 2020
Department alumna Rachel Gaines ('19) has been having a great summer in terms of being recognized for her achievements as a student athlete! After rec...
Alum Rachel Gaines ('19) named Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America
Jul 9, 2020
Rachel Gaines ('19; Environmental Science) was honored for her achievements in academics and athletics by being named an Academic All-American by...
Ciara Sailar Awarded AEG Carolinas Scholarship
Jun 11, 2020
Congratulations to Geology major Ciara Sailar for being this year’s recipient of “The Carolinas Scholarship” through the Association of Engineer...
The GES Class of 2020 Graduates!
May 17, 2020
They may not have had the traditional graduation celebrations other classes had, but they definitely went out with a bang and with quite a story...
2020-21 GES Award Winners Announced
Apr 17, 2020
2020-2021 GES Student Award Winners AnnouncedWe usually like to annouce our student awards in style: surrounded by friends, great food, proud speeches...
Annie Klyce shows opportunities available to GES majors
Aug 13, 2019
Appalachian Today profiled Annie Klyce, a 2019 Geological and Environmental Sciences (GES) graduate, to highlight her achievemetns and experiences as ...
Senior Emily Fedders wins student research award at international conference
Jan 29, 2019
Emily Fedders, a senior Geology major with a Quantitative Geoscience concentration, won an Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) at the 2018 A...