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Vanya Dill is a junior geology major from Morrisville. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Vanya Dill
Dec 9, 2024

Vanya Dill, a junior geology major from Morrisville, received a Fall 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund grant to attend the Society... student research

Luke Rose graduated from Appalachian in May with his bachelor's degree in geology with a concentration in paleontology. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Luke Rose ’24
Nov 25, 2024

Luke Rose ’24, now an alumnus of the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, received a Fall 2023 Student and Faculty Excellenc

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Joshua Crouch is a senior geology major from Gastonia. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Joshua Crouch
Nov 14, 2024

Joshua Crouch, a senior geology major from Gastonia, received a Fall 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund grant to attend the Society... student research

Erika Hernandez '23

SAFE Student Spotlight: Erika Hernandez '23
Feb 27, 2024

Hernandez received a Spring 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) grant to spread the word about the inaugural Watauga County BioBlitz.

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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... student honors, student research

2020 Senior Honor Thesis Presentations
Apr 30, 2020

We may not have been in the usual Rankin Science lecture hall, but it was a great day of Honors Thesis presentations.

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An artist's representation of the new tyrannosaur

GES alum Jared Voris ('16) discovers & names new tyrannosaur
Feb 17, 2020

Jared Voris, a Department alumnus ('16) and now University of Calgary PhD student, discovered and named a new genus and species of tyrannosaur.... student research