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An SNC Geology Update:
Welcome back to the SNC Geology Newsletter, issue 2! We
are so excited to have this forum to share with all of our alumni
and friends just what we’re up to over here. Our students have
been doing some great things, as you’ll see in the coming pages,
and our number of geology majors keeps on growing! We are just
wrapping up our semester here and it certainly has been busy. Our
annual SNC Geology Club mineral sale (see photo to the right) is
just wrapping up and winter break is quickly approaching.
In our first issue, we mentioned that we were designing a new course for geology majors called Advanced
General Geology. Tim, Nelson, and Becky team‐taught this course in the spring. We met for an hour and a half in
the evenings once a week throughout the semester and students earned 2‐credits for the course. We covered a
wide range of topics, from geo‐knowledge (the geologic time scale, the geology of the midcontinent, climate
change) to geo‐general (career options, graduate school, research) to skill‐oriented (writing scientifically, doing a
literature search, writing an abstract). Overall, we thought the course was a success, although it seemed most
applicable to students who were a little further along in their coursework (juniors and seniors). The tentative plan
is to run the course every other year in the spring.
You may have heard the big news that the Medical College of Wisconsin is establishing a base on the St.
Norbert campus. We are particularly excited about this news because it seems to have spurred on plans for the
renovation of JMS. The current plan is to start the renovation this coming spring with the completion of the project
expected by the fall of 2015. Geology will be moved to the ground floor of JMS and will include 2 upper‐level
geology classrooms, an introductory level classroom, a research space for students, lots of storage space, a core
room, a rock cutting and polishing room, and a fossil preparatory lab with a viewing window. Given our current
facilities, this feels a bit like a dream to us!
Our SNC Geology Club has become more and more
active in the past year. We are still doing our annual mineral
sale, which has been quite successful. Faculty and students
around campus converge upon our tables and tables of
beautiful mineral, rock, and fossil samples. They just can’t
help themselves! We’ve also had speakers come give talks,
students have shared their summer geology experiences, we
took a trip to the Field Museum in Chicago (see photo to the
left), went to a mineral show in Oshkosh, and have had a
bowling and pizza night.
In this issue, you’ll find a brief recap of our most recent field trip to northern Arizona, updates from your 3
illustrious faculty members, information on what our students have been doing, and a lot of updates from our
alumni. Special thanks to everyone who sent updates – it is so nice to hear from everyone! Please continue to
share and keep in touch, we love hearing from you all!
St. Norbert Geology Field Trip to Northern Arizona: This May, Becky and Tim took 9 St. Norbert
geology students to northern Arizona. While we
thought about running the trip over spring break, we
decided that the weather might be a bit better in
May. It’s a good thing we waited too: Flagstaff got
over 2 feet of snow during our spring break, which
would have made for an interesting camping
experience! The trip started the day after graduation
and lasted for 11 beautiful days.
We began by flying into the Phoenix airport and driving up to Flagstaff,
stopping at some geologic exposures along the way, including Sunset Point,
the Verde Valley, and Montezuma Well. We spent the night in Flagstaff
getting adjusted to the altitude (Flagstaff is at 7,000 feet!). From there, we
spent 3 days at the Grand Canyon! Students had a chance to hike partway
into the canyon while learning about stratigraphy, depositional
environment, and how to take notes in a field book! Becky showed students
some pretty neat fossils, while Tim talked about faults in the canyon.
North of the Grand Canyon are some fabulous exposures of
Mesozoic rocks, some that represent transgressions of the
Western Interior Seaway, Becky’s favorite seaway. Becky got to
regale students with tales of plesiosaurs while Tim waited
“patiently” for his volcano days. Students also took a tour of
the Glen Canyon Dam and learned about hydroelectric power.
Eventually, it was time for Tim to talk volcanics! For 2 days we
experienced the “goodness” around Flagstaff. We visited Sunset Crater,
drove to the top of Mt. Elden, and hiked through a lava tube.
On one of our last days, we drove east
to visit Meteor Crater, a large impact crater.
We continued on to Petrified Forest, where
students learned from park paleontologist
Bill Parker and had a chance to prospect for fossils for the first time.
Finally, on our very last day in Arizona, we visited the USGS campus in Flagstaff
where several geologists talked to our students about
career options in the geosciences. It was an absolute
highlight of the trip for the students, who were
enthralled by hearing from George Billingsley, the man
who mapped the Grand Canyon!
Students were able to see a range of rocks, from
Precambrian to Cenozoic, from volcanics to sedimentary,
from faults to fossils! It was a great trip and one which we hope to run again in the future.
Updates from the Geology Faculty:
Tim Flood
“The glories and the beauties of form, color, and
sound unite in the Grand Canyon – forms unrivaled even
by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds
that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop,
from cataract to bubbling fountain.” John Wesley Powell –
(soldier, geologist, professor at Illinois State University, and
second director of the US Geological Survey) from his 1869
trip through the Grand Canyon, the first ever complete and
successful excursion.
As you know, field trips have always been central to our department’s teaching philosophy. This past spring
I tagged along on Becky’s trip to northern Arizona. We spent some time in the Grand Canyon, visited petrified
national forest, meteor crater, climbed through a lava tube, experienced the metaphysical of Sonoma… Reminded
me what a great laboratory the western U.S. can be and how much I miss western geology. One Rox‐Award type
story. Becky organized the trip and I told her several times that careful planning and organization would be critical
for the success of the trip (like she needed advice and I am in any position to give it!). The first night we arrived at
camp, I pulled out my tent and had no main compartment, only the rain fly. Seems my boys had built a fort with it
in our basement. I ended up sleeping under the stars for seven nights‐‐ and it was glorious. Always depend upon
clean living. Really a great trip, thanks Becky. One other story related to field trips. Our department met this fall
to discuss the logistics of this year’s field trip. “Where do you think we should go colleagues” I asked. Becky and
Nelson looked at me funny. “You aren’t going anywhere. Remember we decided to rotate trips so that every three
years one of us will have a break? Well, this is your year, take a break!” I was kicked off of the annual field trip.
(Reminder to self: Be careful when you hire competent, younger, bright, ambitious colleagues). Actually, I am
looking forward to spending the time with my family.
On the school front, all is well. Billy Fischer just presented his senior thesis on some mega‐amphibole
crystals from the Wausau Syenite to the 2012 National GSA meeting. Geology majors continue to appear. We will
be graduating two majors this year and up to eight next year. Eight would be our largest class. Looks like the
renovation of JMS will begin this spring. The geology space will almost double, plus there will be a dedicated small
science museum for paleontology and rocks/minerals. My NSF grant for nearly $200,000 was finally funded. Dr.
Scott Kirst and I will be spending the next three years integrating his science methods course with my introductory
geology course, including hosting a national conference on the topic here at SNC in the spring of 2015. I am also
working on another grant to try get back to Antarctica. A geology professor from UW‐Oshkosh, one from UW‐
Green Bay and I will be submitting an NSF grant this spring to look at some layered intrusive rocks in the
Transantarctic Mountains. Coincidentally, all three of us have ties to Michigan State University and Professor Tom
Vogel, who was a mentor to each of us. Small world. If we are fortunate enough to get the grant, we intend to
include an undergraduate from each institution in the field and laboratory portion of the project.
On the home front, life is good. Connor is nine and Ryan is eight. Connor can beat me in chess and Ryan
takes delight in humbling me in memory games. Sally stays busy with her exotic vet practice and continues to bring
home “clients”. Last week we had a recuperating; bird, rat, rabbit, goose (died in our bathtub) and lizard. Always
fun around the house.
Well thanks for giving this annual message a look. Please stay in touch and stop by if you are in town.
Nelson Ham
Thank you for your phone calls, emails, and visits to campus during the past year….especially after Becky’s
spectacular job with the first SNC Geology Newsletter. It was wonderful to hear from you—how happy you are,
what you are doing, and especially your thoughts about this place you called home years ago.
Some of you may already have heard the big news…SNC is moving forward with its plans to rebuild JMS into
a new science facility. Everything should be done by the summer of 2015—we are very excited about the changes.
The new geology facilities will apparently be renamed the “SNC Center for DinoResearch.” Frankly, Tim and I are
fine with that as long as we get a corner to set up the new geology department coffee pot. In reality, the new
space will be amazing and include three classrooms, storage rooms, instrument/research rooms, and a dedicated
paleontology prep. lab visible to visitors on the main floor via a ‘viewing
window.’ With all this new visibility we certainly hope to attract a larger
number of majors and minors and grow the department.
On the home front, the big
news was the birth last March of the
newest hamster—Elias William Ham.
By the time you read this, Elias will
likely be fully in walking mode, and
efficiently destroying everything in his
reach (or at least using it as some sort
of pounding tool). He and his sister
are a great team—Elias laughs the
hardest when she is his entertainer.
Zinash is now six years old and in
kindergarten. Staci and I are so lucky
to have the two of them.
At SNC I continue to teach
introductory geology, geomorphology,
hydrogeology, and environmental science on a regular basis. I’ve also
become involved in our new team‐taught first‐year honors course focused
on ‘place as text,’ offering lectures on the environmental history of northeastern Wisconsin. I’ve been working
more‐and‐more with LiDAR data to re‐interpret the Quaternary geology of northern Wisconsin. Karen Zelzer
(senior) is making a GIS‐based map of inland sand dunes in Oconto County and interpreting paleowinds from
10,000 years ago in the region. This project is an outgrowth of a senior thesis completed by Sarah Day (‘11) who
worked with Becky and me dating the same dunes using optically‐stimulated luminescence (OSL). One new project
I plan to start this summer will use LiDAR, new high‐resolution orthophotography, and field work to look at the
impacts of late 19th‐early 20th century logging on modern stream‐channel morphology and hydrology.
This spring I’ll begin work with the River Alliance of Wisconsin, based in Madison, as a member of its Board
of Directors. I am excited at the opportunity to work with a group focused on rural and urban stream restoration
and education. I also continue to work—however slowly but surely—on a book about Wisconsin streams. I’m
hoping to get it done before I retire (I’m not sure I’ll ever able to retire).
As always, please keep in touch! And remember to stop by whenever you can.
Becky (Schmeisser) McKean
Now in my third year back at St. Norbert, I feel like I
am finally getting things figured out! Being a faculty member is
harder than I had imagined, but I am loving the various
challenges presented to me each semester. This year has
involved more advising, more committees, and more new
courses. I have also been busy trying to keep Tim and Nelson
in line, which is a never‐ending organizational challenge! In
actuality, they are fantastic colleagues and I am incredibly
fortunate to be a part of this group.
Tim and I took 11 majors to northern Arizona this May.
Tim was gracious enough to allow me to lead the trip, but he
took care of a lot of the logistics. It went fantastic and it’s safe
to say that this is a location we will be heading back to in the future! I am currently wrapping up teaching Historical
Geology, an upper‐level course that is new for me. I have 10 majors in the course and they have been learning all
about geologic time, with a large emphasis on fossils. Since fossils are my favorite thing to talk about, I have really
enjoyed teaching this class. Next semester I will have the same group of students plus 5 more in Sed/Strat, which is
more evidence that our major is growing in size!
This fall I competed in the second annual Honors Program Life Raft event. For this event, it is imagined that
a global catastrophe has occurred and 5 faculty members have to argue why the honors students should pull them
aboard the remaining life raft. I made a case that I was the one to save given my ability to find water (and
described the terrifying effects of severe dehydration to really bring the point home). I also argued that I could
regale the students with stories of plesiosaurs and dinosaurs, which I think earned me a few extra votes. I did
indeed bring the trophy (a wooden paddle) home to geology after the students voted that I was the faculty
member to save, so it was a proud day for our department.
On the research front, I had a fantastic field season this summer. I
brought senior Amy Hamby to southern Utah with me in July to work in
the Tropic Shale (late Cretaceous). She was able to complete field work
for her senior project, which she just presented at GSA. In addition, I
spent a lot of hours walking the Tropic looking for new fossils and hit
several jackpots. I found 3 new partial fish skeletons (these fish are about
5‐6 feet long) and a plesiosaur skeleton that includes a skull (see photo of
vertebra)! I’m super excited to get these things out of the ground and
cannot wait to get to work on them in the new prep lab that I keep
getting relentlessly teased about!
Personally, I have had a pretty exciting year. My husband (Colin McKean ’05) and I bought a house in east
De Pere. It is a block away from the East River running trail, which provided us with a lot of joy this summer. Colin is
the assistant coach for both the St. Norbert cross country and track teams and has been spending a lot of time
helping the runners. He is also managing a specialty running store in Green Bay (Runaway Shoes). We are loving
being a part of the SNC community again and are enjoying living in northern Wisconsin.
Love hearing from our alums, please keep sending us notes about what you are up to and keep stopping by
to say hi!
Current Research Students:
Amy Hamby ’12
Title: Time‐averaged Accumulation of Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian‐Turonian)
Oysters (Pycnodonte newberryi) in the Tropic Shale of Southern Utah
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca McKean
Description of Project: Amy’s project focuses on extremely high density
accumulations of one species of oyster that are found in the Tropic Shale, a
Cretaceous formation that is well‐known for its marine vertebrates. She began
by surviving an uncomfortably hot 2 ½ weeks of field work in southern Utah in
July where she collected samples of the oysters and their surrounding sediment,
mapped their distribution, and trenched into the beds to observe oysters in
place (see Student Summer Experiences). Amy was able to bring her samples
back to St. Norbert, where she has been interpreting the diversity of the beds,
the degree of preservation of the fossils, and the type of
environment they were preserved in. Although Amy didn’t
start out being fascinated by oysters, throughout the project
she became more interested in figuring out how millions of
oysters became concentrated in such huge numbers.
Outcome of Project: Amy presented a poster on her work at this
fall’s national GSA meeting in Charlotte.
Karen Zelzer ‘12
Title: Geology and Paleoclimate Significance of Inland Sand
Dunes, Oconto County, Wisconsin, Based on LiDAR Data
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nelson Ham
Description of Project: Karen’s project builds on work completed
by Sarah Day (’11) who studied an inland dune field in
northern Oconto County for her senior thesis (with Becky and
Nelson) and dated several of the dunes using optically‐
stimulated luminescence (OSL). Karen is constructing a GIS‐
based geologic map of eolian deposits and landforms (mostly parabolic and transverse dunes) for all of Oconto
County using LiDAR (high‐resolution elevation data) acquired and provided by the Oconto Co. Land Information
Office. She is also compiling her work with data from similar dunefields in other parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota,
and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to reconstruct early Holocene wind patterns in the Upper Midwest and
compare these to modern winds. Karen has been utilizing NRCS soil data, digital elevation models, high‐
resolution orthophotography, and LiDAR in her GIS analysis and map work. She is pursuing the possibility of
illustrating her wind reconstructions using a dynamic visualization method (a html‐based movie).
Outcome of Project: Karen will present her research at the SNC celebration of student‐faculty collaborative
research in the spring semester of 2013. She also hopes to present her work at a regional meeting of the
Wisconsin Land Information Association in the Fall of 2013.
Student Summer Experiences:
Jordan Mayer ‘12 – field camp with University of Wisconsin‐Oshkosh (see 2012 SNC Geology Graduates for more
about Jordan). Jordan was awarded the Neville Museum Geology Club field camp scholarship to attend.
Billy Fischer ’12 – worked for Duluth Metals and started his master’s research. Billy began the summer working for
Duluth Metals. He then moved out to Las Vegas and was able to start field work for his master’s project (see
2012 SNC Geology Graduates for more about Billy).
Amy Hamby ’13 – research experience with Becky McKean. Amy returned from her Australian study abroad
adventure in mid‐July and left a few days later to start field work in southern Utah. She studied high density
accumulations of oysters in the Cretaceous Tropic Shale. She also had the opportunity to work on uncovering a
large fish fossil and prospect for new fossil sites (she found ammonites, oysters, shark teeth, and a few
vertebrate bones!). The last few weeks of the summer, Amy continued her work on the oysters at SNC (see
Current Research Students for more about Amy).
Shannon Fasola ’14 – two week research experience with Dr. Gregory Waite at Michigan Tech. Shannon studied
the recent (March, 2012) earthquake swarm in Clintonville, Wisconsin. She worked on data from well logs to try
to determine the depth of the earthquakes and her results were used in a formal report. Shannon also helped
install a seismometer on the Keweenaw peninsula.
2012 SNC Geology Graduates:
William (Billy) Fischer
Billy is currently working on his master’s degree in the
Department of Geoscience at the University of Nevada Las
Vegas. His project focuses on a gold deposit in the Sterling Gold
Mine near Beatty, Nevada and he has already completed 10 days
of underground mapping in the mine! Billy will be trying to
determine the types of mineralizations/alterations are most
favorable for high‐grade gold. In addition, Billy is a graduate TA
during his time at UNLV, starting out with two Introduction to Geography classes. He also traveled to GSA this fall
to present a poster on research he conducted with Tim (see photo).
Lauren Hoffman
Lauren has begun work towards a master’s degree in geology at Illinois State University. She is currently
narrowing down her thesis project, but she hopes to work in the Guadalupe Mountains in New Mexico on a project
involving structural geology. Lauren is also a TA at Illinois State University and is in charge of two Introductory
Geology labs this semester.
Jordan Mayer
Jordan has a very unique and exciting position as a master’s student with the Peace Corps. Jordan is
currently starting his coursework at Michigan Tech and will later travel overseas with the Peace Corps to begin
volunteer service that will double as his thesis project, likely in hydrogeology. Although Jordan does not yet know
what country he will be placed in, he will get the chance to help others while conducting his research. In addition to
his coursework, Jordan is also tutoring international students in general science courses.
Student Awards for 2011‐2012:
The Geology Award Billy Fischer
Academic Achievement Award Zach Osborne
Outstanding Field Geologist Jordan Mayer
ROX Award Chaz Topacio
Alumni Updates:
1998
Ann (Dansart) Hirekatur – Ann recently accepted the position of Wisconsin River TMDL Project Manager at the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Prior to accepting the DNR position, Ann worked for eleven
years in water resources consulting as a registered professional hydrologist, project manager, and outreach
specialist. Ann also teaches yoga (since 2005) and travels to India each year with her husband Ravi to visit
her in‐laws.
Erin Rebhan – “After SNC, I went to UC Santa Barbara and got a Ph.D. in Medieval/Early Modern Spanish‐‐
great time, learned a lot, made really good friends, amazing place to live. I taught at Claremont McKenna
College (in LA) for two years and then followed Polo (we're married) to Washington DC, where he took a
job as an environmental economist first at a research organization and then with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (part of DOE). We've been here for 6 years and have an 8 year old daughter,
Alejandra. She's in third grade at Washington International School‐‐kids from all over the world; it's
amazing. I taught at Catholic University for a few semesters, but, because adjuncting doesn't pay well in DC,
I took a job as a writer/editor at a policy think tank. I'm also an editor for eHumanista, a peer‐reviewed
professional journal in Medieval/Early Modern Peninsular Studies. Despite not pursuing geology as a
profession, it's still part of my life. I often find myself driving, mouth agape, looking at the outcroppings at
the side of the road‐‐field trips must have made an impression. In Puerto Rico last year‐‐took Alejandra to El
Yunque‐‐I saw "baby" hoodoos‐‐couldn't help thinking about Tim belting out the song, "Who Do You Think
You're Fooling." Not more than a month ago, Alejandra asked, "what's salt?" and I said, "well, it just so
happens that I know." As if recalling a poem, I said, "Salt is a mineral, which is a naturally occurring,
inorganic homogenous solid...." and you know the rest.”
2000
Nicki (Richmond) Clayton – Nicki works at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. After serving as
Wisconsin’s statewide TMDL coordinator for 7 years, Nicki recently accepted a position as a Water Supply
Specialist working on implementation of the Great Lakes‐ St. Lawrence Compact. Nicki teaches yoga part‐
time and enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband Chris and daughter Maeve. Ann (Dansart)
Hirekatur (’98) and Nicki live a few blocks apart on Madison’s Eastside and work two floors apart at the
DNR. Nicki covers Ann’s yoga classes whenever she travels to India and Nelson still likes to tell people that
he has “mentored two yoga teachers”.
Ann and Nicki Ann and Nicki
“then” “now”
2000
Siobhan (Fackelman) Pritchard – “Since leaving SNC I received my Masters from the University of Northern
Colorado focusing my research on identifying a new meteorite impact crater in Santa Fe, NM. I currently
work in the environmental field remediating contaminated sites in Alaska, although I still live in Colorado. A
couple years ago I married another geologist and we had our first baby, James, this May. I ran cross country
and track at SNC and have continued running. Lately I've been into running trail ultra marathons, this year I
attempted the Leadville 100 mile trail run and took 2nd at the Glacial Trail 50 mile race.”
2003
Paul Albers – “I obtained a M.S. degree in geology from the University of Minnesota ‐ Duluth and consulted for
base and precious metal exploration/mining companies in Minnesota, Nevada, British Columbia, Mexico,
Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Egypt over the last 8 years. The single most exciting geology‐related event
happened when I served as Project Geologist for the discovery of the Nokomis Deposit in northern
Minnesota. Two years of grass‐roots exploration led to an NI 43‐101 compliant indicated + inferred
resource of 733 million tonnes grading 0.6 % Cu, 0.2 % Ni, and 0.7 grams per tonne TPM (Pt + Pd + Au).
Since, continued exploration drilling and land acquisitions have identified a total of 1.377 billion tonnes of
similar mineralized material. This undeveloped resource is clearly one of the world's largest Cu‐Ni‐PGM
polymetallic sulfide deposits. It was great to be a part of this exploration program and to be present for the
drilling of the discovery hole! Currently, I work as a Senior Geologist for Freeport‐McMoRan Copper & Gold
and reside with my wife and daughter in Oro Valley, AZ. We welcome SNC geology field trips to Arizona!”
2004
Dan Goebel – Dan recently graduated with his master’s in education and is currently teaching at a special ed
high school.
Rebecca (Schmeisser) McKean – Becky is now part of the St. Norbert Geology team and is loving it! (see
Updates from the Geology Faculty for more about Becky).
2006
Jake Steimle – “After SNC I graduated from Florida Atlantic University with an M.S. in Geology in May 2011.
Since then I have been working for an oil & gas co. in Austin, Texas called Border to Border Exploration. I
am one of the exploration geologists and have recently been evolving into a geophysics position working
with 3D seismic data. We prospect and operate drilling rigs in the East Texas field, which is the 2nd largest
field in the US outside of Alaska. Other than that in 2009 I married a fellow SNC graduate whom I had the
luxury of being her intro to Geology TA.”
2007
Troy Boisjoli – ”Since graduation I have been employed by Cameco Corporation. Cameco is one of the largest
uranium miners in the world, with active mines in Northern Saskatchewan Canada, western USA and
Kazakhstan. Cameco has an extensive exploration portfolio with active exploration projects globally. From
2007‐2011 I was a member of the exploration group, primarily working in Northern Canada as well as brief
stints in Australia. I am presently a mine geologist at Cameco's Eagle Point underground narrow vein
uranium mine in Northern Saskatchewan.”
2010
Amy Radakovich – “After I graduated SNC, I went to the University of Minnesota ‐ Duluth to pursue my
Master's degree in metamorphic petrology and Precambrian geology. My thesis focuses on the petrology
and pressure‐temperature history of metamorphic glacial clasts from the Byrd Glacier Drainage in the East
Antarctic Shield. I'm almost finished up with that, and should be defending within the next month. In my
first year of grad school, I was a TA for undergrad geology lab courses, and the following summer (2011) I
was one of the TA's for UMD's Precambrian Research Center field camp in Northern Minnesota, which is
where I did my field camp the year before. (For all the "hard‐rock" SNC'ers looking for field camps, I'd highly
recommend the PRC field camp, by the way. It is an awesome field camp with top‐notch professors!) In my
second year of grad school, I worked as part of a grant program where I helped design experiments and
lessons for 8th grade earth science classes in a public school. I'm now working for the USGS in Menlo Park,
CA. My focus here is on tectonics and earthquakes, so it's quite a switch but I'm enjoying it. I've been
fortunate enough to participate in seismic surveys, fault trenching, and most recently a post‐earthquake
assessment and seismic array deployment in Maine following the earthquake Oct. 16. I miss SNC like crazy,
and I'm incredibly thankful to have had such an encouraging environment to develop my passion for
geology. Hope everyone is doing well!”
2011
Nicole Bader – Nicole is attending graduate school at Indiana University‐Purdue University at Indianapolis,
working under the guidance of fellow St. Norbert Alum, Kathy Licht (’92). Her field work for her master’s
degree involved spending a few weeks in Antarctica collecting samples, which she is currently analyzing.
Sarah Day – Sarah is working towards her master’s degree in glacial geology at Iowa State University. Sarah has
been mapping the Des Moines lobe and is hoping to finish this coming August.
Stefanie Domrois – Stefanie is working on her master’s degree at the University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign.
She presented a digital poster on her research at this fall’s national GSA meeting in Charlotte.
Kiernan Folz‐Donahue – Kiernan recently began graduate school at the University of Florida.
Chelsea Potier – Chelsea is working on her master’s degree in hydrogeology at the University of Wisconsin‐
Madison.
While the St. Norbert College website is currently
undergoing a massive renovation, we hope to have
our Geology webpage updated soon. On it, we will
have information on upcoming events, field trip
photos, and the latest happenings in our discipline.
For now, feel free to check out the new look at:
www.snc.edu/geology
Thank you for your continued
support of the geology program!