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EGGS students explore American Museum of Natural History
Spanning four New York City blocks sprawled throughout 25 interconnected buildings, the American Museum of Natural History is the largest natural history museum in the world — a bucket list visit for...
A Partnership in Water Ecology
In a move that wouldn’t have been possible without integration, five Commonwealth University faculty members, representing Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield are collaborating to create a Watershed Ecology Center. In addition to creating a resource to help preserve Pennsylvania watersheds, this Center of Excellence expands students’ research opportunities and career networks.
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Bourgault selected for STEM Leadership Institute
Commonwealth University faculty member Rebecca Bourgault, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences, participated in this year’s Project...
EGGS research showcased on national stage
A group of students from Bloomsburg University’s Department of Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences (EGGS) presented their undergraduate research at the annual Northeast Section of the...
Wetlands class heads south for spring break
Cynthia Venn’s wetlands class began its spring break in Orlando, then to Everglades City for an airboat ride through the mangroves. After, continuing their trip down to the Everglades (a.k.a. Shark...
Billy Basalt is born
Willy Girard first picked Bloomsburg University as his college of choice because of its proximity to his home. Coincidently, the EGGS 330 Special Topics in Field Geology course took him far away from...
New perspective on a familiar adventure
EGGS 330 was not Sean Leshko’s first field course nor was it his first time in Southern California. In fact, the senior geology major lived in Death Valley, Calif., for a number of years before moving...
Special topics course heads to California for field study
There will be a beach but no time for sunbathing or wave jumping. Also included is a trip to a national park, a desert adventure and even an island visit. Sounds like a perfect vacation but in fact it...
Iconic landscapes serve as textbook for field study
It began like any normal college course with a classroom dotted by groups of students led by a professor’s lecture. A week later, the class ended up traveling nearly 2,500 miles to spend a 12 nights...
Family ties, research lay foundation for possible teaching future
Heading to this spring’s American Association of Geographers annual meeting Owen Wickenheiser didn’t expect to see a familiar face among the 7,000-plus geographers and researchers on location in New...