Many members of VT-GEOS attended or presented at the Southeastern GSA conference in Harrisonburg, VA, last week. Faculty attendees included John Chermak, Ben Gill, Lowell Moore, Ryan Pollyea, Rachel Reid, Maddy Schreiber, Jim Spotila, Shuhai Xiao. Grad student attendees included Seyi Dasho, Orin Lole Durbin, Amy Hagen, Natalie Hermosillo, Alaina Helm, Delaney Kirr, Esther Odeyele, and Prescott Vayda. And undergraduate attendees included Andrew Allard, Matthew Centofanti, Noah Crook, Brooklyn Harris, Katie Hughes, Denyce Jasicki, Noah Keller, Madeline Kronebusch, Sean Markle, Matthew Martin-Baker, Tallory Wendell, and Saye Woodard.
We remembered former University Distinguished Professor Jerry Gibbs, with a celebration of his life organized by Nancy Ross, headlined by a wonderful eulogy by alumnus Gordon Brown (Stanford), Jerry's first PhD student, and attended by many members of Jerry's family.Â
The Field Observations class visited outcrops on the Huckleberry Trail, led by Assistant Professor Tina Dura and TA Elizabeth Curtiss.