Study Abroad Blog!

cbybee15 August 22, 2013
Hello, all! I know I said I’d post this link when I created my study abroad blog, but it was boring then and had no content. Now it has a few entries about my summer, and things are about to … Continue reading →
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“A New Leaf: The Rediscovery of the Book as Art”

mgooch August 21, 2013
“A New Leaf: The Rediscovery of the Book as Art” will be on display in the Department of Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries, August 26 – October 4, 2013. The exhibit is available for viewing Monday – Friday … Continue reading →
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From Sb’s Desk: Move-out, move-in, and moving waste out of the landfill

sloder August 20, 2013
Finals week doesn’t feel all that long ago. Commencement shivers of excitement and unseasonably cold weather are still fresh in my mind. Finally, with the mass exodus of students, there always comes a mad rush of move-out waste and diversion … Continue reading →
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A Wooster geologist’s summer research experience in The Bahamas: Sarah Bender (’15) and climate and sea level change over the past 6,000 years

Mark Wilson August 20, 2013
Sarah Bender (’15) and Sarah Frederick (’15) had the opportunity this summer to complete National Science Foundation funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs). Each spent a good part of their summer completing a research project under the mentorship of accomplished … Continue reading →
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A Wooster geologist’s summer research experience in southeast Wisconsin: Sarah Frederick (’15) and the sourcing of molybdenum in groundwater

Mark Wilson August 19, 2013
This summer, Sarah Bender (’15) and Sarah Frederick (’15) had the opportunity to complete National Science Foundation funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs). Each spent a good part of their summer completing a research project under the mentorship of accomplished … Continue reading →
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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: A foraminiferal ooze from the Pleistocene of Italy

Mark Wilson August 18, 2013
On a recent field trip to Sicily, our paleontological party visited outcrops at Cala Sant’Antonino on the western side of the Milazzo Peninsula in the northwestern part of the island. We saw there an Early Pleistocene sedimentary unit informally called … Continue reading →
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Literary Lots Wrap-Up

apartika15 August 17, 2013
Well, tonight is the final night of Literary Lots, and I am about to board a flight to Copenhagen. Literary Lots was an amazing project, and I am so proud to have been a part of it.  The following post … Continue reading →
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Preparing for a Fulbright in Bulgaria

cfado13 August 15, 2013
08/09/2013 Hello Wooster Community! I leave this Saturday for a ten-month Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. I will be working with 8th, 9th, and 10th graders, teaching English and possibly other electives 20 hours a week. For those … Continue reading →
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Checking in from the Far East

gwiles August 14, 2013
We are currently finishing our first leg of field research on Sakhalin Island, Fareast Russia, and today we are traveling to Vladivostok to stage the next two weeks of sampling climate-sensitive trees. This is  collaborative Wooster project funded by NSF … Continue reading →
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Wooster Geologist in the Far East of Russia — and on Russian TV!

Mark Wilson August 14, 2013
Dr. Greg Wiles, the Ross K. Shoolroy Chair of Natural Resources at Wooster, is currently on an adventurous dendrochronology research trip to the Far East of Russia, including Sakhalin Island. He will have much more to say about it on … Continue reading →
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