A Very Merry Dougie Birthday

Yesterday was my birthday. I think that makes today the best day for me to return to posting, since no one can be mad at me for not posting for a long time ’cause hey – I was the birthday … Continue reading
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George Davis (’64) gives the Thirty-First Annual Osgood Memorial Lecture

WOOSTER, OHIO–We were greatly honored this evening to have one of our own, Dr. George Davis (Wooster ’64), present the 31st Annual Richard G. Osgood, Jr., Memorial Lecture. The Osgood Lectureship was endowed in 1981 by the three sons of … Continue reading
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Sense of place

I’ve been traveling a bit recently — from the claustrophobically tree-lined, winding roads of Connecticut to the desolate open spaces of Texas: All this has made me think about the way we attach ourselves to place.  Location puts its stamp … Continue reading
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Editor Tip: Use Event Calendars

With one of these event calendars you can instantly add functionality, i.e. – thumbnail and body images, multiple links, details, and lists. Event calendars have been around for awhile, but haven’t been an accessible option for our editors to add them by themselves…until now. … Continue reading
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A History of Witchcraft in England 1558 to 1718: The Research of Wallace Notestein

“A History of Witchcraft in England 1558 to 1718: The Research of Wallace Notestein” will be on display in the Department of Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries, October 21 – December 16, 2011. The exhibit features materials from … Continue reading
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BigBANG! Sparking Social Innovation

Join us to learn and explore ways of solving large social issues with innovative solutions.  Hear Peter Senge, Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Founder of Society for Organizational Learning and award-winning author of The Fifth Discipline … Continue reading
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Where do you want to end up?

A recent environmental studies brownbag discussed green burials. Those of you who were there know that there’s a certified green cemetery in our own area, associated with the Wilderness Center.  Kyrstin Gibson passed on this link to an article in … Continue reading
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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: a medullosalean pteridosperm (Upper Carboniferous of northeastern Ohio)

It is time we had another fossil plant in this series. The above specimen is Neuropteris ovata Hoffmann 1826, a relatively common bit of foliage in the Upper Carboniferous of North America. This is a pteridosperm, more commonly known as … Continue reading
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Exploring the Silica Formation (Middle Devonian) in Northwestern Ohio

PAULDING, OHIO–There’s nothing like the stirring rings of 50 geologic hammers in the morning. Today I was a guest of the North Coast Fossil Club and my friend Brian Bade in a quarry exposing the Middle Devonian limestones and shales. … Continue reading
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Wooster Geology Heads to Wayne Elementary

On Friday afternoon, a group of Wooster geologists participated in an educational outreach program at Wayne Elementary. Marge Forbush, an educator at Wayne always asks the department to come to her classroom twice a year. In the fall, we spend … Continue reading
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