But what will it look like inside?

John Hopkins June 22, 2017
This is an artist’s rendering of the Gault Gateway Classroom, named in honor of Flo K. Gault ’48.
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Harvest Share

Moledina June 20, 2017
What is if we could solve food insecurity and stagnating farm income with one solution? Twelve College of Wooster students working with four community advisers tried to devise a plan to do just that. Thirteen percent of Wayne County’s population … Continue reading →
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Wooster Geologist/Historian on the San Andreas Fault

Mark Wilson June 17, 2017
Berkeley, California — Brandon Bell (’18) is a double major in geology and history at Wooster. He has a classic double-major thesis that combines both disciplines: the early history of modern seismology following the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906. … Continue reading →
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Wooster Geologists in Europe (Summer 2017)

Mark Wilson June 10, 2017
This summer Professor Mark Wilson and Independent Study student Macy Conrad (’18) were in Europe for geological adventures. Professor Wilson first attended a meeting in Vienna, and then traveled to Paris to meet Macy for her IS fieldwork in southwestern … Continue reading →
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Wooster Geologists visit Saint-Émilion in southwestern France

Mark Wilson June 8, 2017
La Barde, France — On our last full day in southwestern France, Independent Study student Macy Conrad (’18) and I had a cultural visit with our host Paul and Patricia Taylor to the ancient town of Saint-Émilion. This town, set … Continue reading →
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Revisiting the Gironde Estuary for our last day of fieldwork in southwestern France

Mark Wilson June 7, 2017
La Barde, France — Today Paul Taylor, Macy Conrad (’18) and I had our last fieldwork in France for this expedition. We returned to sites along the eastern shore of the Gironde Estuary to study the Biron Formation (Campanian, Upper … Continue reading →
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A day of rocks and churches in southwestern France

Mark Wilson June 6, 2017
La Barde, France — This is our second-to-last day in southwestern France on this research expedition. Macy Conrad (’18), Paul Taylor (Natural History Museum, London) and I are continuing our study of sclerobionts on Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) oysters. I know … Continue reading →
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A day of collecting Cretaceous fossils on the southwestern coast of France

Mark Wilson June 5, 2017
La Barde, France — Today Team France returned to the Gironde Estuary on the southwest coast of France to study the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) fossiliferous limestones and marls. We visited new sites and some we scouted out last week. Above … Continue reading →
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Wooster Geologists get to work in southwestern France

Mark Wilson June 4, 2017
La Barde, France — After a day of almost solid rain, we woke up the next morning to brilliant weather in southwestern France. Macy, Paul and I drove to the small town of Archiac, where we collected a bag full … Continue reading →
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A day of geology on the coast of southwestern France

Mark Wilson June 2, 2017
La Barde, France — Today we traveled west to the Gironde Estuary on the southwest coast to continue our survey of Campanian fossils. It looks like we will be working on the sclerobionts found with the extensive Pycnodonte oyster beds. … Continue reading →
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