Geology professor Thom Wilch has been invited to help direct the course of Antarctic research funded by the National Science Foundation. This week Wilch began a one-year appointment in Arlington, Virginia, as NSF program director of Antarctic Earth Science in the Division of Polar Programs.
The fall semester technically ended in December, but for approximately 30 students, their first batch of Albion College coursework concluded in early January with a field trip to Hawai'i. The 10-day experience capped a pair of First-Year Seminars: Mountains and Oceans, taught by associate professor of geology Carrie Menold, and Mauka and Makai, taught by associate professor of education Suellyn Henke. From leis to lava flows, volleyball student-athletes Lauren Ferguson and Rachel Spencer shared thoughts about their journey.
Geology likes its eras, and the Albion College Department of Geological Sciences just completed one—its first half-century. New Albion arrival Larry Taylor started the program as a one-man expedition in 1964; here, the professor emeritus along with professors Bill Bartels and Thom Wilch revisit some of those layers upon layers of successes and memories.
Professor Thom Wilch, chair of the Albion College Department of Geological Sciences, was featured in an October 4 Battle Creek Enquirer Connections article by Chuck Carlson. "We are all participating in the greatest scientific experiment of all time," Wilch says in the piece. "The greenhouse effect is warming up the earth. We’ve turned up the CO2 ... and we’re seeing what happens.”
Read more... | Professor Tim Lincoln also featured in the Battle Creek Enquirer
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