Faculty and staff from the Earth Sciences and Science Education Department actively develop classes and workshops that provide undergraduate and graduate students with valuable, in situ (found in natural environment) geological field education. Onsite mapping, rock classification, and an understanding of the "big picture" are skills that are imperative for future earth scientists, geologists, and educators.
Beginning in the summer of 2007, a four credit upper level undergraduate (lower level graduate) "Wild, Wild West Geology" workshop offered students the opportunity to study in classic geological locations.
Since then, two workshops to the American West have have included study in such locations as:
- The Grand Canyon
- San Francisco Volcanic Field
- Havasupai Indian Reservation with the Havasu Falls, AZ
- Zion National Park
- Veyo Volcanic Field, UT
- Long Valley Caldera and Mono Lake, CA
- Death Valley, CA
- Meteor Crater, Mogollon Rim, Sedona, and Metamorphic Transition Zone, AZ
View images and read student testimonials from this trip.
You can help students participate in these field trips through a tax deductible contribution to the "Geology Field Trip Fund." Your donation will benefit the planning and execution of the "Wild, Wild West Geology" workshop, and future field education workshops, for the next generation of earth scientists.
Online contributions are accepted through the Buffalo State College Foundation. To make your donation, visit the Buffalo State College Foundation site, click "Donate Now," and select "Geology Field Trip Fund" as your contribution designation.
The faculty and students of the Earth Sciences and Science Education Department greatly appreciate your gift. Thank you.
For additional information on this program, please contact Dr. Bettina Martinez-Hackert at (716) 878-5005.
