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Three Ohio University Geological Sciences students were awarded the Travis C. Middleman Scholarship. The scholarship was established by an alumnus, Allen Middleman, in honor of his son. The scholarship is awarded to juniors and seniors with at least a 3.3 GPA. Parker Calhoun is a junior majoring in Geological Sciences. […]

Five Ohio University Geological Sciences students were awarded the Maurice and Betty Warner Scholarship by the Geological Sciences faculty. The scholarship was established by Dr. Maurice Warner, a geology alumnus who spent his career with Chevron Oil, becoming chief exploration geologist for the western United States before his retirement. The […]

Ohio University students Sydney Hansen and Joseph Devore were awarded the Lela A. Ewers Science Scholarship by Geological Sciences faculty. The scholarship is awarded to undergraduate students in the Natural Sciences with a 3.3 GPA or above. Hansen is a sophomore majoring in Geological Sciences. Devore is a senior majoring […]

Six Geological Sciences first-year master’s students at Ohio University have successfully defended their thesis proposals and have been awarded Geological Sciences Alumni Research Grants and Summer Fellowships. The Alumni Research Grant provides funding for supplies and travel related to thesis research. The Summer Fellowship provides a stipend for the summer […]

Ohio University first-year master’s student Ceara Purcell was awarded the Ying-Chien Chang Graduate Scholarship in the Geological Sciences Department. Purcell is conducting research for her M.S. thesis project, “How Did Ecological Niches Evolve During Ordovician Environmental Change? A Test Using Laurentian Brachiopods,” with Dr. Alycia Stigall. The scholarship was established […]

Two Ohio University students were named Geological Sciences Outstanding Graduate Students, an award presented to second-year graduate students based on outstanding performance in research and teaching as determined by a faculty vote. Shaolin Censullo defended her thesis, “Did Alternating Dispersal and Vicariance Contribute to Increased Biodiversification During the Great Ordovician […]

Ohio University students Logan Jacobs and Robert Demchuk were awarded the Geological Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant award, presented to a first- and second-year teaching assistant for outstanding teaching performance as determined by a faculty vote. Jacobs served as a Teaching Assistant for GEOL 3150 – Mineralogy and GEOL 3600 – […]