- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/geology-club/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:45:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Geology Club hosts weekend field trip to crystal mine /news-archive/2018/09/18/geology-club-hosts-weekend-field-trip-to-crystal-mine/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:45:01 +0000 /news/?p=71885 ... Geology Club hosts weekend field trip to crystal mine]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Geology Club is sponsoring a field trip to the near Jessieville, Arkansas, on Saturday, Sept. 22. 聽 The group will tour the mine from 10-11 a.m. and then dig for quartz crystals. A zipline is also available. The cost is $10 for Geology Club members and $15 per person for non-members. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the mine. Anyone planning to participate is asked to fill out and submit this by Sept. 18 so the club can plan accordingly.  ]]> Geology Club to host weekend highway clean-up /news-archive/2018/09/13/geology-club/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:37:24 +0000 /news/?p=71830 ... Geology Club to host weekend highway clean-up]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Geology Club heads to Pinnacle Mountain State Park on Saturday, Sept. 15, to clean up the club鈥檚 adopted one-mile stretch of Highway 300 near the entrance to the park. Participants will meet at 9 a.m. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to join. Club members will have vehicles parked on the north end of the section of highway and will shuttle some folks to the south end. Participants can park in the Pinnacle Mountain parking lot and walk over to the vehicles parked on the highway. Vests, gloves, and trash bags will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring a reusable bottle for drinking water. Organizers expected to spend about an hour at the park.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock presents Earth Day festivities April 19 /news-archive/2018/04/09/ua-little-rock-presents-earth-day-festivities-april-19/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:00:38 +0000 /news/?p=70100 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock presents Earth Day festivities April 19]]> The University of Arkansas Little Rock Sustainability Committee invites faculty, staff, and students to celebrate Earth Day on Thursday, April 19. Festivities will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center mall area. Participants will be able to purchase various homemade items from vendors, including Crooked House Herbals, D & D Designs, Green Corner Store, Pup Eats Dog Treats, and Little Brick Oven. Along with external vendors will be 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock organizations, such as the Garden Alliance Club, Geology Club, McNair Scholars, and the Sustainability Committee. Food trucks will be located outside of the Donaghey Student Center near the University Parking Deck. This year Big Dawg BBQ, Diane鈥檚 Delicious Dogs, Katmandu Momo, and Shambala Mobile Vegan Kitchen will be on site 聽聽 There will also be a shredding truck in the parking lot located on the east side of the library. Anyone with 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock documents in need of shredding is free to use the equipment. For more information, contact Frances Frazier at fjfrazier@ualr.edu.]]> Arkansas students attend 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 inaugural geology camp /news-archive/2017/06/29/geology-camp/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:11:21 +0000 /news/?p=67383 ... Arkansas students attend 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 inaugural geology camp]]> After attending the University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 geology camp, Jefferson聽said the study of geology can be used to fix the world. 鈥淕eology helps us to understand about climate change, global warming, melting polar ice caps, and how we can help fix the Earth鈥檚 problem,鈥 Jefferson said. 鈥淚 also want to become a politician, so I can help make bills to help the planet.鈥 Jefferson was one of five Arkansas students who completed the inaugural geology camp program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Participants included:
  • 听听听听听Jonathan Bailey, of Mabelvale, a junior at Sheridan High School
  • 听听听听听Ra鈥橫aun Baker, of Jacksonville, a sophomore at Episcopal Collegiate
  • 听听听听听Frederick Carthon, of Lexa, a freshman at Barton High School
  • 听听听听听Nyala Jefferson, of Poplar Grove, a freshman at Barton High School
  • 听听听听听Hailey Nearns, of Lexa, a freshman at Barton High School
Held June 11-17 on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus, the free one-week summer enrichment program was sponsored by the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology. It offered campers a unique overview of life as a geologist. Students studied topics like field mapping, mineralogy, fossils, topographical mapping, and geologic time. Dr. Michael DeAngelis and Dr. Rene Shroat-Lewis, both assistant professors in the Department of Earth Sciences, created the camp after students in other Engineering and Information Technology camps showed enthusiasm for the geology segments. 鈥淭here鈥檚 never been a summer geology camp hosted by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock,鈥 DeAngelis said. 鈥淲e wanted to give students an overview of geology concepts in the classroom as well as hands-on experience and field excursions that will give them real-world experience.鈥
University of Arkansa at Little Rock Geology Camp participants visit Bayou Meto during a June 13 field excursion to practice geological mapping. Pictured, from left to right, back row: Ra'Maun Baker, Jonathan Bailey, and Fredrick Carthon. Front row: Hailey Nearns and Nyala Jefferson.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Geology Camp participants visit Bayou Meto during a June 13 field excursion to practice geological mapping. Pictured, from left to right, back row: Ra’Maun Baker, Jonathan Bailey, and Fredrick Carthon. Front row: Hailey Nearns and Nyala Jefferson.

The students met with 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock geology students and professors as well as employees from the Office of Admissions who showed them how to prepare for college. Engineering and Information Technology Dean Dr. Larry Whitman gave the students a presentation on how to prepare a winning 鈥渆levator speech鈥 to impress future employers. Outside the classroom, students took field trips to Hot Springs National Park, Mid America Science Museum, Coleman Quartz Mine, Fourche Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility, bauxite mines in Saline County, and various field mapping locations near Cabot. Bailey was interested in attending the camp since his stepfather studies geology. The Sheridan High School student鈥檚 favorite activity was a field excursion to Coleman Quartz Mine, where the students dug for crystals. 鈥淚 was lucky to get into this camp,鈥 Bailey said. 鈥淚 enjoy the study of rocks and moss.鈥 In the upper right photo,聽Engineering and Information Technology Dean Dr. Larry Whitman teaches Geology Camp participants how to deliver a winning elevator speech.]]>