tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531512067798282762024-02-07T08:15:37.491-06:00Thee Baylor Geological Society (BGS)once a member, always a member . . .Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-52837950378166980992010-10-26T14:26:00.002-05:002010-10-26T15:00:30.341-05:00Can you name this man?Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-82472098567847535302010-10-24T11:35:00.004-05:002010-10-26T14:05:16.088-05:00So many ridiculous things in the world today.
Click image above for full article.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-55971702654302296082010-10-11T11:43:00.005-05:002010-10-17T21:57:00.623-05:00Come One, Come All BGS AlumsThe next alumni advisory board meeting is to be held Friday, October 22 in conjunction with Homecoming. To be a member of the board and attend the meeting, all you have to do is Show Up!
Here's a brief meeting agenda:
12:00 noon to 1 pm - Catered lunch with Interim Chair (Dr. Stacy Atchley), Graduate Program Director (Atchley?), and Office Manager (?), 4th floor E-wing clock tower.
1 to 2:30 Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-16107204351605907652010-10-11T10:14:00.026-05:002010-10-18T13:28:50.466-05:00The Lampasas Cutplain and BeyondHere are a few photos from a super BGS-led fieldtrip held 10/09/10.
- Weather
Afternoon could have been a little cooler (must speak with the weather satellite guy) but otherwise, just fine.
- Company Present
Wish the alumni and a few more professors had shown up but the ones who did made up for the absentees.
- Info Presentation
Impressive. The slideshow contains photos of the first two Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-1798239769402571632010-02-12T10:33:00.005-06:002010-02-13T06:58:59.076-06:00Global Warming, Indeed!Well, today I should be going down to Baylor for an alumni meeting but, the way it looks right now (see below), the only places I will be going are places to which I can travel on my own two feet. Maybe some/most of it will melt away by this afternoon; it's a little drippy outside even now.
Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-68426282372143564772010-02-09T09:54:00.002-06:002010-02-13T07:01:01.157-06:00Updated Weekend Itinerary from Dr. DrieseDear GEO Advisory Board, Geofaculty, Staff and Colleagues:
As you have already heard from Head Clod Gary Stinchcomb, students from the BGS did a dry run of the Field Trip and determined that 2 of the 4 planned stops will not be accessible due to excessive rain (and more rain, sleet and snow are forecast this week), and so the BGS field trip is postponed, with a possible rescheduling in the fallSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-65647291053428509062010-02-08T08:43:00.000-06:002010-02-08T08:43:55.604-06:00Field Trip Postponed . . . What a DragYesterday afternoon, I received this note in my inbox from Baylor. Pretty self-explanatory.
"Speaking on behalf of the BGS, we have decided to postpone the upcoming Saturday field trip. The rescheduled field trip date has not been determined.
The current weather and forecast conditions for Temple and Waco TX are not conducive to driving on dirt two-tracks (we got the van stuck on our field Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-58086512901885686982010-02-06T07:46:00.003-06:002010-02-06T07:57:35.777-06:00BGS Fieldtrip 2/13/10As you all probably know by now, the field trip is scheduled for the Saturday before Valentine's day but February is kind of an "iffy" month in central Texas for outdoor activities. If we get too much rain, or even snow (!), next week, the Head Clod has determined that two of the stops will be inaccessible and the field trip will be postponed (somewhat bummed here). Here's a link to NOAA's Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-19174728478052958772009-11-03T15:29:00.000-06:002009-11-03T15:31:06.357-06:00Say GoodbyeI was sitting in a parking garage down in Houston today when I got a call from Mary Sue Hayward. Sadly, Harriet Hayward passed away last night.
To honor her life and some of her interests, the family has requested that donations be made to:
The Waco Foundation
Designated/Applied to Art Center Waco Fund
900 Austin Avenue
Waco, TX 76701
The foundation may be contacted by phone at 254-754-3404Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-85502016766415175702009-10-17T08:19:00.008-05:002010-10-17T21:18:15.753-05:00BGS organizes Geo Bowling Night
alt : Bowling.mp3
This was held last Wednesday evening, organized by Ryan Lindsay and Aislyn Trendell. At maximum, between 20 and 25 students attended, and I'm sure that high jinks ensued (since it was reported to me as a HUGE success).Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-38230907176429955822009-10-15T06:47:00.000-05:002009-10-15T07:30:00.501-05:00It's Almost Time . . .. . . for the Fall 2009 Board Meeting.It will be held from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm on Friday, October 23rd in room E401, Baylor Sciences Building. The Homecoming Geology Department Open House will follow from 7:00-9:00 pm that same evening.It will be good to see you guys again.The agenda is available at this link. Don't forget the mineral sale, detailed just below, that will run from 11:00 to 6:Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-48159327080808732882009-10-12T07:51:00.000-05:002009-10-12T08:00:37.556-05:00Need New Rocks?The geology department received a bequest from an old alum of his gem and mineral collection. The samples are all mounted and labeled and are being sold on October 23rd for only a buck apiece!Click here for the full-sized flyer (pdf).Come see us. Buy rocks!Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-6543323891081135482009-10-07T08:16:00.001-05:002010-10-12T05:59:42.511-05:00Dr. Namy survives plane crash yesterdayA lot of you probably know Jerry Namy from his years at Baylor and beyond. He was in a plane crash yesterday afternoon. See this morning's Star Telegram article about the crash here. After we had read it, Art got on the phone and called around to some of the other ex-students in this area. He just walked in and let me know that Cliff Walker tells us Dr. Namy has a dislocated hip but otherwiseSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-21224305569953677302009-08-26T09:12:00.000-05:002009-10-07T09:49:03.674-05:00First O.T. Hayward Lecture Series Speaker Announced.Set aside some time the evening of October 6.Dr. David Montgomery, professor of geomorphology in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at University of Washington, comes as the inaugural lecturer in this series at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 6 in BSB D110. The lecture will be preceded by a reception beginning at 6:30. . . . and he's even a geomorphologist - how apt is this?He has written two Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-26867670825014972052009-08-26T08:59:00.002-05:002010-10-26T14:03:47.458-05:00Baylor Geology Advisory Board Meeting ScheduledFinally, a new announcement on the blog!
I received news of the next Advisory Board Meeting to be held this fall, Friday, October 23rd, the afternoon before the Homecoming Bonfire.
Since I can never find my paper copy of the by-laws, they are now on-line here.
So, if any of you Geo-types are coming in for homecoming, think about arriving a little early. Come to the meeting - the more, the Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-57275236345964955912009-06-07T06:56:00.000-05:002009-06-07T07:43:35.505-05:00Dr. Font travels to EuropeDr. Robert G. Font, one-time student at Baylor and then a professor here, traveled to Ireland late in May to represent AIPG at the annual meeting of the European Federation of Geologists (EFG). He has done so for the past thirteen years and was national AIPG president in 2005.The meeting is always held in a different part of Europe. This year, it took place in Dublin, Ireland. Among the Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-86381753418801864442009-05-14T17:21:00.000-05:002009-05-14T17:57:13.444-05:00Baylor Guys in the NewsWe went to a meeting of the Ft. Worth Geological Society on Monday, 5/11/09, and held an election for society secretary. The new one is:Ta Da - Roy Yates, a Baylor alum, MS '92Congratulations, Roy!Right now, Roy works for Encore in Fort Worth, mainly ArkLaTex, Haynesville, Cotton Valley, and Travis Peak.This is also the time of year when the society awards just a few scholarships to deserving Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-30061786886657519012009-05-10T09:38:00.000-05:002009-05-10T09:48:32.207-05:00Spring 2010 BGS Field Trip<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-20153138107486392902009-05-10T09:30:00.000-05:002009-10-07T09:50:46.028-05:00BGS First Ever Hayward Lecture Scheduled Fall 2009The 2009 Geology Department academic calendar will include the first inaugural distinguished lecture to be presented by Dr. David Montgomery, a 2008 MacArthur Fellow, on October 5th-6th, 2009, honoring the accomplishments of Dr. O.T. Hayward in regional geomorphology. Before the beginning of Dr. Montgomery’s lecture we will honor both Dr. Hayward as well as Geology alumnus Connie Hudson whoseSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-12745524024709661822009-05-10T08:48:00.000-05:002009-05-10T09:21:37.279-05:00Baylor Geology Advisory Board UpdateReceived: Tue 5/5/2009 from R. Springer, current Board Pres.Dear Geology Advisory Board:I greatly enjoyed visiting with you at our last meeting in Waco, and I am excited that we are rallying together in support of the Department of Geology at Baylor. Since our last meeting, I have been in communication with Dr. Steve Driese (Chair of Geology) and Eric Abercrombie (Geology’s Development Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-22892384598548416352009-03-17T07:31:00.000-05:002009-03-17T15:51:57.893-05:00Field Work out WestWhen I opened up the email from Dr. Dworkin this morning, this picture made me smile (always a good thing in the dark, small hours of the day).Here they are . . . still stuck in Petrified Forest National Park, conducting a research project on Triassic terrestrial paleoclimate reconstructions. That's Dr. D. in the middle with a couple of Ph.D. students, Aislyn Trendell (see below) on the left andSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-19886388428762774302009-03-11T10:40:00.000-05:002009-03-11T10:47:28.577-05:00Baylor Students Speak at FWGSLast Monday, three Baylor geo-types were the speakers at the regular monthly luncheon meeting of the Ft. Worth Geological Society. They were:Aislyn Trendell - CHANNELS, OVERBANKS AND PALEOSOLS: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIMATE, BASE LEVEL AND CYCLIC LITHOFACIES HETEROGENEITY WITHIN THE TRIASSIC SONSELA MEMBER, PFNP ARIZONAJason S Mintz - ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL VARIABILITY OF MIDDLE Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-22200036580915409512009-03-09T05:43:00.000-05:002009-03-09T05:46:14.812-05:002/27/09 - Board Meeting MinutesBaylor University Alumni Advisory Board 2/27/2009 Meeting, 1424 Washington Ave. Attending: Art Bishop Sue Bishop Robert Springer Matt Pranter Tom Moore Ana Marie Whiteside Joe Whiteside Jim Bain Jay Pulliam Josh Talbert Eric Abercrombie Stacy Atchley Comments and Meeting Highlights: 1. Attendees agreed that for alumni advisory board members to be energized to actively Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-91968249672651422462009-03-07T08:01:00.003-06:002009-06-07T07:47:37.195-05:00First Field Trip to the Brownwood SpillwayAre you a card-carrying member of the BGS - I'm pretty sure I have my card around here somewhere.The new BGS held an alumni weekend gathering this year, February 27 and 28. Friday afternoon, the students held a research symposium with students and professors presenting ten of their current study topics (alums were impressed with the range of topics and the professionalism of the presentations).Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353151206779828276.post-4491913971328494992009-03-01T10:35:00.000-06:002010-10-11T10:56:20.043-05:00Spring 2009 Field Trip photos from Jim BainJim sent me a whole CD of photos a couple of weeks ago and I've finally taken the time / had a chance to post them here.
Thanks, Jim.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509723262158385196noreply@blogger.com0