Field Camp in Wyoming

Application Process

Click on the on-line application (application) to apply to attend the ISU Field Camp for summer 2009. The semester is summer 2009. Include the required personal information to complete the form. When you get to the section regarding course information. Use the following information.

Dept - Geol
Number - 302
Sec - XA
Cr hrs - 6

Mail the signed Code of Conduct along with your $100.00 deposit (check made out to ISU-Geological Sciences) to the address below. When the completed application, signed code of conduct and $100.00 deposit have been received you will be notifed.

DeAnn Frisk
Iowa State University
Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
253 Science I
Ames, IA 50011-3212

This summer, don't miss your one opportunity to study some of the most spectacular textbook examples of geologic and paleontologic features in the world with friendly staff in a setting that assures you of one of the best academic learning experiences of your life.

The Iowa State University/University of Nebraska-Lincoln geology field camp focuses on applied geology and will help you compete for jobs in the real world or for positions in geology graduate programs! Our welcoming environment encourages learning in a positive atmosphere. We have guest instructors from both the petroleum and environmental industries who give up-to-date information on how to get jobs as well as academic and state government instructors with a combined 50 years of teaching experience.

Field camp is the best opportunity you'll have to be immersed in geology, to learn how to interpret the rock and fossil record, to "see" in three dimensions, to learn how to make maps, read maps, and evaluate the data used to make maps. Students enter our program knowing some geology - they leave it with a real understanding of the practicaly applications of geologic knowledge.

The Geology Field Camp is held at the Carl F. Vondra Geology Field Station in the beautiful Bighorn Basin, nestled up against the magnificent Bighorn Mountains!

Scholarships

Field camp attendees who are not students of either Iowa State University or the University of Nebraska-Lincoln may apply for several academic-based scholarships of $200-300. Applications should include:

1. A brief statement (~250-300 words) explaining your background and career goals.

2. Transcripts of your grades. Photocopies or other unofficial copies are sufficient. These should cover the bulk of your academic background but need not be exhaustive. In other words, you do not need to track down every last credit you've taken at every institution.

3. Names and phone numbers of two faculty references.

Hard copies can be mailed to:

Carl Jacobson
Dept. Geol. & Atm. Sci.
253 Science I
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3212

Digital versions can be e-mailed to:

cejac@iastate.edu

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