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“Students should ask themselves if they’re earthlings, and if the answer to that question is yes, then they should ask whether they want to know anything about the planet they’re gonna spend their whole lives on, and if the answer to that question is yes, boy have I got the course for you,” Associate Professor […]
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On a beautiful morning in March, nine PVCC geology students led by Associate Professor of Geology Callan Bentley boarded a turbulent little regional jet departing Charlottesville. Their destination? Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of this excursion? To study and learn about the environment and geology of Eastern California: more specifically, Death Valley and Owens Valley. […]
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On the afternoon of March 4, 12 PVCC students boarded a plane bound for Los Angeles. Accompanied by a team of faculty from various schools, they set out to spend Spring Break studying the rich geologic history of Southern California. The field course was led by PVCC’s Associate Professor of Geology Callan Bentley. In past […]
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On Sept. 26, the campus’ Geology Club received a visit from climate change journalist Sarah Kaplan. Kaplan, who has been working at The Washington Post for eight years, shared her experiences covering various stories around the globe via Zoom with the group. The journalist’s main focus of the event was discussing one of her latest […]
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Although PVCC has seen various iterations of a Geology Club in the past, the club’s newest form is setting out with fresh determination and plenty of trips and presentations on the calendar. Geology Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month. Meetings are held in room M850 starting at 12:30 p.m. There […]
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