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Win McLaughlin (’10) helps GSA celebrate 125!

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STOCKTON, CA – We’re pleased to announce that the back of Win McLaughlin’s head is being featured in a series of advertisements celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Geological Society of America! All kidding aside, GSA couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate head to showcase – full of determination and ready to attack the challenges that lie before her.  Win graduated from our department in 2010 and is a member of the Eta Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon at Pacific. She has already completed a Master’s in Geology, and is currently a PhD Candidate in Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Oregon working with Dr. Samantha Hopkins. We are all extremely proud of her!

Win McLaughlin ('10) is featured prominently (well, the back of her head is) in a series of advertisements celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Geological Society of America.

Win McLaughlin (’10) is featured prominently (well, the back of her head is) in a series of advertisements celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Geological Society of America.

Working with the best!

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ZZYZX, CA – We are so fortunate to have the chance to conduct research in collaboration with some truly talented people. One of the highest points of this year’s trip to the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Charlotte, NC, was that Dr. Kurt Burmeister and Nikki Mainwaring (’13) were fortunate to be coauthors on an excellent undergraduate research presentation by Melissa Gundersen from the Department of Geology at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Melissa did a truly amazing job presenting research that she conducted under the advisement of Dr. Fred Vollmer. In recognition of her outstanding performance, Melissa chosen to receive the Austin A. Sartin Best Poster Award by the Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Honor Society. Melissa’s presentation was unanimously ranked first of 97 qualifying posters by a panel of 6 professors. We are all very proud, impressed, and inspired by her work.

Group shot in front of Melissa Gundersen’s poster shortly after she was awarded Sigma Gamma Epsilon’s highest honor for student research presentations at GSA. From left: Dr. Fred Vollmer and Melissa (SUNY New Paltz), Dr. Kurt Burmeister, Dr. Steve Marshak (Univ of Illinois), and Dr. Yvette Kuiper (CO School of Mines)