Recent Alumni Speakers in Departmental or University-wide Seminars Dan Gibson (92), "Deformation-Induced Inverted Metamorphic Field Gradients: an Example from the Southeastern Canadian Cordillera" Laura Moore (93), "Quantitative Assessment of Shoreline Change and Identification of Erosion Hot Spots in Santa Cruz County, California" Jeff Frederick (95), "Employment in Environmental Geology" Charlie Tiller (93), " Etched in Mud: The Life and Times of Yellowstone Lake" Lisa Mayhew (00), "Tropical Carbonates, and Other Great Stuff, in Glacier Bay, Alaska" Lisa Mayhew (00), " Sampling the Cocos Ridge-Preliminary Results from the Galápagos Research Cruise" Paul Myrow (80), "Cambrian of Antarctica: Depositional Record of Gondwanan Assembly" Larry Lessard (85), "Informal Discussions with Students about Employment Opportunities in Environmental Consulting" Chris Olson (97), "Career Perspectives from the Petroleum Industry" Ron Schott (91), "Using Isotopes to Track Exotic Terrains" Joan Berhard (82), "Life in the Most Extensive Ecosystem on Earth" Ami Parekh (00), "Post-Colgate Employment Perspectives from an Environmental Engineering Consulting Firm" Robert Ylagan (90), "Where a Geology Concentrator Lands after Colgate: Champaign, Italy, Exxon and an MBA Tara Curtain (94), "Evidence of a Seasonal Climate in the Triassic Ischigualasto Rift Basin, Northwest Argentina" Allen Dennis (82), "Message in a Boudin: Eclogite and High Pressure Metamorphism in the Piedmont of the Southern Appalachians: Implications for Pre-Alleghanian Collisional Tectonics" Lee Gray (74), "The Rise and Fall of a Devonian Sea: A Cycle of Sedimentation in the Hamilton Group" Rebecca Newhall (99), "From Snorkeling with Connie in the Bahamas to Mapping Coral Reefs for NOAA: A Career Path in Coastal Management" Jeff Trembly, (78), "The San Pedro River, Arizona: The Conflict Between Groundwater Science & Property Rights"