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Undergraduates experience America on GeoJourney

Nineteen BGSU undergraduates took off Aug. 15 on a “GeoJourney” that promises to be the trip of a lifetime and a unique educational experience.

Led by geology faculty members Joe and Nikki Elkins, the group is traveling in a modern-day caravan that will lead them through many of the nation’s most spectacular parks, monuments and educational sites, plus several major cities from Chicago to San Francisco to New Orleans and back. The group will camp out each night and move to new campgrounds every few days as they make their way across the country and back. During the day, the students will be completing day hikes in national parks, visiting regional museums and completing field projects.

“They will be getting the ‘big picture’ significance of geoscience education,” said Joe Elkins, who has been doing a similar trip for several years with the University of Georgia.

During their eight weeks and 13,000 miles on the road, the students will take four classes—two in geology: Field-Based Historical Geology and Field-Based Physical Geology; one in American culture studies: Indigenous Cultures of North America, and one in environmental science: Environments in Context. All the classes count toward University general education requirements.

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