News and Announcements

<p>Thanks to Kevin McCartney, David Putnam and Chunzeng Wang, the Geology/Ecology Club, and the rest of our friends at UMPI for arranging our spring meeting at Presque Isle. We had a very successful panel discussion on professional activities and employment by Liz Champeon and Cliff Lippitt. There was good audience participation, and extensive discussion in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The GSM Spring Meeting will be held Friday April 13th at the Northern Maine Museum of Science, University of Maine,181 Main Street, Presque Isle. AGENDA 10:30 -12 Executive Committee meeting 12:00 -1 Lunch 12:15-12:45 Employment panel (meeting of students and professionals to discuss typical interview and employment practices) 1:00 &#8211; 3:30 Student posters and presentations [&hellip;]</p>

<p>12:00 Executive Committee meeting 1:00 PM. Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts (UCCPA) in downtown Unity: General Talks relating to geo-environmental issues ranging from the paleoenvironment of Acadia National Park to current envir onmental case studies and anything in between will be presented in the afternoon. 2:30PM Brief Business Meeting followed by Keynote Speaker [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Does anyone have any Maine staurolite mineral specimens to spare? Kevin McCartney has received a request from a colleague in Utah for specimens of Maine staurolite with 45 and 90 twinning for a museum display of Staurolites from the US. Internet-Based Business The colleague offers New Mexico specimens for trade or Kevin is willing to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Spring meeting abstratcts here: GSM_ABSTRACTS_Bates_2011 &nbsp; See you all there!</p>