2011 Volume XIII of the new series www.ColoradoCollege.edu/Dept/GY/ Cover Photo: Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, Canada From Regional Studies trip to the Canadian Rockies, 2011 The Precambrian Basement 2011 Editors-in-chief: Beth Kochevar and Wesley Paulson Department of Geology The Colorado College 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Contact:
[email protected] Facebook: GeoDept ColoradoCollege P_B vol. XIII Letter from the Chair 1 Hello Everyone! As Chair of the department it is my pleasure to welcome you to this year’s edition of the Pre- cambrian Basement. There is a lot of great stuff in here for you to read: updates from alumni and faculty, stories from students, and other goings on in the department. Therefore I’ll keep you just long enough to mention a few highlights and to offer a few thanks. On the faculty side of things, this year saw another member of the department receive an award from the National Science Foundation. This time it was Paul, and strangely enough his research will require extensive travel to Far Away Exotic Plac- es. Christine took full advantage of her sabbatical Banff National Park, from Regionals 2011. Photo by Vivian Spiess to concentrate on research and course develop- ment, and also to travel the world (although she seems to have a strange preference for Far Away Exotic COLD Places). Megan spent the year delving into her research projects, and she mentored a huge number of students along the way. Eric has been going full-bore on his funded research projects along with modifying his course offering, and Jeff has been doing Deanly things that will leave him well prepared to take over the Chairmanship of the geology department someday.