DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY
HOMECOMING 2005

Dear Alumnus:

Please join alumni, faculty and current Geo-majors for the Department of Geology and Geography Homecoming Breakfast and Alumni Seminar on Saturday, October 22, 2005. Due to the extensive nature of renovations currently in progress in the Herty Building, this event will be held next door at the Georgia Southern Museum. Museum doors will open at 8:00 a.m. and a buffet style breakfast will be served from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. followed by the Alumni Seminar at 9:40 a.m. The Alumni Seminar consists of a few short presentations ( ~ 15 minutes each) to showcase work or projects conducted by our alumni. The presentations provide an excellent opportunity for our current majors to learn about "life after graduation" and to interact with working professional geoscientists. The presentations are also a great chance for the former students to teach the faculty! We will try to limit the presentations to two or three; however, any alumnus that wishes to prepare a poster to showcase their work (and/or to help us to prepare our current majors) is welcome to bring one. Posters can be displayed continuously during the event and afterward if you wish to leave them. Please let us know if you plan to bring a poster so that we may prepare an adequate number of display boards. Presentations should be over by ~10:30 a.m. providing plenty of time to mingle and meet current majors or new faculty. Renovations to the natural history exhibits at the Museum have just been completed and Jonathan Geisler (Dept. Vertebrate Paleontologist & museum curator) invites you to review the new exhibits during your visit.

The Homecoming football game begins at 3:30 p.m. so there is ample time for tailgate barbecue and celebrations in the Paulson Stadium lot before the Eagles take on the Citadel. We hope you can join us in this annual reunion and take the time to share your experience with the faculty and current majors. Please send an e-mail if you can join us and remember that family and friends are always welcome.

Hope to see you on the 22nd of October!

Sincerely,

Kelly Vance

Alumni Coordinator
Department of Geology and Geography
Georgia Southern University