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UPCOMING EVENTS: NOTE: OUR PLANNING MEETING DATE HAS CHANGED!! Our planning meeting is August 28th at 12:30pm in OCNPS room 403 THIS MEETING IS FOR TRIP PLANNING FOR THE SEMESTER AS WELL AS OFFICER ELECTIONS Other meetings are 12:30-1:30pm in room 403 OCNPS as follows: Sept. 11th, Oct. 2nd, Nov. 6th, and Dec 4th unless otherwise noted. We are working on providing a "meet the professor" for the beginning of each meeting. Bring your own lunch! The 2006-2007 semester was very successful for our club. Trips included NOAA, PCS Phosphate Mine, and Adopt-a-Stream, and a trip to the Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce.
WHAT IS THE EARTH & OCEAN SCIENCES CLUB? The mission of EOS is to provide a more enriching university experience to Ocean, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences undergraduates and any other students interested in science by promoting involvement in the sciences, community service, and educational recreation. Currently, the club meets once a month to talk about current issues and opportunities available in OEAS fields and to socialize. Several recreational and educational events occur every year including field trips, seminars, and community service projects. Join us on the facebook to learn more. HOW CAN YOU BECOME INVOLVED WITH EOS? Anybody can become a part of the Earth & Ocean Sciences club. Better yet, membership to be in the club is FREE! While we cater to helping undergraduates in the OEAS department, we rely on our graduate members and faculty to help provide opportunities such as leading field trips and letting us help with research. Potential employers can help by scheduling a seminar through our club to discuss the projects they are working on and what it takes to work for their company. Nonprofit organizations that focus on science and the environment can benefit from our help while educating us at the same time. E-mail us to join today! Past Events:
-Fossil Dig at PCS Phosphate Mine in Aurora, NC in April 2007 Our group of nine camped out near the site in Aurora to ensure we made it to the site in time. Wonderful volunteers of PCS gave us the rules and drove us to the digging site where we spent the day digging up sharks teeth and all sorts of other fossils from the Pungo and Yorktown Formations. Afterwards, we stopped by the Aurora Fossil Museum to help identify what we could not figure out and to check out their great samples of what lucky people had found at the mine. -Trip to NOAA in February 2007 Two tour guides took ten EOS members around the Thomas Jefferson, which was docked at Norfolk, VA. We learned about the company and what it is like to work for NOAA, and we got to see some of their instruments and how they are used to map the bathymetry. At the end of the tour, the wonderful people at NOAA took us to their lounge where they gave us cookies they baked especially for us. -Adopted the Nansemond River with the Adopt-a-Stream Program Our first Adopt-a-Stream date was November 2006 followed by a second in March 2007. Our friends at the Suffolk Parks and Recreation have allowed us to clean the area at Lone Star Lakes in Suffolk which has multiple lakes directly connected to the Nansemond. -Tour guides and greeters for the April 2006 Earth Day event hosted by the OEAS department April’s event was exciting for people of all ages. While helping as tour guides and doing other various duties, EOS members got to sneak into the Earth Day's many events including a planetarium show, a liquid nitrogen show, and a laser light show. -Trip to Morefield Mines The club spent the day collecting rocks and minerals at the Morefield Mines. The day was eventful for all. Not only is Morefield Mines a great place to learn about the different stones in VA, it is a great place to get samples of Amazonite, Garnet, Topaz, Mica, Feldspar, Smokey Quartz, Amethyst, and many other samples for your own collection!
-Cave surveying with the Virginia Highlands Grotto Every month, several members of the club travel Northwest to spend the weekend in Monterey, VA. Here, the Virginia Highland Survey crew separates into teams of ridge-walkers, diggers, and cave surveyors. All of these activities are important in finding and mapping the caves in the area. For those who are into biology, bat counting is also an option. No experience is needed to come, and equipment is provided. Email Lisa for more information.
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