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Lifetime Speech – Cameron How ’20

By Drew Stelljes On June 5, 2017
In Academics, Community Engagement & Service, Student Blogs, Student Leadership Development, Study Away, W&M in Washington 
Group of students at the DC Summer Institute on Leadership and Community Engagement.
Guest blogger Cameron How explains the intention of his Lifetime Speech in the brief video linked below. Students enrolled in the W&M DC Summer
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A Hard Freeze in the Basement: The Earth Structure & Dynamics Field Trip 2016

By Chuck Bailey On April 18, 2016
In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Study Away 
The 2016 William & Mary Earth Structure & Dynamics class at Loft Mountain Overlook in Shenandoah National Park after a cold night in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip is an annual rite of spring; when early April arrives it’s time for our weekend trip
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Over the Hills and Far Away: The Earth Structure & Dynamics Field Trip 2015

By Chuck Bailey On April 23, 2015
In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs 
Measuring geologic structures at the Greenstone Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway.
The Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip is a springtime ritual; last weekend we headed over the hills and far away.  At our
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Field Methods 2014: Put Your Hiney in the Piney

By Chuck Bailey On October 2, 2014
In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research 
The 2014 Field Methods crew in front of a Blue Ridge backdrop. Our hosts Ann and Jerry Samford (W&M Geology 1977) are on the left.
When many of my academic colleagues (both at W&M and further afield) learn that I write a blog it is commonly followed by an
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