Physical Geology Students Visit the State Capitol

The summer 2 semester has been off to a great start!  I took the students to see the Arkansas State Capitol building where they learned about the different building stones used in its construction.  The students received a fabulous lecture from Dr. Ware, the State Capitol Historian.  We learned that the outside is composed of three types of limestone, two of which are mined from Arkansas and the other from Indiana.  We went inside the building and looked at the beautiful marble, some of which is flecked with gold!  All in all, a pretty interesting field trip!

Summer Update from Dr. McMillan

In late May-early June, I joined the faculty and students of James Madison University's Geology Field Camp in County Galway, Ireland. They were kind enough to invite me to visit and participate in their field camp for two weeks. Turns out their field camp is a lot like ours - tons of beautiful scenery, great rocks and lots of rain, lots of bugs (midges instead of biting flies) and a perpetual lack of drinking containers come dinner time. They have incorporated digital mapping using iPads and GIS apps in the field. Look out!! Digital mapping will be coming to UALR very soon!