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Geology Department

Welcome to the Geology Department



Northeast / North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting 2011

04/11/2011 Professors Rayburn, Bartholomew, and Vollmer traveled to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania with a group of students for the joint Northeastern (46th Annual) and North-Central (45th Annual) Joint Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 20–22, 2011. New Paltz had a good showing at the meeting, presentations included: ALLEN, Wai (Fort Lewis College), DAVIS,... Read more

Geology Enrollments and Job Prospects Up

03/10/2011 The Geology Department is just finishing up it's Five Year Self Study with two external reviewers Friday, from Geology Departments at SUNY Geneseo and St. Lawrence University, visiting this past Friday. While their final report is not complete, the reviewers were impressed with our program. In compiling data for the department... Read more

Winter Break Activities

01/28/2011 Winter Break is a time for faculty and students to switch gears from the academic semesters, catch up on research, writing, and, we hope, find some time to recreate. Over Winter Break Senior Geology major Allison Plattsky worked on on her research project looking at the fossil contents of a core from... Read more

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Contact Information

Department of Geology
South Classroom Building 107
SUNY New Paltz
1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561-2443

Phone: (845) 257-3760
Fax: (845) 257-3755
E-Mail: vollmerf@newpaltz.edu