Category: Faculty News

Dr. Andersen Receives Distinguished Mentor Award

smuthukrishnan / / Department, Faculty News

Dr. Dr. Brannon Andersen Brannon Andersen, a faculty member since 1994, has received a 2010 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Distinguished Mentor Award.  The award is co-sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Furman University, and is awarded to faculty who have an exceptional track record in mentoring undergraduate research students and who have been a champion of undergraduate research at the regional and national level.  The award includes $5000 for research supplies from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and $5000 in discretionary funds from Furman University.

It should be noted that Dr. Andersen won South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008.

Congratulations Dr. Andersen!

Dr. Garihan publishes Geologic Map of Landrum Quad

smuthukrishnan / / Appalachian Geology, Department, Faculty News

John M. Garihan just published the Geologic map of the Landrum 7.5-minute quadrangle with the support of the SC Geologic Survey.  It is available to the public through the SCDNR website, along with 12 other 1:24,000 scale maps mapped by J. Garihadownloadn and W. A. Ranson in upstate South Carolina. These GQM and MS series maps can be viewed and obtained from:

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/geology/publications.htm

Click on General Geologic Map Series. The Tigerville and Saluda quadrangle geologic maps are in their final preparation phases, to be available this fall or next spring.  These maps are used by the public for recreational and hiking purposes, for the general interest of scientifically literate individuals, and for planning purposes by city planners, among many other uses like siting water wells etc.

Appalachian Geology: First EES May-Term Field Trip

smuthukrishnan / / Appalachian Geology, Department, Faculty News, Travel

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Dr. Garihan and Dr. Ranson lead a group of 8 students on a field trip to study the Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Geology starting from Virginia and ending at the Adirondacks in Upstate New York.  Their trip highlights include among other things, a study of mountain top removal and its impacts, geology and geomorphology of American civil war sites in Gettysburg and a visit to the Yuengling Brewery, the oldest brewery in America.