Illinois State University Geology

10/20/2026

Join us tonight in FSA 433 at 5 pm for Halloween Movie Night 👻🎃 Snacks will be provided! We hope to see you there!!

10/18/2026

This year at GSA, graduate students within our major also had the opportunity to present their research in Denver, CO. As a program, we could not be more proud of the hard work these students have put in the past year to get to this point. Two professors in our department, Dr. Tenley Banik and Dr. James Day, also had the opportunity to give oral presentations over their own research!

Congratulations everyone, we are so proud of you!!

Pictured in order: Avery Melrose, Tealyn Wendler, Jenna Ambrose, Maya Khatri, Raegan Hobson, Matthew Huisman, David Adelman, Dr. Tenley Banik, and Dr. James Day.

Not pictured: Zainab Alaran

10/18/2026

This past week undergraduates within our major had the opportunity to present their research at the annual GSA Connects conference in Denver, CO. As a program, we could not be more proud of everything they have accomplished to get to this point. Congratulations to everyone who went! The future continues to shine brightly within our geology department.

Pictured in order: Lilly Drager, Lani Kiene and Alli Locke, Aiden Fanning, Caleb Ortman, Matt Roberts, Rei Stanley, Genna Warnick, Ava Miller, Jana Kadel, Clare Miller, and Maggie Pozzo.

10/16/2026

It’s Colloquium Friday! We will be having our second round of Summer Internship Presentations for Colloquium! Aiden Fanning (Illinois State Geological Survey), Aaron Walker (Iowa Geological Survey), Clare Miller (ISGS), and Maggie Pozzo (ISGS) will be presenting on how they got their internships and what they spent their summers doing!

Presentations will start at 3 pm in Moulton Hall 208, we hope to see you there!!

10/12/2026

Last week our Structural Geology (GEO 295) class traveled to Baraboo, Wisconsin! While there our students gained skills in field mapping and observing structural features in the field! They specifically got to observe rocks of the Baraboo Syncline. Thank you to our Powell Fund donors for donating and allowing our students to have opportunities like this!!

10/10/2026

Last weekend, our Sedimentology Class (GEO 295) traveled to areas throughout Missouri and Iowa and got the opportunity to observe sedimentary geology in the field! Students were able to see rocks from Ordovician to Pennsylvanian in age and gain skills in field work! Thank you to Powell Fund and all of its generous donors for making it possible for our students to get opportunities like this!!

10/10/2026

10/09/2026

It’s colloquium Friday! Today 12 pm (instead of our normal 3 pm time) in Felmley 434 (typo on poster) Liam Eades will be presenting his talk: “From Rocks to Decisions: What an Exploration/Economic Geologist Actually Does for a Living”. Lunch will be provided! We hope to see you there!!

09/28/2026

Join us tomorrow night in FSA 433 at 5 pm for Mineral Bingo 🪨 💎 and fun mystery prizes! We hope to see you there!!