The bow is believed to be at the left. The program, known as the Stretch, is unique.
Students spend an entire semester in the field, working in different places for two-week intervals.
The combination of geology in the Appalachian Piedmont and in Chesapeake Bay is the first segment taught in the eastern U.S. in many years. This year's course was the largest ever and included 36 students and four teaching assistants. The best and brightest sample of Chesapeake Bay mud. Each day after short morning lectures, the students split into two groups. The group measured salinity and dissolved oxygen, among other things, in order to learn about mixing and stratification in the estuary, as well as the relation between productivity and anoxia.