Faculty and staff were integral to the success of GeoDaze by offering their expertise and advice. Bob Casavant, Julie Libarkin, Eric Jackson, Shari Christofferson, and Carlotta Chernoff. Steve's talk was also a fitting prelude to the presentation of the Outstanding Faculty Award by the Geosciences Advisory Board to Peter Coney, one of Steve's treasured mentors. The Advisory Board meets annually in conjunction with GeoDaze and one of the highlights of their meeting is the student lunch where students get a chance to meet informally with board members. Many commented that the quality of presentations was comparable to those at national meetings.
Students really get an edge by presenting their research to such a large group of fellow scientists.
GeoDaze '98 Field Trip. The participation of all those pictured here made the field trip a truly memorable one. Saturday morning a group of over 30 students, alumni, faculty, and friends headed out to the Tohono O'Odham Reservation to visit the Quartzite mylonites of the Coyote Mountains, a terrific field trip led by George Davis. The success of GeoDaze for the past 26 years testifies to the cooperative spirit of students in the UA's Department of Geosciences. The show would not have gone on, however, without the strong support of the geologic community.