Various opportunities exist for geology majors to develop leadership skills and receive stipends.
Majors within the department can extend and enrich their knowledge by working as laboratory assistants in the introductory and middle level courses, and earn a stipend in the process. The summer research of many geology majors is supported financially by Anderson Grants awarded by the Denison Undergraduate Research Foundation. He continued his study at Columbia University earning a Ph.D. in 1944. Dr. Bates went on to a distinguished teaching, research, and administrative career in the geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. Over the years, he has maintained a strong interest in the geoscience program at Denison and has recently supported our research program with generous gifts.