4 the first time in many years, it did snow on the group when we were in Leadville. Thanks to a generous contribution from Mr. Rick Hauschild, improvements were made to the dishwashing house including the addition of two, ondemand water heaters and a storage tank. We will continue to make improvements this summer and hope to add a firesuppression system in the kitchen as well as a new refrigerator. These improvements are necessary and welcome as we filled the 2013 camp in October 2012 with 60 students and have a waiting list of additional out-of-state students who wish to attend. As always, we welcome visitors and encourage any camp alumni to visit and reminisce with us about the fond times spent at field camp. Summer field camp begins on May 21 and ends on June 22. It promises to be an exciting summer so please remember if you are in the area, stop by and visit. For directions, email Jim.Puckette@okstate.edu. 2012 Awards Priyank Jaiswal was awarded the Arts and Sciences Junior Faculty Award for Scholarly Excellence. The photo shows from left: Michael Long, Lindsey Smith Smith, Priyank Jaiswal and Karaca. Dr Jim Puckette was awarded the Outreach Faculty Excellence Award. The award is being given by Dr. David Henneberry. . International Field Work in Ethiopia By Mohamed Abdelsalam Miss Kourtney Buckley, a senior student at Oklahoma State University Boone Pickens School of Geology was one of four US students who visited Ethiopia in the summer of 2012 working on a project entitled “Modeling Drainage Incision on the Ethiopian Plateau”. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation – Office of International Science and Engineering – International Experience for Students (NSF-OISE-IRES). The US students joined four students from Addis Ababa University and Gondor University in Ethiopia in three weeks long geoscientific activities that involved three-day workshop entitled “Geography and Geology of the Nile System with special emphasis of the Blue Nile” in Addis Ababa University followed by two weeks field work in the Ethiopian Plateau. The project is meant to provide US students with international research experience in the geosciences by conducting cutting-edge research with peers in other countries. Field activities focused on the Southeastern Plateau close to the Afar Depression where US and Ethiopian students were involved in geological and geomorphological mapping as well as examining geological structures that might have Miss Kourtney Buckley and Gondor University student Yemisrach Berhanu figuring out the evolution of the Ethiopian Plateau and its drainage systems.
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