OSU Geology Newsletter 2023

30 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY GSA South-Central 2023 Camelia Knapp The 2023 South-Central Geological Society of America conference was a huge success thanks to all involved! I’d like to thank Dr. Todd Halihan, the conference chair, Dr. Tracy Quan and Dr. Ahmed Ismail, the technical program chairs, all the other faculty co-organizers, all the session, short courses, field trip organizers, all the presenters, all the judges, and all the alumni including Patty and Lawrence Walker that contributed at making it a success. Sandy Earls ran the BPSoG booth and Tim Sickbert got everything in place for the poster plotting. My long-time colleague, Dr. Alicia Wilson from the University of South Carolina gave the Darcy Lecture and it was a wonderful overview of her research on salt marshes. I would like to congratulate the following student award recipients and their advisors for SC GSA: A. Outstanding Graduate Student Oral Presentation 1st Lauren Haygood, OSU, Stillwater, OK (BPSoG); Advisor: Natascha Riedinger 2nd Katharine Sink, University of Texas - Dallas, TX 3rd Damilare Ajagbe, OSU, Stillwater, OK (Microbiology); Advisor: Babu Fathepure B. Outstanding Graduate Student Poster 1st Damilola Ola, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX; Advisor: Andrew Katumwehe 2nd Marykathryn Campos, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 3rd Izabelle Buentello, OSU, Stillwater, OK (BPSoG); Advisor: Mike Grammer C. Outstanding Undergraduate Student Oral Presentation 1st Clayton Hedges, OSU, Stillwater, OK (BPSoG); Advisor: Natascha Riedinger 2nd Elaine Duff, OSU, Stillwater, OK (BPSoG); Advisor: Natascha Riedinger 3rd Henry Dodds, University of Texas - Dallas, TX D. Outstanding Undergraduate Student Poster 1st Jocelyn Killday, Westminster College, Fulton, MO 2nd Jessica Whitesell, OSU, Stillwater, OK (BPSoG); Advisor: Ashley Burkett (OSU) 3rd Constance Marshall, University of Texas - Austin, TX

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