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 Welcome! Geology is the study of the Earth and other planets, and therefore covers
a wonderful variety of topics. Both geology and environmental science
are different from the other sciences because they include the other
sciences. Our planet is a large system influenced by physical, chemical
and biological processes. To understand these, geologists need to be
interdisciplinary scientists. Ask yourself these questions:
- Do you
like working outdoors on lakes, mountains and sand dunes?
- Do you like
laboratory analysis that is directly linked to water, rock, soil
and air samples?
- Do you envision yourself solving environmental problems?
- Do you like to work with people from many different
subject fields?
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If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, geology and environmental science may be for you.
Check out our page for Prospective Students!
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Endowed fund honors Nick Ver Hey |
Classmates and friends have honored the memory of alumnus Nick Ver Hey by establishing the Nicholas Ver Hey '75 Geology Summer Research Fund.
Nick loved geology, and spent more than 20 years in the petroleum industry. He worked in exploration for Mobil and later becoming the President of Collarini
Energy Staffing, Inc. While at Hope College Nick did summer research with Dr. John Anderson, and considered it a formative experience in his career.
The fund established in his honor provides stipend support for summer research students and is the first endowed fund specifically designated to benefit geology students.
We thank the fund's founders and donors for giving generations of students the opportunity to have the kind of summer research experience Nick found so valuable.
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Update on the 2007 GES Student Research Challenge |
| Funds from the fall 2007 fundraising challenge supported 4 students' research projects during the summer of 2008. Colin Smith worked at Hope to create maps
of the dinosaur quarry in Shell, Wyoming, that Hope College students excavated from 2004 through 2006. Colin combined digital images of dinosaur bones with surveying data
to produce a graphic map.
Additionally, the GES Student Research fund helped defray expenses for Sarah Dean, Jesse Reimink, and Tyler Depke to do fieldwork in southern Sweden.
Jesse and Tyler explored and mapped mineral distributions in metamorphic rocks, using digital photogrammetry to create 3D outcrop maps.
Sarah examined large- and small-scale structures to decipher the history of deformation in the region, which until now had been virtually unexplored. |
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