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Monday, June 16, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jim Walters, department head and professor of geology, (319) 273-2707
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-6728
Note to editors/news directors: Listed below in alphabetical order by hometown within states, with Iowa residents listed first, are the 2008 Geology of Iowa for Teachers participants. Please check the list for other towns in your coverage area. UNI and the ILPA offer Geology of Iowa for Teachers, June 22-27 CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Twenty-four teachers from around the state will be participating in Geology of Iowa for Teachers, a week-long, activity-based, short course that will be taught Sunday, June 22, through Friday, June 27, at the University of Northern Iowa and selected geological sites across Eastern Iowa.
The course will cover several activities and topics including an introduction to the geological history of Iowa, processes and principles of geology, geohydrology, surface and subsurface, geology and land use and economic geology. Participants will have the opportunity to earn two hours of graduate credit upon completion of the course. In addition, students will develop rock, mineral and fossil collections and obtain a basic proficiency in their identification.
(NAME) , a (LEVEL TAUGHT) science teacher at (SCHOOL) will be attending the workshop. About 20 of the participants will be housed in UNI residence halls for the duration of the workshop.
The Iowa Limestone Producers Association (ILPA) will cover nearly all of the workshop expenses including UNI graduate credit, lunches and dinners, textbooks and equipment, transportation in the field, instructional costs and housing.
The workshop is sponsored by the UNI Department of Earth Science, ILPA and Iowa Geological Survey. For more information on the workshop, contact Jim Walters, UNI department head and professor of geology, at (319) 273-2707.
HOMETOWN NAME/ LEVEL TAUGHT/ SCHOOL
ALGONA Erica Larsen/ middle-level and high school/ Sentral Community School, Fenton
AMES Michael Lazere/ high school/ Ames High School
ANKENY John Maifield/ middle-level/ Northview Middle School
Morgan Masters/ middle-level/ Northview Middle School
BETTENDORF Denise Andrusyk/ elementary/ Harrison Elementary School, Davenport
Stephen Andrusyk/ elementary/ Adams Elementary School, Davenport
David Langtimm/ elementary/ Riverdale Heights Elementary School
BUCKINGHAM Louis Beck/ middle-level and high school/ Union High School and Union Middle School, La Porte City
CEDAR RAPIDS Terri Schott/ middle-level/ Franklin Middle School
DES MOINES John Chai/ high school/ Lincoln High School
HUDSON Dennis Strempke/ high school/ Hudson Community School
LACONA Lacey Holmes/ middle-level/ Carlisle Middle School, Carlisle
MARION Anne Althoff/ middle-level/ Franklin Middle School, Cedar Rapids
Tracy Corell/ middle-level/ LaSalle Middle School, Cedar Rapids
Kyle Hoffman/ high school/ Linn-Mar High School
MASON CITY James Surat/ high school/ Newman Catholic High School
MONTICELLO Molly Pisarik/ high school/ Monticello High School
MOUNT VERNON Bill Gipperich/ middle-level/ McKinley Middle School, Cedar Rapids
NEWTON Virginia Tull/ middle-level/ Newton Christian School
NORWALK Josie Innis/ elementary/ Oviatt Elementary School
REINBECK Jeff Etringer/ middle-level/ Jesup Community School, Jesup
WAVERLY Barbara Bates/ middle-level/ Waverly-Shell Rock High School
OUT-OF-STATE
CALEDONIA, ILL. Dan Fraker/ high school/ Maine West High School, Des Plaines, Ill.
NORFOLK, NEB. Charlene Stortz/ high school/ West Point Central Catholic School, West Point, Neb.
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